ACUI collegiate 9-ball tournament information
ACUI collegiate championship tournaments are designed to contribute to the social, physical, mental, and emotional development of students and professionals. ACUI further promotes its core value of community through its recreation and leisure activities program.
Students who would like to participate in this program must first compete in a 9-Ball qualifying tournament and receive an invitation to the championships. ACUI regions may be conducting a 9-Ball qualifying tournament, typically in the February or March timeframe, and other institutions or organizations may be as well. To see if your region is holding a qualifying tournament, contact your region. To see if there are other qualifying tournaments in your area, contact Mike Makoski at mmakoski@fsc.edu.
If you're interested in hosting a qualifying tournament, you must meet certain requirements, and then become an approved qualifying tournament by the program director. Download the requirements and fill out the form [pdf]. For questions, please contact Mike Makoski at mmakoski@fsc.edu to apply. NOTE: All ACUI regional tournaments are approved qualifying tournaments.
College and University Programs
Interested in playing pool in college? Continue to hone your skills and compete competively on campus, against other schools, and even qualify for an international level 9-ball tournament. Once you've decided on a school, take a look at their website for information about students playing pool on campus. It might be a recognized club sport that travels to tournaments and is funded by student fees organized by the student activities office, or it could be coordinated by the recreational sports department on campus. Even if it is not yet on your campus, you can be the impetus to getting a club started. All you need is a few friends and some help from the appropriate department on campus.
Here are a few tips from the folks at Pool & Billiard Magazine written by collegiate pool guru Betsy Sundholm along with a list of schools with programs.
2009 championships
ACUI held the annual Collegiate 9-Ball Championships for those students who have qualified at either the regional competition or at one of the two independent qualifiers. Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., hosted the 2009 BEF Junior & ACUI Collegiate 9-Ball Championships on July 21–26, 2009. Results and other information follow in pdf format.
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Eligibility
Regional and independent qualifying tournament eligibility
Recognizing that the primary purpose of student life on campus is academic achievement, to further underscore the importance of continuing academic progress, students participating in ACUI tournaments must be enrolled as a student in good standing at the institution they represent. To that end, ACUI hereby establishes the eligibility requirements for regional or independent qualifying events.
Championship-level eligibility
Because there is a great deal more at stake, and substantially more financial commitment required by the school, the individual, and the Association, eligibility requirements at the championship level for 9-ball and table tennis are necessarily more stringent. Proof of academic eligibility
For championship or independent qualifying events, students must complete the ACUI Academic Eligibility Form and acquire official verification of eligibility status from their school registrar, including official school seal and/or signature of registrar, prior to the deadline established by the championship event director, generally three to four weeks before the championship tournament.
ACUI announces new sponsor for the 2009 regional and national championships
Ozone Billiards is the 2009 presenting sponsor of ACUI's billiards tournament season. By sponsoring this event, Ozone Billiards is helping billiard players participate in regional and national tournaments by awarding five scholarships.
Ozone Billiards has been providing pool players with top-quality billiard supplies and supporting youth education for more than eight years. Its commitment to customer service has helped Ozone Billiards grow to be one of the largest retailers of billiard supplies in the United States.
Contact information
Eleanor Callado, San Francisco State University
9-Ball Tournament Director
ecallado@sfsu.edu
415.338.2657
Updated March 9, 2010