Calling all Collegiate Pool Players - ACUI National Qualifying Tournaments

Scott,

You are correct graduates are eligible. Below are the major requirements for eligibility for all students, including graduate students, for the Sectional and Independent Qualifiers. There is another eligibility set for Nationals, which is confirmed by the university's Registrar's Office..

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 following requirements for sectional or independent qualifying events:

 For participation in sectional and independent qualifying tournaments, this certification of eligibility form must be verified and signed by an advisor or authorized staff member of the school.

 All participants must meet eligibility criteria established by their school.

 All participants are limited to 6 years of eligibility. Students enrolled at 2-year institutions are limited to 3 years of eligibility; if they transfer to a 4-year school, 6 years total.

 All undergraduate participants must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 as of the academic term in which they qualified for program; for graduate students, 3.0 cumulative GPA.

 All participants must be enrolled as of the academic term in which they qualified for the program for at least 9 credit hours (6 credits for graduate students) and must complete 6 credit hours between all program appearances.

 All undergraduate and graduate student participants must be enrolled as a student in good conduct standing at the institution he or she represents, as determined by the institution in which he or she is currently enrolled.

 If a player is graduating during the term of an ACUI event and is enrolled for less than the minimum hours required for eligibility, then a letter from the registrar stating that the player will be graduating the same term of the event should be submitted along with the other registration materials.

As long as you have not qualified all four years of undergraduate study, graduates are eligible. Pretty sure the limit is 4 times per student. That's what it was 20 years ago...it may have changed since then.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
 
One of the issues with the RFP process is that the host school for the national tournament has to have 20+ 9' tables, and those schools are becoming more rare.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

It's such a challenging process to just get Universities, regardless of the number of tables, to want to host. It's quite a lot of work for the host institution even if with the help of ACUI.
 
I have fallen behind a bit with the announcements of winners! Sorry everyone!

From two weeks ago, February 26-27, the Pennsylvania State University Independent Qualifier had seven men and one woman qualify!

Women's Qualifier:
1st Place: Lauren Antosik, Penn State University - Greater Allegheny

Men's Qualifier:
1st place: Aman Gola, Penn State University
2nd place: Rudy Haluza, Penn State University
3rd place: Daniel Spivack, Penn State University
4th place: Wilburt Cronin, West Virginia University
5th place: Samay Wadhawan, Penn State University
6th place: Ian Lake, West Virginia University
7th place: Ben Keeper, University of Delaware

We are still awaiting the results of the Braves ACUI Independent Qualifier from the University of North Carolina - Pembroke from this past weekend, March 3-5.

Congrats to all the qualifiers!

The weekend of March 18-20 ACUI has two qualifiers on opposite ends of the country!

The Mid-Atlantic Sectional Qualifier will be hosted at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. The Western Sectional Qualifier will be at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah!

Registration link for the Mid-Atlantic Sectional Qualifier: https://www.acui.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=30784

Registration link for the Western Sectional Qualifier: https://www.acui.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?
LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=30853


For more information on all of the remaining tournaments check out: https://www.acui.org/Programs/Student_Programs/Sectional_Recreation/21302/
 
PhilosopherKing, don't sell these "college kids" out. Two years ago a student, David Anderson, from University of North Carolina - Charlotte, gave Landon all he wanted finishing second.

Also, Lindenwood has at least 3-4 players that can play just as well as Landon on any given day. Landon has just brought it the past two years at the National Championship.

Don't think his teammates, Sharik Sayed, Drake Niepotter, and Tanner Nickels can't play. If Landon keeps winning, it's a testament to him, not the lack of opponents against him. There are some monsters in collegiate pool, don't you worry.

This is like saying SVB and Dennis O. shouldn't go out and compete in bar box tourneys. Get over it. An ex-ACUI player three or four years removed, Corey Sykes, just beat Corey Deuel at the Derby in 9-ball hill-hill.

-Ben
*defensive about the talent of college pool

*and rightfully so. You get 'em, Ben! :)
 
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