Rodney Morris
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Rodney Morris (born November 25, 1970, in
U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship, 2003 World Pool League, 2006 UPA Pro Tour Championship (nine-ball), and 2013 U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship, among many other individual titles. In doubles play, he and Shane Van Boening took the 2008 World Cup of Pool. He has also been a member of the winning Team USA in the Mosconi Cup
events of 2003–2005, and was the Mosconi Cup MVP in 2004.
Career
In 1996, Morris won his first major tournament by defeating
Sands Regency Nine-ball Open. In 2003, he won the World Pool League nine-ball tournament, besting Thorsten Hohmann, the reigning world champion.[1]
He has represented Team USA in the
Most Valuable Player
award in 2004.
As a member of the
United Pool Players Association
(UPA) Pro Tour Championship in nine-ball.
In July 2007, Morris was designated as the Lead Player Representative of UPA (now
governing body of professional pool in the United States.[3]
In 2008, Rodney and Shane Van Boening won the World Cup of Pool doubles nine-ball event in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
While Morris's career has been dominated by nine-ball competition, he has also been professionally active in ten-ball, and won the 2007 Steve Mizerak Ten-ball Championship, and 2013 U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship,[4] among other events in the discipline. His eight-ball work has been less frequent, but includes a co-win in the 2010 Poison Doubles Eight-ball Championship.
Morris was honored with induction into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame in 2016.
Titles
- 1994 Capital City Nine-ball Open
- 1996 Grand Prix de Puerto Rico
- 1996 U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship
- 2001 Sands RegencyNine-ball Open
- 2002 Hard Times, nine-ball division
- 2003 World Pool League
- 2003 Mosconi Cup
- 2004 Breakers Open, nine-ball event
- 2004 Sands RegencyNine-ball Open
- 2004 Seminole Florida Pro Tour Stop
- 2004 Corpus Christi Classic
- 2004 Houston Open
- 2004 World All Stars Invitational Team Cup
- 2004 Mosconi Cup
- 2004 Mosconi Cup (MVP)
- 2005 Mosconi Cup
- 2005 World Games, nine-ball bronze medal
- 2006 Andy Grubbs Memorial Nine-ball Tournament
- 2006 UPA Pro Tour Championship
- 2006 Seminole Florida Pro Tour Stop
- 2007 SE Open Nine-ball Tour Stop
- 2007 Steve Mizerak Ten-ball Championship
- 2008 World Cup of Pool, with (Shane Van Boening)
- 2008 Quezon City Invasion
- 2010 Seminole Pro Tour Stop
- 2010 Poison Doubles Eight-ball Championship
- 2010 Seminole Pro Tour Stop
- 2011 Derby City Classic Ten-ball Challenge
- 2011 Interpool Open Nine-ball Tournament
- 2011 Turning StoneClassic XVII
- 2011 Chuck Markulis Memorial, nine-ball division
- 2011 Seminole Pro Tour Stop
- 2012 Wyoming Nine-ball Open
- 2013 CSI U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship[4]
- 2014 Cole Dickson Memorial
- 2015 Super 32 Ten-ball Championship
- 2015 Chinook Winds Open, ten-ball open division
- 2016 Don Coates Memorial Nine-ball Tournament
- 2016 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame
Personal life
Morris is of Chamorro–Hawaiian descent. He married his wife Rheyannon in July 2020, and they reside in Rome, Georgia.
References
- ^ "Morris Takes League Title". AZBilliards. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
- ^ "Rodney Morris Player Profile". InternationalPoolTour.com. International Pool Tour. Archived from the original on May 4, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
- ^ "Rodney 'The Rocket' Morris, UPA Representative". AZBilliards. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
- ^ a b "US Open 10-Ball Championship 2013 Results". AZBilliards. 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
External links
- Player Profile (IPT)
- Upcoming matches (IPT)
- Industry profile of Rodney Morris (World Pool Masters)
- Rodney Morris interview from the 2006 Mosconi Cup website
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