Lynda Barnes (#7) Hometown: Double Oak, Texas Born: Oct. 7, 1967
Credentials:A 10-time Team USA member, Barnes recently returned from the Women's World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, where she teamed up with Shannon O’Keefe, Stefanie Nation, Shannon Pluhowsky, Diandra Asbaty and Tennelle Milligan for the silver medal in team. She also joined O’Keefe and Milligan for a silver medal in trios and Milligan for bronze in doubles.
Barnes, the wife of PBA superstar Chris Barnes, is the reigning U.S. Amateur champion after winning the USBC Team USA Trials in January, and also won U.S. Amateur titles in 1995 and 2005. Barnes, who was selected as the 2005 Amateur Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers Association of America, also recently was inducted into the World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame. Barnes has won numerous medals in international competition during her career and capped a successful season in 2005 by winning the QubicaAMF World Cup in Slovenia. She will be making her return to the World Cup in November.
Barnes was the 1988 and 1989 Collegiate Bowler of the Year at San Jose State and was previously selected as BWAA Amateur Female Bowler of the Year in 1998.
Missy Bellinder (#14) Hometown: Fullerton, Calif. Born: Dec. 9, 1981
Credentials: Bellinder was the first woman to own a PBA membership and later became one of three women to win a PBA regional title, joining Liz Johnson and Kelly Kulick. She was a member of Team USA in 2000 and 2001, and is a past member of Junior Team USA. She was the first U.S. Junior Amateur champion thanks to a win at the 1998 Junior Gold Championships.
Bellinder is the daughter of longtime coach, PBA member and pro shop owner Frank Bellinder. She also enjoyed a short, but successful collegiate career at Cal State Fullerton, where she was the collegiate bowler of the year and MVP in 2003. That year, she also was the MVP in the men’s division (Cal State Fullerton didn’t field a men’s team) at the Intercollegiate Team Championships. She was the first woman to roll a 300 game in a Spanish Bowling Federation event.
Amanda Burgoyne (#10) Hometown: Newport, Minn. Born: Sept. 27, 1984
Credentials: Burgoyne has been a member of Team USA member since 2004 and was a member of Junior Team USA from 2003 to 06. She has tallied four consecutive top-10 finishes at the USBC Team USA Trials and has earned 13 gold medals in international competition.
Burgoyne was a member of the 2004 and 2005 NCAA women’s national champions at the University of Nebraska and was named the 2005 NCAA Women’s National Collegiate Bowling Championships Most Valuable Player. Most recently was named the 2007 NCAA Division I Player of the Year.
She was the 2004 Alberta E. Crowe Star of Tomorrow and was a member of the 2004 WIBC All-American second team. Burgoyne was the 2003 Minnesota Amateur champion and was the first youth bowler to roll a Sport-certified 300 game.
Carolyn Dorin-Ballard (#5) Hometown: North Richland Hills, Texas Born: July 29, 1964
Credentials: A 20-time winner on the PWBA Tour, Dorin-Ballard now serves as spokesperson for the USBC High School program. Seven of her titles came in 2001 when she tied the record for most titles in a season. Among those wins was the USBC Queens.
She joined the Professional Bowlers Association shortly after the PWBA folded and competes regularly in regional and national events against the best male bowlers in the world. In August 2005, she rolled back-to-back 300 games in a PBA regional event. Her husband, Del Ballard Jr., is a 12-time PBA Tour champion.
Prior to joining the professional ranks, Dorin-Ballard was a three-time All-American at West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M) and was a standout bowler at Linden High School in Linden, N.J.
Michelle Feldman (#2) Hometown: Skaneateles, N.Y. Born: April 19, 1976
Credentials: The 12-time PWBA tour titlist was the 2002 PWBA Player of the Year. She finished second at the 2004 USBC Queens and was fourth at the 2005 Queens. She won three PWBA Tour titles in 2000 and 2002. In 2000, she and Kim Terrell bowled the first perfect match (300-300) against each other in the Paula Carter Classic. In 1997, at the Southern Virginia Open, she became the first woman to bowl a televised 300 game.
