Mark Martin

Meritorious Service

Mark Martin
City: Waterford
State: MI
Inducted: 2026

Mark Martin’s national service in the sport of bowling dated all the way back to the days of the American Bowling Congress and continued through the decades as he participated in a multitude of committees and task forces, chairing many of them.

Martin started as an ABC Jurisdictional Associate (1998-2002) and then served as an ABC Director (2002-2005). During the conversion of the ABC to the USBC, Martin served on the all-important ABC (2004-2005)/USBC (2006-2007) Strategic Planning Committees.

In the time frame from 2010-2019, he would serve on, and chair, the following USBC committees: Legal and Legislative, National Policy and USBC Hall of Fame. During that same time frame, Martin also served on the Equipment Specifications and Finance Committees. 

His national service was rooted in a commitment to the sport on the local and state level. Martin was a director for the Greater Detroit Bowling Association for 10 years (1986-1996) before serving as Executive Director/Association Manager (1996-2022). He was Zone Director for the Michigan State USBC from 1998-2018 in addition to chairing the Detroit Hall of Fame Board for many years.

In the state of Michigan, Martin is best known in bowling circles as creator and operator of the Michigan State Masters and Senior Masters tournaments (2007-2018). He also served as chairman of the Masters Committee since its inception in 2007 through 2018 and as chairman of the Michigan State USBC Hall of Fame Committee (2010-2018).

Martin also served bowling through the media. He was host and/or executive producer of local television shows that featured and promoted bowling – the Michigan Kingpins/Bowling Showcase (2013-2024) and the Greater Detroit Bowling Bonanza (2002-2004). He also was an award-winning bowling writer, columnist and editor.

He was inducted into the Detroit Bowling Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Michigan State USBC Hall of Fame in 2016.