A member of Team USA since 1999, Asbaty starred at the University of Nebraska where she was a first-team All-American and helped the Cornhuskers to national titles in 1999 and 2001. In 2007, the two-time U.S. Amateur champion became the first player in history to claim a second Masters gold medal at the World Championships. In all, she has earned more than 50 international medals. Asbaty's international success includes two World Ranking Masters wins, victories at the 2007 Panama Invitational, the 2006 QubicaAMF World Cup and the 2006 Malaysian Open. She is a five-time Bowlers Journal Amateur of the Year, a three-time USOC Athlete of the Year for Bowling and was inducted into the World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame in 2005. Asbaty, the 2006 and 2007 World Bowler of the Year, also owns her own clothing line, Kaizen by diandra.
Mack was a standout and first-team All-American at the University of Nebraska where she helped the Cornhuskers to the 1995 national championship. She then enjoyed a short (eight years), but successful, PWBA career that included one title. She was a Classic Doubles and Classic Team champion at the 2005 USBC Women's Championships. She also owns one PWBA regional title.
A 16-year veteran of the former PWBA Tour, Terrell-Kearney serves as the spokesperson for USBC Collegiate 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 Women's International Bowling Congress Queens. She was named the PWBA's Rookie of the Year in 1989. Prior to joining the pro ranks, Terrell-Kearney established herself in the bowling world as a collegiate bowler at San Jose State University, earning All-America honors twice. Following her collegiate success, she represented her country internationally for two seasons as a member of Team USA. Since 2004, Terrell-Kearney has served as an assistant coach for Junior Team USA. In 1991, Terrell-Kearney was the San Francisco Black Sports Hall of Fame's athlete of the year. She is in the Daly City, San Mateo County and California State USBC Halls of Fame. She also was a U.S. Women's quarterfinalist in 2007.
The native Australian and 10-time member of the Australian national team, Nable won the 1998 QubicaAMF World Cup, the 1998 Australian Masters and the 1999 Malaysian Open. Nable earned one gold and one silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. She then enjoyed a three-year professional career before the PWBA closed its doors in 2003.
Wilson was a three-time All-American at Wichita State University, a three-time member of Junior Team USA (1999, 2000 and 2003) and two-time member of Team USA (2001 and 2002). In 2006, she made history at the USBC Open Championships when she became the first woman in to roll an 800 series on the tournament lanes. She put together games of 269, 268 and 279 to earn her spot in the record books with an 816 series. Wilson finished third at the 2007 USBC Queens. She won the USBC Sport Bowling national high average award for the 2005-06 season when she led all females in the nation with a 201 average for 96 games. Wilson finished third at the QubicaAMF World Cup in 2001.
Born in England, Zulkifli started bowling when she was 9 years old under the guidance of her parents, who were both avid bowlers. To this point in her career, she lists her crowning moment as her win over World Bowler of the Year, Tore Torgerson, to claim the 2001 World Tenpin Masters, which made her the event's first female champion. The win also helped her to a third consecutive Asian Bowler of the Year honor. She is a five-time Malaysian Sportswoman of the Year and has held the No. 1 ranking in Asia on four occasions. She is a 17-time member of Team Malaysia and has won more than 80 medals in international competition. She was the International Bowler of the Year in 2002 and was inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2007, she helped Malaysia to the team gold medal at the WTBA Women's World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico (she needed a mark in the final frame of the final game to top the U.S. by seven pins). She also accomplished this in 2003. Zulkifli holds a degree in Sports Science that specializes in Sports Psychology and Coaching. She currently owns and runs a bowling center in Mutiara Damansara.
Milligan won the U.S. Women's Open in 2000 and the USBC Queens in 2005. She is a three-time member of Team USA (1999, 2007, 2008) and earned three silver medals (team, trios, all-events) and two bronze medals (Masters, doubles) at the 2007 Women's World Championships to go with a handful of other medals in international competition. Milligan also earned two gold medals at the 2008 Pan Am Games and a team gold medal at the same event in 1999. During her short professional career, Milligan collected four titles, including three majors. She also owns two team titles at the USBC Women's Championships.
