Congratulations to this year’s ACUI National 9-ball champions, Adam Maloney of Texas A&M University and Shari Cui of University of Illinois – Chicago.
July 23, 2009
After 48 hours of fierce, spirited competition, the 2009 ACUI 9-ball Championships, presented by Ozone Billiards, are officially in the history books at Illinois State University! Fifty-three students representing 41 schools across the United States participated in this annual championship, dating back to 1937.
Women’s Final standings:
1st Shari Cui, University of Illinois Chicago
2nd Karla Yates, Morgan State University
3rd Stephanie Sevigny, North Dakota State University
4th Kris Landry, Fitchburg State College
5th/6th Monica Fox, University of Florida
5th/6th Heather Platter, University of Florida
7th/8th Lindsey Dorn, Purdue University
7th/8th Sylvia Flater, University of Utah
9th-12th
Cindy Ho, Sacramento State
Sami Adler, University of Delaware
Caitlin Reynolds, University of Delaware
Melanie Gilmer, Mississippi State University
13th-16th
Brandi Dorsett, NCAT
Kristi Crozier, Sam Houston State University
Brittany Clark, U Wisconsin – Platteville
Eliza LaBelle, University of Michigan
Men’s Final standings:
1st Adam Maloney, Texas A&M University
2nd Lars Vardaman, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville
3rd Sam Gilmer, Mississippi State University
4th Grant Moller, University of Maryland
5th/6th Andrew Parry, Nassau Community College
5th/6th Quentin Weir, University of Michigan
7th/8th John Martinovich, Moraine Valley Comm. Coll.
7th/8th David Fitzgerald, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
9th-12th
Tommy Najar, New Mexico State University
Luke McDonald, Ohio State University
Varun Raheja, University of Houston
Ryan Gilligan, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
13th-16th
Greg Blasdel, University of Delaware
Kyle Smith, University of Colorado
Jason Burns, Clark State Community College
Zachary Wilson, University of North Carolina
17th-24th
Matthew Daines, Weber State University
Al Odden, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Juan Sanchez, University of Texas – Pan-American
Alex Scott, Virginia Tech
Doug Ryan, Virginia Tech
Keith Little, West Virginia University
Josh Cox, Radford University
Charles Barker, Weber State University
25th-32nd:
Mahmudul Khan, Rochester Institute of Technology
Oluwaseyitan (Josh) Durodola, Howard University
Joshua Keys, Virginia Tech
Rob Quarantello, Sam Houston State University
Kevin Vaughn, Bentley University
Adam Pfeifer, Kansas State University
Robin (Shane) Coleman, Radford University
Matt Lynch, University of Akron
33rd-37th:
William Aitken, New Mexico Tech
Jeff Thune, North Dakota State University
Nick Zompa, University of Wisconsin – Platteville
Varun Dattani, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
Utsav Patel, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Prize package for both Men’s and Women’s divisions:
1st place $1000 Ozone Billiards tuition scholarship + free entry in 2010 (if eligible)
2nd place $500 Ozone scholarship
3rd place $250 Ozone scholarship
4th place $100 Ozone scholarship
Break Competition
Men’s Varun Raheja, University of Houston
Women’s Cindy Ho, Sacramento State University
Sportsmanship Award (by peer vote)
Men’s Quentin Weir, University of Michigan
Women’s Cindy Ho, Sacramento State University
Event photos will be available this weekend when 9-ball Director Eleanor Callado returns to her home base in San Francisco.
Thank you again to Betsy Sundholm for keeping us posted! 
