The Cornerstone
The Foundation Newsletter
Volume 15, Issue 5 May 2011
"The crisis is upon us, friends. Our sport is in trouble. Many of you, that love the game as we do, will look at the crisis like a friend who is in trouble and needs our help. We must not shrink from the task before us, we should welcome it. It is 'our' generation that has been called to the challenge. If not now, when? If not us, who?"
The Foundation
“One World, One Game”
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Letter from the Editor
Three National Championships?
College bowling, in my opinion, is probably the most exciting and competitive layer of our sport. If you’ve never been to a collegiate tournament, especially a larger Tier 1 event, you must make an effort to see one. The level of enthusiasm of the players and the spirit of teamwork is nothing short of infectious. It’s really quite an experience.
This year, the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) named bowling as an emerging sport. As a result, there was an NAIA Invitational tournament where member programs were invited to participate and vie for a national championship of sorts. Right now, 28 schools field bowling teams under the NAIA umbrella. If 50 or more schools designate bowling as a varsity sport, bowling will be eligible for championship sports status and a national championship.
What that says to me is that collegiate bowling could potentially have three national championships. If I understand all of this correctly (and I may not so if I am incorrect, please feel free to contact me and get me on the correct path!) collegiate bowling would have the following: a NCAA national championship, the USBC ITC national championships and the NAIA national championships. With three separate national championships and not every school eligible to participate in every championship event, it gets somewhat confusing (in my mind) as to who the actual national champions would be.
In football and basketball and baseball there is only one national champion. Why should bowling be different? Why must we have three national champions in one sport? If the NAIA grants a national championship to bowling will the national championships be able to merge into one event?
I hope that bowling will continue to garner this positive attention and that in the future, bowling will have only one national champion.
McKendree women, Davenport men win 2011 NAIA Invitational
By: Lucas Wiseman; USBC Communications
INDIANAPOLIS - The McKendree women and Davenport men went undefeated in match play to claim titles at the 2011 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Invitational.
McKendree took down St. Ambrose, 3-1, while Davenport defeated William Penn, 3-1, in the championship matches at Woodland Bowl. The event was streamed live on BOWL.com from start to finish.
After dropping the first game 220-185, the Bearcats battled back to win the next three to defeat St. Ambrose. McKendree, the runner-up at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships last year, rolled with victories of 168-164, 217-186 and 243-159.
"All eight of my players had a great look, so I felt like I could use any of them at any time," McKendree women's coach Gary White said. "We just started steamrolling people in match play. It's one of those rolls you like to get on and it just kept going. The girls did a great job."
Davenport entered the double-elimination match-play bracket as the No. 15 seed after 24 games of qualifying. The Panthers won the opening two games against William Penn, 183-176 and 205-190, before dropping the third game, 213-179. They took the fourth game 214-168 to lock up the win.
"We've got a group of guys who have really come to life in the last few weeks," Davenport men's coach Mike Eaton said. "Our bracket seemed pretty tough, but some of the top teams got beat early and that really helped us out."
In the semifinals, St. Ambrose took down Robert Morris (Illinois), 3-2, while William Penn knocked off Viterbo, 3-1, to advance.
NAIA elevated bowling to emerging sport status last summer. The move by one of the nation's governing bodies for collegiate athletics puts bowling on the path to becoming a championship sport for dozens of additional colleges and universities across the country.
In the 2010-11 season, teams from 28 schools fielded bowling teams. If 50 or more NAIA member institutions designate bowling as a varsity sport, then bowling will be eligible for championship sport status and an NAIA national championship.
The NAIA has 50,000 student-athletes participating at nearly 300 member colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Divided into 25 conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions, the NAIA offers 23 championships in 13 sports. All NAIA bowling programs are members of USBC Collegiate.
A total of 23 men's teams and 22 women's teams competed in the NAIA Invitational.
NAIA Names All-American Teams
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) designated bowling as an emerging sport in 2010. For the first time since 1978, member schools took place in a dedicated national tournament. In addition to the national tournament; the NAIA Invitational; the NAIA also selected All-American athletes from the member schools. The All-American teams as well as NAIA Players of the Year were named during the pre-tournament banquet.
In the women’s division, Pikeville’s Kim Yioulos was named Player of the Year. Yioulos was the top finisher at four events including Team Match Games. Additionally, she had six top five tournament finishes and eight top ten tournament finishes for the year. Yioulos averaged 197.32 for the season.
