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Kia Burwell

Kia Burwell - McDermott Ambassador

"Primetime"

8-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball, Straight Pool

Playing Cue: G607 with a Defy carbon fiber shaft

Break Cue: Stinger NG07

McDermott Ambassador Since: 2018

Competes: USA

Home Club: Triple Nines Bar & Billiards (Elkridge, MD)

Tips/advice for aspiring players:

  • Keep the game simple and mostly vertical; sometimes less is more
  • Invest in consistent quality solitary practice to work on and strengthen your weak areas
  • When competing, play the table from the table and from your chair

Best advice she received from someone:
"Expand your knowledge of the game" – Linda Haywood-Shea

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Major Accomplishments

2024

  • 13th place: WPBA Iron City Invitational IV

2023

  • 1st place (split): JPNEWT Stop #6

2022

  • Winner: JPNEWT Stop #10 and WPBA qualifier
  • Runner-up: JPNEWT Stops #2, #4, and #5
  • 5th place: 1st Annual DMV Straight Pool Championship
  • 13th place: SBE’s Women’s 9-ball Pro Players Championships

2021

  • Winner: JPNEWT Stop #10 (undefeated)
  • Winner: JPNEWT Stop #8
  • Winner: JPNEWT Stop #7 (Undefeated)
  • Winner: JPNEWT Stop #5 (Undefeated)

2020

  • Ranked #2 for JPNEWT 2020 season
  • Runner-up: JPNEWT Stops #5, #8, and #10

2018

  • Runner-Up: Garden State Pool Tour's Ladies Pro-Am Queen of the Hill
  • Runner-Up: Midwest Ladies Regional Tour (MLRT) Stop #1
  • Champion: JPNEWT Stop #1
  • Runner-Up: JPNEWT Stop #6
  • PA State 9-Ball Bar Box Ladies Invitational Champion
  • Top female finisher & 5th in Black Cat Tour Top 32 Championship

2017

  • Ranked #38 on the WPBA
  • Ranked #12 on the NAPT Division I Pro Tour
  • Runner-Up: Center Pocket Billiards' Fall 2017 Straight Pool League
  • Runner-Up: D.O.P.'s Women's 9-Ball at West Chester Billiards
  • 5th: NAPT Summer Classic – Division I Women's Pro
  • Runner-up: Ladies 9-Ball at Cantrell's in Georgia
  • Winner: Weekly 9-Ball at Quball1 Billiards
  • Runner-up: D.O.P.'s Jack & Jill at Pockets
  • 3rd: Trash Talkers 2nd Annual Relay for Life Benefit Tournament
  • Winner: D.O.P.'s Ladies 9-Ball at Pockets
  • 3rd: PA State Bar Box 9-Ball Women's Championship
  • 5-Point high run in 3-cushion billiards

2016

  • Last Lady Honors and Runner Up: Skinny Bob's Billiards in-house tournament, Austin, TX (December)
  • Ranked #2 in the JPNEWT
  • Top Female: Action Pool Tour (June)
  • Winner: NAPT Summer Classic – Division I Women's Pro Second Chance Tournament
  • 3rd: Triple Nines Bar & Billiards Women's Division of American Rotation (Winter session)
  • Winner: 2nd Chance Tournament at the WPBA Regional Tour Championships

2015

  • Runner-Up: Space City Open – Women's 9-ball, Houston, TX
  • Runner-Up: JPNEWT season finale
  • 1st Exhibition: Marty Magee's Irish Pub – Featured Pro
  • 5th: US Amateur Championship
  • Winner: US Amateur Championship Preliminary Round
  • Top Female at the 2nd Annual "Rack for a Cure" 9-Ball Cancer Benefit Tournament
  • 5th: Super Billiards Expo's Women's Open 9-Ball Pro Championship

2014

  • Top Female at the 1st Annual "Rack for a Cure" 9-Ball Cancer Benefit Tournament

2013

  • Ranked #6 in the 2013 JPNEWT Season

2012

  • Top Female: Action Pool Tour (December)
  • Winner: Planet Pool Tour Ladies Division
  • Runner-Up: Behind the Rock Tour (Scratch Division in March & Open Division in May)

2011

  • Ranked #8 in the 2011 JPNEWT season
  • Competed in 1st 3-cushion league at Triple Nines Bar & Billiards (4 match wins; 2-point high run)
  • 3rd: 2011 APA US Amateur Championship Preliminaries

2010

  • 3rd: 2010 APA US Amateur Preliminaries

2009

  • Winner: Monthly APA Amateur Tour Stop

Bio

Based in Baltimore, MD, Kia Burwell picked up a cue after discovering a pool hall in a local mall back in 2007. It triggered memories of her uncle having a 9-foot Brunswick in his basement. After just two months of play, Kia joined the APA. She was hooked and looked for every opportunity to improve. Eventually, she was introduced to the lady's regional tour. After cashing in the 2013 WPBA Regional Tour Championships, she was invited to compete in her first WPBA sanctioned event - the 2013 Ultimate 10-ball Championships. Kia continues to complete today on the WPBA, as well as, other ladies and open tours.

Other Activities Kia Enjoys

Spending time with family, fitness, karaoke, and crocheting