Famous Athletes

Famous Athletes

Kim Adler. Considered one of the top women's professional bowlers of all time, she competed from 1991–2003. She was also the winner of the U.S. Open in 1999. Check out this clutch play.

Lynda Barnes. One of the leading women's ten-pin bowlers and winner of multiple international and national awards, Barnes might be best known for defeating Sean Rash in a nationally televised event, marking the first time a woman beat a man in a championship bowling match on TV. You go, girl.

Wendy Macpherson. This lady's an active with the PWBA from 1986–2003 and a member of the PBA from 2004 to the present. Macpherson has twenty professional titles and the highest career earnings in her sport. She was also voted Bowler's Journal's "Female Bowler of the Decade" in the '90s.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard. She's a three-time collegiate All-American with West Texas A&M. In 2011 alone, she won seven PWBA titles and tied or broke eleven women's bowling records. Dorin-Ballard was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame in 2008.

Leanne Barrette-Hulsenberg. Winner of twenty-six professional titles, Barrette-Hulsenberg completed the USBC "grand slam" in 2007, winning titles in singles, doubles, teams, and all-events.