{{Short description|Scottish pool player (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox pool player | name = Jayson Shaw | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|09|13|df=yes}}<ref name="azProfile">{{Cite web |title=Jayson SHAW - AZBilliards.com |author= |work=azbilliards.com |date= |access-date=19 December 2018 |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/people/5152-jayson-shaw/ |language= |quote=}}</ref> | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} --> | death_place = | sport_country = {{SCO}} | nickname = "Eagle Eye" | professional = | game = Nine-ball, ten-ball, eight-ball | best_finish = Quarter-finals 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship | major_wins =U.S. Open Pool Championship, (2017) | minor_wins = | other_wins = | world_champ = Blackball (2010) | highest_ranking = 7<ref name="highestranking">{{Cite web |title=Ranking – WPA Pool |work=WPA Pool |access-date=31 December 2018 |url=https://wpapool.com/ranking/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216135023/https://wpapool.com/ranking/ |archive-date=2018-12-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> | website = <!-- {{URL|www.Example.com}} and leave off the "www." part if not necessary --> | medaltemplates = }} '''Jayson Shaw''' (born 13 September 1988)<ref name="azProfile"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jayson Shaw targets Mosconi Cup glory in Las Vegas as Team Europe seek revenge |last=Mirza |first=Raz |work=Sky Sports |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=17 September 2021 |url= https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/11865695/jayson-shaw-targets-mosconi-cup-glory-in-las-vegas-as-team-europe-seek-revenge}}</ref> is a Scottish professional pool player. In 2010, Shaw was a WPA World Blackball Champion.<ref name="bill_Play">{{Cite web |title=Player Profile |work=billiardapps.com |access-date=19 December 2018 |url=http://www.billiardapps.com/player_profile.asp?db=eurotour&playerid=1562 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312082112/http://www.billiardapps.com/player_profile.asp?db=eurotour&playerid=1562 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World Blackball Championships 2010 – Men's individual final and 3rd & 5th play off |url=http://cdm2010.ffbillard.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=138&tmpl=component&format=raw&Itemid=7 |publisher=Championate de Monde 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Shaw has won the Mosconi Cup seven times whilst representing Team Europe.
== Career == In 2016, Shaw won the 25th International Challenge of Champions event. He defeated Shane Van Boening in the final in Atlantic City.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2016 |title=Jayson Shaw Wins The Twenty Fifth International Challenge Of Champions - News - AZBILLIARDS.COM |url=https://www.azbilliards.com/jayson-shaw-wins-the-twenty-fifth-international-challenge-of-champions/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=AzBilliards}}</ref>
In 2017, Shaw dominated Eklent Kaçi, 13–4, to win the 42nd U.S. Open Pool Championship in Nine-ball pool.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2017 |title=Shaw goes all the way at 42nd US Open – Alison Chang｜Taiwanese Passion for Pool |url=https://alison-chang.com/shaw-goes-way-42nd-us-open/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=alison-chang.com |language=zh-TW}}</ref>
Shaw also appeared representing Europe at the Mosconi Cup, winning the event in 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. He won the MVP award at the 2020, 2021 and 2024 events. At the 2024 Mosconi Cup he became the first player-captain to win the MVP award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mosconi Cup 2024: Team Europe beat USA 11-6 to win fifth consecutive tournament in Florida |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/29876/13266374/mosconi-cup-2024-team-europe-beat-usa-11-6-to-win-fifth-consecutive-tournament-in-florida |website=SkySports |access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref>
On 18 January 2022, Shaw set a new world high run record in 14.1 straight pool with a score of 714.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azbilliards.com/jayson-shaw-achieves-record-straight-pool-high-run/|publisher=AZ Billiards|title=JAYSON SHAW ACHIEVES RECORD STRAIGHT POOL HIGH RUN|date=|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref> This record was broken by himself on January 6, 2025, with a new high-run of 832 balls.
In 2023, Shaw won the inaugural Hanoi Open Pool Championship in Hanoi, Vietnam, after defeating Albin Ouschan in a dramatic final frame decider 13–12 to secure his first major Matchroom title.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pool |first=Matchroom |date=18 October 2023 |title=JAYSON SHAW LANDS FIRST MATCHROOM MAJOR IN HANOI |url=https://matchroompool.com/hanoi-open-pool-championship/jayson-shaw-lands-first-matchroom-major-in-hanoi/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Matchroom Pool |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2023 |title=Shaw crowned inaugural Hanoi Open champion after Ouschan epic in Vietnam |url=https://absolute-pool.com/2023/10/15/shaw-crowned-inaugural-hanoi-open-champion-after-ouschan-epic-in-vietnam/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Absolute Pool |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Shaw and his wife own a pool room in West Haven, Connecticut. It was first established in 2002 by Shaw's wife's parents and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Shaw and his wife took it over for them.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}
==Titles and achievements== * 2025 Mosconi Cup * 2025 14.1 Record High Run. 832 Consecutive Balls * 2024 Mosconi Cup (MVP) * 2024 Mosconi Cup * 2024 Super Billiards Expo Players Championship * 2023 Mosconi Cup * 2023 Hanoi Open Pool Championship * 2023 JFlowers Scottish 9-Ball Open * 2023 Turning Stone Classic * 2022 Mosconi Cup * 2022 International 9-Ball Open * 2022 Turning Stone Classic * 2022 Super Billiards Expo Players Championship * 2022 14.1 Record High Run. 714 Consecutive Balls * 2022 Turning Stone Classic * 2021 Mosconi Cup (MVP) * 2021 Mosconi Cup * 2020 Mosconi Cup (MVP) * 2020 Mosconi Cup * 2020 Euro Tour Treviso Open * 2020 Derby City Classic Bigfoot Ten-ball Challenge * 2019 Great Dismal Swamp Nine-ball Classic * 2019 Empire State Ten-ball Championship * 2019 International 9-Ball Open * 2019 Turning Stone Classic * 2018 Ocean State Nine-ball Championship * 2017 AZBilliards Player of the Year * 2017 Mosconi Cup * 2017 Accu-Stats 14.1 Invitational * 2017 U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship * 2017 Accu-Stats Eight-ball Invitational * 2017 Ginky Memorial Open Nine-ball * 2017 West Coast Ten-ball Pro Challenge * 2017 Turning Stone Classic * 2017 Derby City Classic Bigfoot Ten-ball Challenge * 2016 Billiards Digest Player of the Year * 2016 Mosconi Cup * 2016 International Challenge of Champions * 2016 Kuwait Open Nine-ball Championship * 2016 Great Dismal Swamp Nine-ball Classic * 2016 Steinway Classic Ten-ball * 2016 Deurne City Classic Nine-ball * 2016 Turning Stone Classic * 2016 Derby City Classic Bigfoot Ten-ball Challenge * 2016 Accu-Stats Eight-ball Invitational * 2015 Turning Stone Classic * 2015 Turning Stone Classic * 2014 Ocean State Nine-ball Championship * 2014 Turning Stone Classic * 2013 Empire State Ten-ball Championship * 2010 WPA World Blackball Championship
==References== {{reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Jayson}} Category:1988 births Category:Scottish pool players Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Glasgow Category:World Games silver medalists for Great Britain Category:World Games medalists in cue sports Category:Medalists at the 2017 World Games Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States