MIA SINGLETARY from San Francisco and WESLEY LOW, JR from Palmdale are this year’s scholarship recipients.
Mia is a senior at Galileo High School and carries a 3.14 GPA. She has only been bowling league for 5 years and has improved extremely quickly already averaging 174 and has a high game of 279. Mia recently won the U20 Girls Division in the 2015 Pepsi State Finals earning a $905 scholarship and also won the Queens tournament at the 2015 Youth State Championships held this past summer at Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl. Her team also won first place in their division. Continue reading 2015 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS→
Congratulations to JAMES KNAPP from North Hollywood for winning our first “Best Bowlers come from California” scholarship. The CYC created this award for the bowlers that are going to turn adult and head off to college. We are giving them a $500 scholarship plus a free entry in to the CA State Open Championships. We are hoping to help these young adults transition from youth bowling to adult bowling. Continue reading 2015 BBCF CA WINNER→
The California State USBC is proud to announce its new Hall of Fame recipients for 2015. The recipient for Superior Performance is Debbie Ayers who lives in La Mesa. She has quite a resume of bowling accomplishments: 33 – 300 games, 3 – 800 series, 2 Doubles titles in the California State Championships (2013 & 2014), 3 Team titles in the California State Championships (2008, 2009 & 2014), Southern California Bowling Writers All-Star Team (1997, 1998 & 1999), WWPB Rookie of the Year (1985), WWPB Bowler of the Year (1998, 2006 & 2009), 3 ABT sport pattern titles (2012, 2013 & 2014), and San Diego USBC Hall of Fame in 2005.
The recipient for Meritorious Service is Donna Morales who lives in San Jose. She has been an active State Tournament team coordinator for over 30 years. She has been involved with leagues, clubs, and associations and has been the catalyst that made them work and grow. She is a respected Certified Bowling instructor and says helping a new or struggling bowler is very rewarding. She feels that there are a lot of bowlers who would like to bowl tournaments but can’t get together a full team or get someone to fill out the needed paperwork. She feels she is providing a valuable service to those bowlers who want to bowl State tournaments and at the same time helping to support and promote local, state and national organizations.
BVL Committee – The Bowlers to Veterans Link Hospitals and Presentations Report
On behalf of the bowlers in California, the CUSBC BVL Committee has donated $125,564.00 to the following Veterans Centers in California for 2013-2014 season. From 1959 through 2012-2014 the California BVL Fund has donated $9,179,685.19 to our California Veterans. We want too Thank all of you for your continued support of the California BVL.