Kelly Fisher elected to HOF

Kelly Fisher is a very deserving inductee into the Hall of Fame. This is great news.
 
Great choice. Kelly Fisher was a premier player over a long period of time and she is as good a person as she is a pool player. I'm proud to call her a friend and hope I'll be there for her induction, whenever that will be. Of late, it has been during the International, but let's see if that event even happens this year.
 
A note on the selection process for those who might be wondering why their favorite candidate was not chosen.

The ballot this year included 11 names mentioned in the press release above. There was no meritorious service candidate this year; those happen every other year. The voters may vote for as many candidates as they feel are deserving of HOF membership. In order for the second-place finisher (and further) to be selected, they must get above a certain percentage of votes.

I can see at least four names on this year's ballot that will be shoo-ins in coming years.
 
Bob Jewett said:
A note on the selection process for those who might be wondering why their favorite candidate was not chosen.

The ballot this year included 11 names mentioned in the press release above. There was no meritorious service candidate this year; those happen every other year. The voters may vote for as many candidates as they feel are deserving of HOF membership. In order for the second-place finisher (and further) to be selected, they must get above a certain percentage of votes.

I can see at least four names on this year's ballot that will be shoo-ins in coming years.
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Nobody's more obvious than the second best player in European History, Niels Feijen.

That said, the second best female European player ever was voted in, and she was at least as deserving as him. After Niels, I'd say Orcullo and Hohmann are also pretty obvious choices down the road.
 
Bob Jewett said:
A note on the selection process for those who might be wondering why their favorite candidate was not chosen.

The ballot this year included 11 names mentioned in the press release above. There was no meritorious service candidate this year; those happen every other year. The voters may vote for as many candidates as they feel are deserving of HOF membership. In order for the second-place finisher (and further) to be selected, they must get above a certain percentage of votes.

I can see at least four names on this year's ballot that will be shoo-ins in coming years.
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Congratulations to Kelly...:clapping:

Bob, I’m curious...do you have a list of the others who were considered?
 
pt109 said:
Congratulations to Kelly...:clapping:

Bob, I’m curious...do you have a list of the others who were considered?
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They’re all mentioned in the press release, I believe:




“ Despite being joined on the 2020 ballot by men’s stars Dennis Orcullo, Thorsten Hohman (both in their first year of eligibility), Niels Feijen and Corey Deuel, Fisher earned election by a comfortable margin. She was named on 70 percent of the ballots. Orcullo and Hohmann were both named on more than 50 percent of the ballots, receiving 23 votes from the 46 completed ballots. Deuel and Feijen were both named on more than 20 percent of the ballots. Shannon Daulton, Jeremy Jones, Stefano Pellinga, John Schmidt, Vivial Villarreal and Charlie Williams completed the 2020 ballot.”​
 
Bob Jewett said:
Kelly Fisher is this year's selection for the BCA Hall of Fame in the Greatest Players category. Here's the full announcement from the United States Billiard Media Association which selects the inductees:

https://cdn.ymaws.com/bca-pool.com/resource/resmgr/hall_of_fame_/2020HOFRelease-_f_.pdf

Upon learning that she was selected, Kelly exclaimed, "I'm chuffed to bits." (That's not as bad as it sounds.)
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Ha ha, all the boy-centric predictions were not lost on me:

https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=6641779&highlight=fisher#post6641779
 
Bic D said:
In their prime, who wins between Jean Balukas and Kelly Fisher?
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I saw the entire career of both up close. I first saw Jean play when she was just 12 years old and many times live in both WPBA and PPPA play. I saw Kelly Fisher dozens of times live in WPBA events.

Obviously, we're not talking straight pool here, in which Jean was miles ahead of every player other than Ruth McGuinniss, a contemporary of Greenleaf.

Moving on to nine ball, Jean had the bigger stroke and played slightly better position than Kelly. Both had a big break, but Kelly pocketed the balls a little better than Jean. Defense and tactical play were about even. So who wins? It's Jean for certain on slow cloth, but on Simonis I'd call it even. As we've seen, it's difficult to compare players who played in different generations .... but hey, I took a shot.
 
Bic D said:
In their prime, who wins between Jean Balukas and Kelly Fisher?
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Among top women pros of all time, Jean is still at the top for most knowledgeable pool minds, only challenged possibly by Allison Fisher.
 
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sjm said:
I saw the entire career of both up close. I first saw Jean play when she was just 12 years old and many times live in both WPBA and PPPA play. I saw Kelly Fisher dozens of times live in WPBA events.

Obviously, we're not talking straight pool here, in which Jean was miles ahead of every player other than Ruth McGuinniss, a contemporary of Greenleaf.

Moving on to nine ball, Jean had the bigger stroke and played slightly better position than Kelly. Both had a big break, but Kelly pocketed the balls a little better than Jean. Defense and tactical play were about even. So who wins? It's Jean for certain on slow cloth, but on Simonis I'd call it even. As we've seen, it's difficult to compare players who played in different generations .... but hey, I took a shot.
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Thanks, good stuff
 
Congrats to the Hall of Fame selection committee. Of all the candidates, I feel the most deserving was selected for induction.
 
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