Meet the 2013 USBC Hall of Fame class
The United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame will grow by eight on May 2 when the induction ceremony takes place. The USBC Hall of Fame was created in 2005 by merging the former American Bowling Congress and Women's International Bowling Congress halls of fame. With eight inductees for 2013, there will be 402 members of the USBC Hall of Fame - 267 in Performance, 115 in Meritorious Service and 20 Pioneers.
Jason Couch | Superior Performance
Jason Couch of Clermont, Fla., made history in 2002 by becoming the only bowler in Professional Bowlers Association Tour history to win three consecutive Tournament of Champions titles. His 16 career PBA titles include four majors - the three TOC victories and the 1993 PBA Touring Players Championship. He was No. 24 on the list of the 50 Greatest Players in PBA History. Couch has finished in the top 10 at the USBC Masters four times, with his best finish being second in 2001.
Lynda Barnes | Superior Performance
Lynda Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, is a two-time USBC Queens champion (1998, 2008), has six top-five finishes at the U.S. Women's Open and has won dozens of international medals competing for Team USA, including the 2005 QubicaAMF World Cup. Barnes, the wife of Professional Bowlers Association star Chris Barnes, owns four USBC Women's Championships titles and was a standout collegiate bowler at San Jose State.
Sandra Postma | Outstanding USBC Performance
Sandra Postma of Lansing, Ill., won the USBC Queens in 1995, but made a bigger impact at the senior level. She is the only three-time winner of the USBC Senior Queens, taking the title in 2004, 2006, and 2008. She was the first of two bowlers to have won both a Queens and a Senior Queens title. She owns seven city titles and six state crowns.
Rick Steelsmith | Outstanding USBC Performance
A former Team USA member and collegiate national champion at Wichita State, Rick Steelsmith, of Wichita, Kan., was the player to beat in the late 1980s. The four-time All-American was the World Bowling Writers, International Bowling Media Association and Collegiate Bowler of the Year in 1987. He won the USBC Masters in 1987 and returned to the tournament lanes in 1988 to win Regular All-Events and Team All-Events at the USBC Open Championships.
Shirley Levens | Outstanding USBC Performance
Shirley Levens of Titusville, Fla., won three titles at the USBC Women's Championships - Classic Doubles in 1982 and back-to-back Classic Team titles in 1993 and '94 - and has been dominant at the state and local level with 16 Florida Queens titles, 14 state championships and 12 city tournament victories. She was the first two-time winner of the USBC Senior Queens (2002, 2005) and earned four consecutive International Bowling Media Association Senior Woman Bowler of the Year honors.
Tamoria Adams | Meritorious Service
Tamoria Adams of Charlotte, N.C., is a USBC Life Member, and her service to the sport of bowling spans four decades. She has served a number of leadership and delegate roles in local and state associations, and was on the first USBC Board of Directors in 2005 following her time as a Women's International Bowling Congress Board member and vice president. Her committee assignments over the years include college bowling, legislation, diversity, volunteer services and now USBC National Policy and Legal/Legislative.
Frank Santore | Outstanding USBC Performance
The late Frank Santore, a New York City and New York State Hall of Famer, was a standout individual during the heyday of team bowling. He claimed three individual titles at the USBC Open Championships - Regular All-Events in 1950 and 1953, and Regular Singles in 1953. He also had third-place finishes in Regular Singles and Regular Team in 1950, and a fifth-place team effort in 1949.