Yioulos was joined on the First Team by Amanda Greene of Lindenwood, McKendree’s Brandi Branka, Heather D’Errico of Robert Morris – Illinois and Jessica Santiago of Webber International.
Second Team honors in the women’s division were awarded to Webber’s Diana Zavjalova, Lindenwood’s Jenny Petzoldt, Samantha Kelly of Robert Morris – Illinois, Amber Sells of Northwest Ohio and Midland’s Kristen Ruzicka.
Marcelo Suartz of Webber International University took home Player of the Year honors in the men’s division. Suartz was the top male bowler at the Brunswick Southern tournament. He had three additional top ten finishes during the season. Suartz averaged just over 213 for the season.
Joining Suartz with First Team All-American honors were Dean Richards of Lindenwood, Chris Bardol of Robert Morris – Illinois, RJ Klann of Lindenwood and Sammy Krucek of Calumet.
Second Team All-American honors were awarded to Webber International players Javier Diaz and Jon Trzcinski, Frank Testa of Notre Dame – Ohio, Sean Rangel of William Penn and Mikey Hill of Robert Morris – Illinois.
NAIA elevated bowling to emerging sport status last summer. The move by one of the nation's governing bodies for collegiate athletics puts bowling on the path to becoming a championship sport for dozens of additional colleges and universities across the country.
In the 2010-11 season, teams from 28 schools fielded bowling teams. If 50 or more NAIA member institutions designate bowling as a varsity sport, then bowling will be eligible for championship sport status and an NAIA national championship.
The NAIA has 50,000 student-athletes participating at nearly 300 member colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Divided into 25 conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions, the NAIA offers 23 championships in 13 sports. All NAIA bowling programs are members of USBC Collegiate.
UMES takes home title at 2011 NCAA Women's Bowling Championships
The University of Maryland-Eastern Shore women's bowling team captured the title at the 2011 NCAA Women's Bowling Championships by defeating Vanderbilt University, four-games-to-two, at Skore Lanes in Taylor, Mich.
In best-of-three-games format, the Lady Hawks rebounded from a 2-1 deficit to win three consecutive games and the match.
Kristina Frahm was named Most Outstanding Performer of the Championship and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team along with fellow senior and NTCA National Player of the Year, Maria Rodriguez. The match was a back and forth struggle between two teams that last met in a championship in 2007, when Vanderbilt won their only title.
UMES took a 1-0 lead after game one topping the Commodores 215-197 getting three strikes in the last four balls to secure the win.
The drama however came over the next two games as the big stage seemed to bother the Hawks. They tightened up and Vandy took advantage. Lead-off bowler Paula Vilas left an open frame in the very first frame of the second game and did it again in the sixth frame. Add in one by Frahm and UMES was shaken, handing the Commodores a 193-164 win.
Game three saw a big move by head coach Sharon Brummell. She pulled Vilas, who had arguably been the most consistent Hawk all week along. In came top reserve T'Nia Falbo who brought the team back.
While UMES didn't win game three, they got better, posting a 201-248 loss, but put together five strikes in the game. Unfortunately for UMES, Vanderbilt was hot and opened with six strikes, something the Lady Hawks couldn't overcome.
"Paula was just too tight, we tried to let her get right but we made a change and it paid off. T'Nia coming off the bench was a key to our win because she made good shots and closed her frames. It was a huge part of our win," Brummell said.
Coach Brummell knew her team was too serious and worried too much about the match. She lightened the mood, got the team smiling again and it paid off. The relaxed Hawks left no open frames in game four, getting just one spare in the last four frames, netting four strikes and using a bunch of Vandy spares to win 248-204.
With the match tied at two, UMES knew they had to get game five. The oil was changing under the television lights but the Hawks were making adjustments under the eye of Assistant Coach Doug Dukes and they were paying off.
The momentum had shifted and the Commodores were now shaken. It was obvious to the large crowd that had gathered, as Vanderbilt threw three opens and took a 235-166 loss. Falbo was huge, sparing and striking. The Hawks tallied seven strikes, including three in a row, over the fifth, sixth and seventh frames. Martha Perez was huge down the stretch at one point posting seven strikes in six frames over the games.
Up three games to two, UMES wanted to finish it up in six. They did, but it was a tight one.
After both teams struck in the first frame, Vandy opened in the second, leaving the `big four' and UMES spared. The Hawks had the advantage. The Commodores answered with a strike but Anggie Ramirez couldn't answer her, leaving an open on a 7-10 split.
