Nick Varner is an American pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America

Billiard Congress of America

Billiard Congress of America is a governing body for cue sports in North America , the regional member organization of the World Pool-Billiard Association...

 in 1992.

Career

Nick Varner became important on the professional pool scene after he won two ACU-I Intercollegiate Championships in 1970 while attending college. A cliché given to Varner was "Speak softly and carry a big stick" because of the way he conducted himself as well as his competitive endeavors.

In 1989, Varner became only the second man to earn over $100,000 in prize winnings accumulating 16 major nine-ball events and was "Player of the Year" in 1980 and 1989.

Varner achieved moderate success in his chosen "profession". Some of his accomplishments have included being an author, a video star, a pool room proprietor, a manufacturer's representative, and an exhibition

Exhibition game

An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

 player.

Titles

• 1970 ACU-I Intercolleagiate Championship
• 1979 Lexington All-Star Tournament
• 1980 Professional Pool Players Association World Open Pocket Billiard Championship
• 1980 and 1981 Billiard Congress of America
  Billiard Congress of America
  Billiard Congress of America is a governing body for cue sports in North America , the regional member organization of the World Pool-Billiard Association...
  
   National Eight-ball Championship
• 1982 Professional Pool Players Association World Nine-ball Champsionship
• 1994 International Challenge of Champions
  International Challenge of Champions
  The International Challenge of Champions is an annual nine-ball pool tournament held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. It has always been broadcast on ESPN and is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association...