Nearly 100 junior billiard athletes competed in the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) 22nd Annual Junior National 9-Ball Championships at Northern Illinois University (NIU) on July 7-11, 2010. Participants took aim to compete for prizes, an opportunity to participate in the World Pool- Billiard Association (WPA) World Junior 9-Ball Championships and scholarship funds for higher education made possible through the Ozone Billiards BEF Junior Nationals Scholarship awards.
Sponsorship by Ozone Billiards provided academic scholarship funds to be awarded to the top 8 finishers of the four division event, $1,000 to each of the four winners and $500 to each second-place finisher.
19 & Under Boys' Division
1st Landon Shuffett of Greensburg, KY
2nd Jesse Engel of Columbia Heights, MN
19 & Under Girls' Division
1st Liz Lovely of Centerville, OH
2nd Jauslinn Arnold of Bakersfield, CA
14 & Under Boys' Division
1st Billy Thorpe of Dayton, OH
2nd Kevin Sun of Harvard, MA
14 & Under Girls' Division
1st Briana Miller of Allentown, PA
2nd Taylor Reynolds of Winslow, ME
Congratulations to the winners of the Ozone Billiards BEF Junior Nationals Scholarships. The BEF wishes to thank Ozone Billiards for its support as well as all the 2010 Junior Nationals sponsors: Simonis Cloth, Delta-13 Rack, Aramith Billiard Balls, Billiard Congress of America (BCA), CueSport College International, Dr Cue Promotions and Northern Illinois University (NIU)/ Huskies Den. Also, many thanks to all the product donors who contributed to the junior prizes, the staff and volunteers who helped make this event a success. A complete list can be viewed on the BEF website at www.Billiard Education.org.