Woessner recently topped Jason Couch 279-257 to become the fifth woman to win a PBA regional title. In the event, Woessner, qualified in the fourth position and won four games on the way to the title. She also owns three PWBA regional titles. Woessner won two titles (singles and all-events) at the 2008 Ohio Women's State Tournament. She is a member of the Ohio Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame (2005) and the Toledo Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame (2006).
A recent graduate of Ohio State University with a degree in hospitality management, Reid cites her victory in the 2007 Dayton (Ohio) Open among her biggest accomplishments of her young career. Among a field of 96 players where only a few were women, Reid was the lone female to advance to the match-play finals of the Dayton Open and went on to win. At the 2008 USBC Queens held in suburban Detroit in April, Reid finished tied for 33rd place, going 1-2 in match play after finishing qualifying in 12th place.
As a member of Team USA since 2005, Nation helped lead the U.S. women to team silver medals at the 2005 and 2007 Women's World Championships. 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 at age 16, and went on to win three straight U.S. Junior Amateur titles from 2003 to 2005. She 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. She was a quarterfinalist in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open.
The 12-time PWBA tour titlist was the 2002 PWBA Player of the Year. She finished fourth in the 2005 Queens and was second in 2004. She won three PWBA Tour titles in 2002 and 2000. In 1997, at the Southern Virginia Open, she became the first woman to bowl a televised 300 game. In 2000, she and Kim Terrell bowled the first perfect match (300-300) against each other in the Paula Carter Classic. She was a quarterfinalist at the 2007 U.S. Women's Open.
Petrick, who has been bowling since the age of 4, has finished in the top 10 three times at the USBC Team USA Trials and three times at the USBC Junior Gold Championships. She has earned more than 20 medals in youth and adult international competition. In 2006, Petrick made history when she became the first woman to roll a perfect game in a Denny's PBA Tour event. She was the 2003 PWBA Collegiate Shootout champion.
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 (formerly the Women's International Bowling Congress 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. Last year, Dorin-Ballard won one of the four PBA Women's Series events. 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. She was a semifinalist at the 2007 U.S. Women's Open. She also won one of the four PBA Women's Series events last year.
Guerrero finished second at the 2000 QubicaAMF World Cup on the way to the World Amateur Bowler of the Year honors. She won a collegiate national championship with Wichita State in 2005 and earned two All-America honors during her career with the Shockers. She also won the World Ranking Masters in 2005. Guerrero won silver and bronze team medals in the FIQ World Championships from 1999-2003. Guerrero is a two-time Colombian National champion (2002 and 2004). She was the runner-up at the USBC Women's Challenge in 2006 and participated in the PBA Women's Series during the 2007-08 Denny's PBA Tour season.
Burgoyne was a Team USA member from 2004-07 and a member of Junior Team USA from 2003-06. She has tallied five consecutive top 15 finishes at the USBC Team USA Trials and has earned 13 gold medals in international competition. She was a member of the 2004 and 2005 NCAA women's national champions with the University of Nebraska and was named the 2005 NCAA Women's National Collegiate Bowling Championships Most Valuable Player and the 2007 NCAA Division I Player of the Year. She is the 2004 Alberta E. Crowe Star of Tomorrow and was a member of the 2004 WIBC All-American second team. Burgoyne is the 2003 Minnesota Amateur champion. She also became the first youth bowler to roll a Sport-certified 300 game.
The daughter of PBA champion Mike Miller and the niece of two-time U.S. Women's Open Champion Dana Miller-Mackie, Adrienne earned All-America honors three times while competing for the University of Nebraska. She helped the Cornhuskers to national titles in 2004 and 2005 as a freshman and sophomore before eventually graduating with a psychology degree.
