Nickname: "Leapin"

Home Town : Wayne, NJ

Current Residence : Paterson, NJ

Date of Birth : Nov 5, 1950

Year Turned Pro : 1975

First Pro Event : Northeast 9-Ball Championships at the Hi Cue Billiard Lounge in Elizabeth, NJ in 1975

Sponsors : Thomas Aaron Billiards, Stuart FL and Gospel Trick Shot Ministries, Inc., www.gospeltrickshot.org

What is your greatest strength?

Never give up competitive positive attitude of faith and honor as a pool player.

What is your favorite memory of the sport?

Doing my trick shots shows and sharing my journey of faith on television in Kiev, Ukraine, Willingen, Germany, Shanghai, China and here in the USA on the 700 Club.

How did you get started playing the sport?

My parents bought me a home pool table when I was 11 years old.

What advice would you give an aspiring player?

Understand that your talent is a gift from God and use it accordingly.

Places you have travels or explored?

I traveled playing pool full time for 12 years on the road all over the USA in the 1970's and 1980's and lived in about 30 states in the USA.  Additionally I have traveled to 9 countries around the world and some of them more than once doing my trick shot shows and conducting teaching clinics.

Other hobbies/activities?

Baseball, swimming, biking, reading and teaching.

Why do you love pool?

There are many other wonderful people who share the same love for the game as I do.

What are your goals?

To train and teach the next generation of pool players to play and use the game in a positive manner and see the sport grow.

What can't you live without?

Jesus

Who is your biggest influence?

Mike Massey and Tom Rossman

What is your most treasured possession?

My Faith

Favorite movie?

Braveheart with Mel Gibson

Favorite shot?

The Butterfly

Favorite pool hall?

Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ

What are five songs on your iPod?

Any Beatles or Contemporary Christian

What was your first car?

Buick Le Sabre

What living person do you most admire?

Billy Graham

Titles Won

Colorado, Tennessee, Florida, and Georgia State Titles, Miller Lite Southeastern Regional Champion, East Coast 9-Ball Champion.