Vicki Paski Explained

Vicki Paski
Birth Date:16 October 1955
Nickname:Diamond Vic
Game:Eight-ball, Nine-ball, 14.1

Vicki Paski (born 16 October 1955) is a pool player from the United States and member of the Women's Professional Billiard Association Hall of Fame.

Biography

Vicki Paski was born on 16 October 1955.[1] She started playing pool whilst studying for a degree in business at Lansing Community College, when she took the course "Pocket Billiards 101." She continued to practice at the club where the course was held, called the Velvet Rail, and won her first tournament at the age of 18. Paski was one of the attendees at the inaugural meeting of the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) in 1976.[2]

Her playing career included reaching two world championship finals. She was the 1979 World Nine-ball Runner-up and 1981 World 14.1 Runner-up.

Paski served as President of the WPBA, and in 1987 became the first woman pool analyst for ESPN.[3] Her playing nickname is Diamond Vic.

She became a member of the Women's Professional Billiard Association Hall of Fame, for Meritorious Service, in 2005,[4] and was inducted into the Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[5]

Achievements

Source: Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vicki Paski . azbilliards.com . AZBilliards . 1 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160911102556/http://www.azbilliards.com/people/634-vicki-paski/ . 11 September 2016 . live .
  2. Web site: A women's pool pioneer, Grand Ledge's Vicki Paski is still a pro . Greco . Rachel . Lansing State Journal . 28 March 2016 . 1 February 2020.
  3. News: Buczek . Joe . Billiard hints from the new champion . The Morning Sun . Mount Pleasant – Alma, MI . 6 February 2013 . NewsBank. Retrieved 1 February 2020..
  4. Web site: Members of the WPBA Hall of Fame . wpba.com . Women's Professional Billiard Association . 1 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190711211706/https://wpba.com/hof . 11 July 2019 . live .
  5. Web site: Vicki Paski – 2011 . lansingsportshalloffame.org . The Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame . 1 February 2020.