MEET AMERICAN CORNHOLE LEAGUE PRO LESTON ALLEN!

The 2022-2023 ACL Season marks Leston Allen’s 5th year as a professional cornhole league player. Leston made history in 2020 at the Wilmington, DE Pro shootout by being named the first African American in ACL history to win a Pro Shootout. He doesn’t plan on letting that be his only claim to the game.

Leston Allen is part of the ACL Mid-Atlantic Conference living in Maryland with his new wife, Brooke Allen. While also working full time, Leston has put in the dedication it takes to continually dominate the boards to maintain his pro status with the American Cornhole League. Putting in between 15-20 hours of practice on top of his full-time job, he is not letting anyone forget his name.

Leston first got introduced to cornhole at a cookout in 2015 and fell in love with the sport. His competitive nature got him started playing cornhole but soon realized after a company cookout where ACL Pro Timothy Pitcher also attended, he had some room to grow. After deciding to go pro he partnered with Timothy Pitcher and with their chemistry on and off the boards made them a dynamic team. In the 2021-2022 Timothy decided to take the year off as pro and Leston partnered up with ACL Pro Adrian Johnson and also joined Team Gladiator.

Mike was mentioned near the end of January by well-respected Jake Brannon, ACL Broadcast Commentator & cornhole player out of Maryland stating, “Throwing a 10.59 PPR through 86 rounds, Hoffman was the best player in the building Saturday in Delaware. If he can get back to that comfortability and stay that consistent, the reigning Maryland state champion will quickly become one of, if not, the best players in the state.”

HERE IS SOME INFO YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT LESTON: 

  • ACL Pro Team Co-Captain of Virginia Cutters (Adrian is on the same ACL Team!)
  • Throwing Hand: Left 
  • Bag Of Choice: Gladiator Cornhole Gear Brawler Pro BB-2 but is ready to get the all new Gladiator Hellcats Pro BB-2 on the boards 
  • Favorite City Visited For Cornhole: Las Vegas

You can follow Leston on Facebook @ ACL pro Leston Allen

Or on Instagram: @lefty_lla