Pickleball Rocks Announces 2013 Player of the Year

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Jan. 2, 2014 - PRLog -- Today Pickleball Rocks announced the popular Jim and Yvonne Hackenberg as their 2013 choice for Pickleball Rocks Player of the Year.

The Pickleball Rocks blog promotes the growth of pickleball as it provides tournament news as well as unique perspectives on players and the sport in general.

Pickleball Rocks also regularly recognizes player and pickleball facility and club contributions and accomplishments throughout the year on their wildly popular Facebook pickleball page.

When asked about this years choice, Player Services rep Rodney "Rocket" Grubbs said, "Jim and Yvonne had an amazing year.  Pretty much a pickleball dream year. When not visiting their grandkids, they traveled the country conducting clinics and playing tournaments and reaching out to make new friends everywhere they went.  Seems like everywhere we went, when we'd ask about people's favorite players, both Jim and Yvonne were always mentioned.  As our readers have learned over the years, our selections are not always the players who had the most tournament wins.  We look for people who are in some way helping pickleball grow.  We had a lot of great candidates this year, but I think Jim and Yvonne helped clinch our decision with their showing at this year's national tournament.

They not only swept every age group event they entered, both singles and doubles, they also made an epic run through the Open Mixed Doubles, and did it with record crowds watching and cheering for them."

You can see the full Hackenberg Player of the Year announcement at http://www.PickleballRocks.com