Gordon Teigen Service Award

The Gordon Teigen Service Award is named for its first recipient. Mr. Teigen served as bowling coach at North Dakota State University and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He also served as a field representative for the American Bowling Congress,and is considered one of the founders of the ABC/WIBC Collegiate Division (now United States Bowling Congress Collegiate). The Teigen Award is presented annually by the NCBCA to an individual in recognition of outstanding service to collegiate bowling.

2025		Billy Murphy, Meritorious Service
2024		Mike Fine, Meritorious Service
2023		Bobby Brown, Meritorious Service
2022		Bo Shipley, Hoosier Classic
2021		Ron Damron, NAIA
2020		Jeff Fleck, Raider Classic Club Championships
2019		David Jones, American Heartland Intercollegiate Bowling Conference
2018		Gary Sparks
2017		Fred Polash, Keystone Quaker Classic
2016		Shawn Wochner, Club Championships/Leatherneck Classic
2015		Nick Hoagland, Hoosier Classic/H2M Management
2014		Pat Polash, USBC Collegiate Sectional Coordinator
2013		Gary Brown, Director Collegiate/Youth Tournaments, IBC Youth Development
2012		Gloria Behr, Midwest Collegiate
2011		Mark Jones, AHIBC Founder/Director
2010		Tommy Gann, USBC Collegiate Advisory Chair
2009		Robert Burks, the former Indiana coach and founder of the Hoosier Classic
2008		Larry Wilson, tournament director for Eagle Classic, Ten Pin Classic and Millennium Classic
2007		Andy VanRemortel, former USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships tournament director
2006		Gordon Vadakin, Wichita State head coach
2005		Dan Ottman, NCBCA/BWAA Past President
2004		Brian Graham, College Bowling USA
2003		Judy Dye, Association of College Unions International
2002		Diane Olson, College Bowling USA
2001		Glenn Carlson, Association of College Unions International
2000		Kerm Helmer, ABC/WIBC Collegiate Committee
1999		Karl Nickolai, collegebowling.com
1998		Remo Picchietti, DBA Products
1997		Bob Ruskovitz, Brunswick Corporation
1996		Steve Lawson, National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association
1995		Don Hillman, Bowling Proprietors' Association of America
1994		Jack Thomas, Bowling Proprietors' Association of America
1993		No award given
1992		No award given
1991		Barb Peltz, YABA Collegiate Division
1990		Roger Tessman, American Bowling Congress
1989		Frank Graziano, AMF
1988		Frank Barnhart, National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association
1987		Elaine Hagin, Women's International Bowling Congress
1986		Bob Ernest, Eastern Intercollegiate Bowling Conference
1985		Chris Stoehr, ABC/WIBC Collegiate Division
1984		Roger Dalkin, ABC/WIBC Collegiate Division
1983		Frank Baker, American Bowling Congress
1982		Philip Waterson, Eastern Intercollegiate Bowling Conference
1981		Gordon Teigen, ABC/Association of College Unions International