Escalade Sports Partners with Professional Billiards Player Jeanette Lee.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors EVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2003 Escalade es·ca·lade n. The act of scaling a fortified wall or rampart. [French, from Italian scalata, ultimately from Latin sc (R) Sports is pleased to announce the signing of Jeanette Lee, a.k.a. The Black Widow, to a multi-year partnership for billiards products representation. In addition to her association with the Murrey mur·rey n. See mulberry. [Middle English murrei, from Old French more, from Latin m and Mosconi brands, Escalade and Lee will jointly develop a line of "Black Widow" billiard bil·liard adj. Of, relating to, or used in billiards. n. See carom. Adj. 1. billiard - of or relating to billiards; "a billiard ball"; "a billiard cue"; "a billiard table" equipment and accessories. "We are very excited about the opportunity of working together with Jeanette Lee," said Phil Piccolo piccolo, small transverse flute pitched an octave higher than the standard flute. Its tone is bright and shrill, and it can produce the highest notes in the orchestral range. The piccolo is used in orchestras and especially in military bands. See fife. , vice president of marketing for Escalade Sports. "Jeanette brings instant credibility to our Murrey and Mosconi billiard brands and we feel her character, charisma and talent speak for themselves. We look forward to developing "Black Widow" brand equipment and accessories in the near future. This will prove to be a great partnership for us, Jeanette and the entire billiards industry." Consistently ranked as one of the top players in the sport, Lee is currently ranked third in the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA WPBA Women's Professional Billiard Association WPBA World Pool-Billiard Association WPBA West Point Business Association (West Point, PA) ). In 2001, she captured the Gold Medal in the 9-Ball event at the 2001 World Games. Lee has developed her game every year since she broke onto the billiard scene with a third place finish in her first Pro event when she was 21. By the time she was 24 she was ranked number one in the WPBA. Off the table, Lee has been just as dominant and was recently voted the third Most Powerful Person in Billiards by Billiards Digest. Over the years she has developed "The Black Widow" as her signature trademark, a personification personification, figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities, e.g., allegorical morality plays where characters include Good Deeds, Beauty, and Death. of her style and her game. "Jeanette is a quality individual with a dynamic personality," Piccolo said. "Her continued commitment to helping children, as well as her support for the Scoliosis Scoliosis Definition Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine. Description When viewed from the rear, the spine usually appears perfectly straight. Foundation charity was an added benefit of signing Jeanette under the Escalade Sports umbrella. She will positively help promote the Murrey and Mosconi billiard brands." For further information about Jeanette Lee, or the complete line of Murrey and Mosconi brand billiard tables and equipment, as well as the complete family of sporting goods products from Escalade Sports, contact Phil Piccolo @ 1.800.467.2281 or go to the company's website www.escaladesports.com. |
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