Scott Winters

Winters built a career in the sport, both professionally and as a volunteer to multiple regional and national racquetball associations. After running racquetball programming at several huge clubs in Southern California after graduating college, he was hired on by manufacturers to help grow the sport more nationally. Winters worked for several Racquetball manufacturers in his career, from Richcraft (where he was their National Sales Manager), to Etsusa (where he developed a brand new Racquetball line for the company), to a brief stint at Head/Penn in the early 2000s. However, Winters is  best known for his time at Ektelon, where he served as the VP and General Manager of the legendary brand for nearly 20 years at a time when Ektelon was the leading manufacturer in the sport. He served as the chairman of the Racquetball Manufacturers Association from 2002-2007, representing the manufacturers to the larger Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association at the time

While building his professional influence, he remained incredibly active as a volunteer. He was a co-founder of the California Amateur Racquetball Association in 1985.  He was on the AARA National tournament staff from 1984-1990. He served as the National Junior Commissioner for several years in this same timeframe, where he also helped run Junior Worlds and wrote a junior programming manual with Mike Yellen. He founded the Military Racquetball Federation and the National Fire fighters Racquetball Association. Lastly, in 2004 he was instrumental in the formation of World Outdoor Racquetball, collaborating with Hank Marcus to help found the organization, and using his influence at Ektelon to help design a new and better ball more suitable for outdoor play. This led to the creation of the red “Fireball” that helped transform the outdoor sport in its early years.