- Home Town: Blair, Nebraska
- Birth Date: Aug. 2, 1964
- Bowls: Left
- 300 Games: Over 40
- 800 Series: Over 20
- Favorite Bowling Ball or Type:
Brunswick Siege - Mid/Light Oil
All-time favorite Columbia Power Torq - Super Hoinke Ball
RotoGrip Infinite Theory Heavier Oil - Favorite Layout: Pin 4, CG 3 1/2 from axis for med/heavy oil
- Favorite Layout: Pin 5 CG 3 from axis for med/light oil
Biography:
Started bowling junior leagues at the age of 6. Sr drilled my first ball right
handed. He went in the back at Rose Bowl and came out half-hour later. He saw I was throwing the
ball left handed. He was asked what I was doing. I said "it felt better". Sr plugged and
re-drilled the ball for my left hand and the rest is history.
Accomplishments:
- ABC/USBC Record for the second highest step ladder series of 276, 277, 278
- Four time junior bowler of the year in the state of Nebraska
- First Nebraskan to roll 300 at nationals at Toledo, Ohio - 1991
- Inducted into the Omaha Hall of Fame 1995
- Inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame 2005
- First Father/Son Omaha and Nebraska Hall of Fame
- 1993 PBA Regional Winner Lincoln, Nebraska as an amateur
- 1993 Super Hoinke runner-up paid $50,000
- 1993 ABC Team Challenge Champs Forth Worth, Texas
- 1995 Super Hoinke sweeper winner paid $9,000
- 2001 ABC Nationals 3rd place team event - missed 1st by 1 pin, Reno, Nevada
- 5 Nebraska State Tournament titles
- 1 Iowa State Tournament title
- 6 time champion Tommy Torgerson Tournament Ida Grove, Iowa
- 3 time champion Scratch Classic Huron, South Dakota
- 2 time champion Under-Division Tomsu Memorial doubles champion
- 1 time champion Over-Division Tomsu Memorial doubles champion
- 2nd bowler ever to win 2 Sandhills Tournaments
- Bowled Nationals for the 29th consecutive time with lifetime average 203 for 261 games
Coaching:
USBC Certified at all levels. Really enjoy watching people improve their game.
1840 - First Indoor Lanes Built (Manhattan, NY)
1880 - Two Fingered-grip introduced
1895 - The American Bowling Congress Organized
1899 - Flat gutters lowered to 2" deep
1901 - 1st ABC National Tournament
1902 - Minimum pin weight: 3lbs 2oz
1905 - First hard rubber ball developed Maximum ball weight set at 16lbs
1907 - Flat gutters lowered to 3.5"
1908 - First (ABC recognized) 300 game
1909 - Minumum pin weight: 3lbs Ooz Resurfacing required ever 12 months
1913 - First 300 in the ABC National Tournament
1914 - Mineralite ball introduced (Brunswick)
1916 - 1st WIBC National Tournament
1922 - Minimum pin weight: 2lbs 12oz
1928 - Flat gutters: quarter round required on each side
1930 - First female 300 game
1932 - Air conditioning comes to bowling
1933 - Minimum pin weight 3lbs 0oz, Base of pin changed
1936 - Ned Day First to use 3 finger ball
1938 - Synthetic coatings developed (Lacquer)
1943 - Fiber-pin base approved
1947 - First televised bowling match (CBS)
1948 - Laminated pins developed
1950 - Pin base changed mandated: 2.25" to 2" diameter First automated pin setter installed (AMF)
1956 - Smaller pin base required
1959 - Introduction of the first polyester balls (Columbia)
1960 - First foul detector approved
1962 - First synthetic pin approved (Magna pin)
1963 - Minimum pin weight: 3lbs 2oz
1968 - First WIBC 800 series
1972 - Even lane conditions mandated (Gutter to Gutter)