Liz Johnson (#11) Hometown: Cheektowaga, N.Y. Born: May 2, 1974
Credentials: Even though there is no full-time tour for women, it hasn’t stopped Johnson from competing professionally by entering PBA events. In 2005, she made history by becoming the first woman to win a PBA regional, finished second in a PBA national tour event and recently advanced to the round of 16 in the 2006 Ace Hardware Championships.
Johnson is an 11-time PWBA Tour titlist, including the 1996 U.S. Women’s Open title. Before joining the tour, Johnson was a three-time Amateur Bowler of the Year, two-time U.S. Amateur champion and 1993 Collegiate Bowler of the Year at Morehead State. She won a Masters gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games and a silver medal in singles at the 1995 FIQ World Championships.
Tish Johnson (#12) Hometown: Napa, Calif./Colorado Springs, Colo. Born: June 8, 1962
Credentials: A USBC Hall of Famer, Johnson is tied for fourth all-time with 25 PWBA titles. She is one of four women to win more than $1 million in her career. Johnson is a two-time PWBA Player of the Year and a three-time BWAA Bowler of the Year. She was a seven-time Bowlers Journal All-American and a six-time WIBC All-American. Johnson also owns 24 PWBA regional titles. In 1996, she became the first woman to win a Megabucks title when she won the Super Hoinke Classic.
Kelly Kulick (#3) Hometown: Union, N.J. Born: March 16, 1977
Credentials: In May, Kulick won the 2007 USBC Queens. In 2006, she became the first woman to qualify for the PBA Tour’s exempt field and went on to compete in 19 events during the 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour season. She was PWBA Rookie of the Year in 2001 and, two years later, won her first tour title by taking the 2003 U.S. Women’s Open.
Kulick, a USBC Ambassador, had an outstanding collegiate and amateur career. A three-time Collegiate Bowler of the Year at Morehead State, Kulick also was a four-time Team USA member and the 2000 U.S. Amateur champion. In 1999, she was a gold medalist at the Pan American Games, and that same year, won a gold and two silver medals at the FIQ World Championships.
Wendy Macpherson (#8) Hometown: Henderson, Nev. Born: Jan. 28, 1968
Credentials: A 20-time PWBA Tour titlist (including six majors), Macpherson and Millie Ignizio are the only three-time USBC Queens champions. Macpherson won Queens titles in 1998, 2000 and 2003. PWBA Rookie of the Year in 1986, Bowler of the Decade for the 1990s, a four-time selection as PWBA and BWAA Player of the Year are just a few of her accomplishments. She is the PWBA’s all-time earnings leader with more than $1.2 million and owns 10 PWBA records. At age 18, she was the youngest bowler to win the U.S. Women’s Open and the youngest to win the women’s triple crown (Queens, U.S. Open, Sam’s Town Invitational) at age 22.
Macpherson made history in 2006 when she won the Regular Singles title at the USBC Open Championships, becoming the first woman to win a Regular Division event. In 2007, she added to her resume with a Classic All-Events title at the 2007 USBC Women’s Championships.
Stefanie Nation (#9) Hometown: Orlando, Fla. Born: Jan. 11, 1984
Credentials:As a member of Team USA since 2005, Nation recently helped lead the U.S. women to a team silver medal at the 2007 Women’s World Championships, a feat she also accomplished at the same event in 2005. She made her first splash on the world scene with a team gold medal and silver medals in Masters and doubles at the 2004 World Youth Championships. She closed out her four-year tenure on Junior Team USA with bronze medals in singles and Masters at the 2006 World Youth Championships. She was the youngest person to earn a spot on Junior Team USA when she did so in 2000, and went on to win three straight U.S. Junior Amateur titles from 2003 to 2005.
Nation guided the University of Central Florida to a national runner-up finish at the 2006 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships and was named Player of the Year in 2005-06.
