Auto-Owners Insurance Sponsors 2013 Women’s Pro Billiard Tour Season Opener Live on ESPN3

Jan 29, 2013

WPBA 9-BALL MASTERS ATTRACTS FORTUNE 500 CO. SPONSORSHIP
MT. PLEASANT, MI (January 29, 2013)– The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort will again host the best female billiard players in the world February 7-10, when the Women’s Professional Billiard Association WPBA Masters 9-Ball Championship launches the 2013 Women’s Pro Billiard Tour season, with LIVE coverage onESPN3!
Vicki Paski, Lansing, Michigan based WPBA and Michigan Sports Hall of Fame player and WPBA board member, announced today that Auto-Owners Insurance, also based in Michigan, has come on board as a sponsor of the 2013 WPBA Masters. Said Paski of the announcement: “The WPBA is excited about our move to LIVE coverage of our events on ESPN3 and with the fan and sponsor attention that it’s already attracting. Auto-Owners is a premier Michigan-based business and we’re proud to have them on board!”

Auto-Owners joins WPBA Masters sponsors Diamond Billiard Products, Iwan Simonis Cloth, Aramith pro balls, Delta 13 (racks) and online gameroom supplierPooldawg in sponsoring this historic event on the 2013 Women’s Pro Billiard Tour.

Preliminary rounds begin Thursday, February 7, through Saturday, February 9 with 48 top players competing in two sessions each day in double elimination play. The tournament will conclude on Sunday, February 10 beginning at 1 p.m., when the final four players remaining will compete for the title of 2013 WPBA Masters Champion LIVE on ESPN3!
Alongside the WPBA Masters will be the Soaring Eagle Open V, featuring amateur singles 8-Ball and 9-Ball tournaments in men and women’s divisions, with 400 players! This event will begin on Thursday, and continue through Sunday. Visit www.soaringeagleopen.com for more info.
Tickets are available via startickets.com or by calling the Soaring Eagle Box office at 888-726-9633.  For information on the Soaring Eagle Open V, visitwww.soaringeagleopen.com.  For info on the Women’s Pro Billiard Tour, visit www.wpba.com.
 
About Auto-Owners Insurance
Auto-Owners Insurance is a Fortune 500 company and is the 18th largest property/casualty insurance company in the nation, based on written premium.  Auto-Owners Insurance Group is one of only nine groups of insurance companies in the United States to receive the highest rating possible, A++ Superior, by A.M. Best, which is a nationally recognized rating agency for insurance companies.  Auto-Owners has received the J.D. Power and Associates award for the “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with the Auto Insurance Claims Experience,” five years in a row, for 2008-2012.  Auto-Owners is headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, and serves policyholders in 26 states. For more info visit http://www.auto-owners.com.
About the Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA)
The WPBA was established in 1976 under the name of the Women's Professional Billiard Alliance and will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2011 as the oldest pro player organization in the sport. The WPBA sanctions and produces the Women’s Pro Billiard Tour, which features ESPN-televised events with the greatest women players from around the world. For more information about the WPBA, its top players and sponsors, visit www.wpba.com.