Athletes

Karen Corr is the winner of 30 major snooker titles and is the Billiard Congress of America's (BCA) 2002 Open tournament champion. Corr also holds the BCA Spring Classic 2002 champion title. She placed second in the World Pool-Billiard Association's (WPBA) World 9-Ball Championships in 2002, 2001 and 2000. Corr was named the WPBA's 2001 Sportsperson of the Year, as well as the Pool & Billiard and Billiard Digest Player of the Year. That same year she won the silver medal at the World Games. Corr won six tournaments in 2001. She was a four-time champion in 2000 and Billiard Digest honored Corr as the Rookie of the Year in 1999. She was the Northeast Woman's Tour Player of the Year for three years (1998, 1999, 2000). Corr was the winner of eight major professional events in 1998. She has won the World Snooker champion title five times in her career (1997, 1996, 1995, 1991, 1990). The World Snooker Association named Corr as the first woman to coach snooker. It was after her parents moved to England, that 14-year-old Corr began her career in the game of snooker. Corr won her first championship a year later. She moved to the United States and began playing professional pool in 1998. Corr currently resides in the northeastern Philadelphia area, working at a local recreation center. (10/02)