Rodney Morris

Rodney "The Rocket" Morris
Rodney Morris
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's Nine-ball
World Games
2005 Duisburg Individual

Rodney Morris (born 25 November 1970 in Anaheim, California, USA) is a professional pool player of Chamorro - Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In 1996, Morris won his first major tournament by defeating Efren Reyes in the finals of the US Open Nine-ball Championship. In 2003, after six years without a major title, he returned to top form and dominated the World Pool League tournament, besting Thorsten Hohmann the reigning World Champion.[1]

He has represented Team USA in the Mosconi Cup on eight occasions. He was the Mosconi Cup MVP in 2004.

As a member of the International Pool Tour (IPT),[2] in July 2006 he was runner-up to Efren Reyes in the inaugural IPT World Eight-ball Championship which was held in Reno, Nevada. While Reyes earned $500K for first place, Morris won $150K for second.

In July 2007, Rodney Morris was designated as the United Pool Players Association (UPA) Lead Player Representative. The UPA is the men's governing body of professional pool in the United States.[3]

In 2008, Rodney won the World Cup of Pool in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Titles

References

  1. ↑ "Morris Takes League Title". AzBilliards.com. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  2. ↑ Rodney Morris Player Profile InternationalPoolTour.com. Retrieved August 3, 2007
  3. ↑ Rodney "The Rocket" Morris, UPA Representative, AzBilliards.com. Retrieved August 3, 2007
  4. 1 2 http://www.azbilliards.com
Preceded by
Reed Pierce		 US Open Nine-ball Champion
1996 		Succeeded by
Earl Strickland


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