It seemed the momentum was back to Vanderbilt as Jessica Earnest picked up a huge 8-9-10 split. Frahm then spared to keep it close. Both anchors would then spare the fifth frame heading into the television break.
Coming back UMES was down just two pins. Vandy got a strike from lead-off bowler Brittny Hamilton and Falbo threw a spare. The seventh saw a pair of spares and the eighth a pair of strikes. The match was incredibly tight.
Vandy got another strike in the ninth frame and Frahm made an eight spare to make the Vandy lead a little bigger. All Vandy needed was a strike or spare to seal the win but anchor Samantha Hesley left an eight-split and picked up just a pin.
Maria Rodriguez needed a nine-spare or a strike and she got the latter. Needing just an eight-count in the last two balls, Rodriguez struck again and sealed the school's second NCAA Championship.
The match marks the end of NCAA competition for the three seniors, Frahm , Perez and Rodriguez. Coach Brummell was emotional talking about them. "This group of young ladies is so talented and so hard working. They are easy to coach because they do what we tell them to and more. They don't ask questions, they just do it. They have worked so hard all year and they got what they deserved, a national championship."
While an NCAA Championship would be the end of most teams' season UMES has one more event left. They bowl for a second national championship next week in Columbus, Ga. at the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships. They enter as the team with the highest pinfall at any qualifier.
"We want another one," Ramirez said. "We can do it, how many teams get a chance to win two national titles in one year? We want to say we did."
USBC announces Recognition Awards
Texas association leader Ellen Goss, Indiana proprietor James Doty and former Bowling Inc. CEO David Patrick have been named winners of the 2011 United States Bowling Congress Recognition Awards.
Goss was selected as winner of the Helen Baker Outstanding Association Service Award, Doty the Proprietor of the Year Award and Patrick the Joyce Deitch Unity Award.
The Helen Baker Outstanding Association Service Award is named for the former Women’s International Bowling Congress’ fifth president. It annually recognizes an outstanding bowling leader who has made invaluable contributions to local and state associations as an innovator, creator and mentor of adult programs.
Goss has been a USBC member for 41 years and currently lives in Garland, Texas. She has volunteered for her local association and served as a delegate to the national convention for more than 20 years. Her leadership also includes involvement in the Texas Bowling Writer’s Association, the 600 Club, the state nominating committee and Bowl for the Cure.
The Proprietor of the Year Award annually recognizes an outstanding bowling center proprietor for his/her enthusiastic support of local and state bowling associations and of national programs.
Doty serves as General Manager of Royal Pin Leisure Centers in Indianapolis. He works closely with USBC associations hosting events of all size and about 13,000 USBC members bowl league in one of his centers. An avid supporter of youth bowling, Doty’s centers hosted the 2009 and 2010 USBC Junior Gold Championships and Youth Open. Nearly 20 local high school teams call one of Royal Pin’s centers home.
The Joyce Deitch Unity Award is named for the seventh president of the WIBC. It recognizes organizations and individuals who have made important contributions to bowling by being motivators, visionaries, leaders and innovators.
Patrick served as CEO for Bowling Inc. in the late 1990s. As bowling’s membership organizations progressed toward a streamlined delivery system and merged organization, Patrick played a key role in unifying staff during a challenging political climate. Patrick made it a professional focus to promote unity and the ultimate goal of keeping the membership organizations working together.
Winners of the USBC Recognition Awards are selected by the USBC Board of Directors and will be formally recognized at the 2011 USBC Convention in Grapevine, Texas.
PBA SENIOR TOUR SCHEDULE
The PBA Senior Tour got off to a great start with two (2) tournaments in Florida, with the first one at Carter Family Bowl in Winter Garden and followed by a stop at The Villages. Heading up the list of older stars that are competing is Hall of Famer and 2010 Rookie of the Year, Walter Ray Williams, Jr. Other stars scheduled to compete are PBA Hall of Famers Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fl.; Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, NJ.; Tom Baker, King, NC.; Dale Eagle, Frisco, Tx.; and Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash. Also entered are 2009 Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, and 1998 Senior Player of the Year Pete Couture, Titusville, Fla.
Other Florida standouts entered are five-time PBA Tour and one-time Senior Tour titlist Bob Handley of Winter Park, six-time Senior Tour and four-time PBA Tour winner Steve Neff of Homosassa Springs and four-time Senior Tour and two-time PBA Tour winner Bob Chamberlain of The Villages.
The remainder of the 2011 PBA Senior Tour Schedule
April 17-21 – PBA Senior Don Carter Open, Carter Family Bowl, Winter Garden, Fla.