Shannon O’Keefe (#1) Hometown: Rochester, N.Y. Born: Jan. 27, 1979
Credentials:O’Keefe, a four-time member of Team USA, just returned from the Women’s World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, where she became the second U.S. woman to win a gold medal in singles. She also helped Team USA to a silver medal in team and joined Lynda Barnes and Tennelle Milligan for a silver medal in trios. In 2005 in Aalborg, Denmark, O’Keefe was a member of the Team USA squad that finished just 11 pins behind Chinese Taipei in the race for gold, settling instead for the silver medal.
O’Keefe, who recently finished fifth in the 2007 USBC Queens, earned five gold medals (singles, doubles, team, all-events, national all-events) and one silver medal (mixed doubles) at the 2006 Tournament of the Americas. She finished third in the 2005 USBC Team USA Trials, seventh in 2006 and sixth in 2007.
Shannon Pluhowsky (#6) Hometown: Phoenix Born: Aug. 8, 1982
Credentials:The 2006 USBC Queens champion has been a member of Team USA since 2001 and was a member of Junior Team USA from 2000 to 2003. She recently helped the U.S. to a team silver medal at the 2007 Women’s World Championships. In 2001, she became the first to win three consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur titles, and in 2004, she became the first bowler to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles. She has won numerous titles and medals in international competition including the QubicaAMF World Cup in 2002 and 2004. She was runner-up in the 2003 World Cup. Among her many honors include the 2004 United States Olympic Committee Bowler of the Year, 2002 Bowling Writers Association of America Bowler of the Year and 2004-05 National Tenpin Coaches Association Player of the Year.
In collegiate competition, she was a member of the University of Nebraska team that won the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships in 2001 and NCAA women’s national team championships in 2004 and 2005.
Olivia Sandham (#16) Hometown: Wichita, Kan. Born: May 7, 1984
Credentials: Sandham was a Team USA member in 2004 and 2006 and a Junior Team USA member from 2002 until 2004. During her All-American career at Wichita State, she helped the Shockers to a win at the 2005 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships and later became the 2006 USBC Intercollegiate Singles champion. She finished third at the 2003 USBC Queens.
Amy Stolz (#15) Hometown: Castle Rock, Colo. Born: April 30, 1979
Credentials: A Junior Team USA member in 2001, Stolz was the 2001 Alberta E. Crowe Star of Tomorrow. She was an All-American at Arizona State in the 1999-2000 season and was the MVP of the 2001 Intercollegiate Team Championships. She is a three-time Colorado women’s state all-events champion. In 1998, Stolz teamed with Kelly Kulick to win the gold medal in doubles at the World Youth Championships and also helped lead the United States to a silver medal in team event.
Karen Stroud (#4) Hometown: Victoria, Texas/Plantation, Fla. Born: Oct. 25, 1973
Credentials: Stroud, a member of the most recent Bowlers Journal All-American team, won Classic All-Events and Classic Singles at the 2006 USBC Women’s Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno. She also was third in Classic Doubles. In 2005, she claimed the Classic Doubles title at the Women’s Championships.
Stroud also is a former All-American at West Texas A&M and helped her squad to a win at the 1996 Intercollegiate Team Championships. She was named the MVP for the event. In 1994 and ’96, she was recognized by the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association as the collegiate player of the year. Stroud enjoyed a short career in the PWBA.
Kim Terrell (#13) Hometown: Antioch, Calif. Born: Sept. 25, 1965
Credentials: Terrell is a 16-year veteran of the former PWBA Tour, the USBC Collegiate spokesperson and a professional clinician for the Bowlers to Veterans Link. She won nine PWBA titles, including two majors – the 2001 U.S. Women’s Open and the 2002 USBC Queens. She was named the PWBA’s Rookie of the Year in 1989.
Prior to joining the pro ranks, Terrell established herself in the bowling world as a collegiate bowler at San Jose State, earning All-America honors twice. Following her collegiate success, she represented her country internationally for one season as a member of Team USA. Since 2004, Terrell has served as an assistant coach for Junior Team USA.
In 1991, she was inducted into the San Francisco Black Sports Hall of Fame and was also named its athlete of the year that same year. Terrell also is a member of the Daly City, San Mateo County and California State USBC Halls of Fame. She recently was named women's head coach at Delaware State, an NCAA Division I program.
