Jimmy Wetch

Jimmy Wetch, born on April 23, 1968, in St. Paul, Minnesota, and known by the nickname the Kid, is an American professional pool player. He was at one time a feared road player and later became an accomplished tournament professional who won numerous competitions, and he was ranked fifth in the world by the Pro Billiards Tour in 1996. He is the son of Jimmy Sr., the owner of a painting business, and Janice Wetch, a switchboard operator, and has one sibling, Sharon. His early life was marked by instability as his parents divorced, remarried and divorced again, and he never went to the same school for more than two years in a row.