April 23-26 – PBA Senior Sun Bowl In The Villages, Spanish Springs Lanes, The Villages, Fla.
May 1-4 – PBA Senior Miller High Life Classic, George Pappas Lanes, Mooresville, N.C.
May 21-24 – PBA Senior Mark Roth Allentown Open, Playdrome Rose Bowl, Allentown, Pa.
June 12-17 – PBA Senior U.S. Open, Presented by the Suncoast Bowling Center, Las Vegas
June 19-22 – PBA Senior Northern California Classic, Harvest Park Bowl, Brentwood, Calif.
July 31-Aug. 5 – USBC Senior Masters, Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl, Columbus, Ohio
Aug. 8-11 – PBA Senior Lake County Open, Olympia Lanes, Hammond, Ind.
Aug. 13-16 – PBA Senior Decatur Open, Spare Time Lanes, Decatur, Ill.
Aug. 22-25 – PBA Senior Jackson Open, Airport Lanes, Jackson, Mich.
Aug. 27-30 – PBA Senior Dayton Classic, Capri Lanes, Dayton, Ohio
Paula Carter Earns 50th Sam Levine Flowers for the Living Award
The winner of the 50th Sam Levine Flowers for the Living Award, presented by the Bowling Foundation, is Paula Carter, Miami, Florida. The award began in 1961, and has become one of the most prestigious and coveted awards in the bowling industry.
In the 1970’s, there was no professional bowler who attracted more media attention than Florida’s Paula Carter. The fact that she was married to bowling legend Don Carter was part of the attraction, but the media fascination was primarily driven by her stunning good looks and her tremendous talent with a bowling ball. She also contributed by doing some television commentary during her tour years.
She was then known as Paula Sperber - Carter, and she burst onto the scene in the early years of the women’s tour, and secured her place in history and the Hall of Fame by winning the 1971 and 1974 BPAA Women’s US Open tournaments.
In spite of her agoraphobia making her very uncomfortable in public places, Carter made herself available for public appearances, appeared on television shows with celebrities like Johnny Carson and Dinah Shore to promote bowling and the tour. With her husband, she also did much more than her share of community service work; especially with abused and neglected children, taking them into their home to give them a second chance and a better life.
The Flowers Award recognizes those who selflessly work behind the scenes and out of the public eye to make the world a better place; and they make the bowling industry proud. One of the award’s founding fathers, Sam Weinstein, described it best when he said “The Flowers Award is not for any great deed or spectacular accomplishment, but just for being a person in our world that we love and admire for what they do and stand for.”
Those words describe this winner perfectly, and the award serves to let the industry know that even though she has not been in the spotlight for some time, Paula Carter’s contributions are noticed and appreciated.
Past winners of the Flowers Award include Paula’s husband Don, who won it in 1986, and a virtual “who’s who” of people who have done wonderful work in the industry since it was started by a small group of newspapermen in 1960. More winners include Joe Norris, Marion Ladewig, Mort Luby Jr., Chuck Pezzano, Dick Weber, Jeanette Robinson, Pearl Keller, Earl Anthony, Helen Duval, Len Nicholson, and many more.
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Membership Report
We have members in all 50 states,
and the District of Columbia
We have members in 49 countries, including the United States:
Argentina Australia Bahrain Belgium Brazil Canada China Columbia Costa Rica Denmark Ecuador Egypt Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Guam Guatemala Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea Latvia Malaysia Mexico The Netherlands N. Ireland Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand Panama Philippines Puerto Rico Peru Qatar Scotland Singapore Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey U.A.E. Ukraine Venezuela
Corporate Sponsors
The problems that exist in our Sport are “industry-wide” problems that must be addressed by the entire Industry. The Foundation does all that they can to help, but we can NOT do it alone.
The Foundation has well over 1000-Members who have joined-in to assist. Some Members (Founding and Charter) have paid to show their support. Some Members (Associates) have just lent their “voice”. ALL of the members are important.
Even though The Foundation has NOT actively solicited bowling-related companies for help, some realize the importance of our “Mission” and have come forward with donations. We recognize the following companies for their loyalty and support to bowling.
KEGEL
KAT Travel
I.B.P.S.I.A.
EBN Services
Storm Bowling
Classic Products
Bobs’ Business, Inc.
Vincennes University
BowlersParadise.com
Virtualtournaments.com
Wichita State University
David Driscoll & Associates
International Bowling Industry Magazine
Stars and Strikes Bowling Newsmagazine
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