The WPH Race 4 Eight Pros Player’s Choice Awards
Los Angeles, CA, WPH Press, 3/24/25
The Race 4 Eight pros were nearly unanimous in voting Race 4 Eight number one Martin Mulkerrins as the 2024 Race 4 Eight Player of the Year in a special presentation in the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s trophy room.
Mulkerrins started 2024 with two heartbreaking losses, the first to Killian Carroll at the St. Louis Chapman (January) after holding a 14-9 lead in the tiebreaker and the second to Danos Cordova in a close tiebreaker at the 2024 Red (February). Mulkerrins entered the 2024 Juarez on a mission to close out matches, winning Juarez (March), Tucson (April), and Salt Lake (May) to end the 2023/24 season and winning the first two events of the 2024/25 at the Tucson Memorial (September) and Portland Classic (October). Mulkerrins ended 2024 on a five-tournament, twenty-three match winning streak and seizing a nearly insurmountable rankings lead.
Naty Alvarado, Sr., handball’s greatest champion, presented the award to a visibly moved Mulkerrins. “This means your peers really respect you and like playing you, but they also want to beat you,” stated El Gato, who won hundreds of pro events.
David Fink
WPH Senior Writer
