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MOTIV had its beginnings in the 1990s as Wilbur Products, a company that engineered cores for other high-performance bowling ball brands. [2] When its largest customer chose to move its manufacturing from Michigan to Mexico, Wilbur Products embarked on a project to start its own bowling ball production, [3] launching the MOTIV brand in 2009.
Smallwood is married to Jennifer "Jen" (De Veaux). The couple has a daughter, Hannah Rose, and a son, Brady. Tom is a native of Flushing, Michigan. [2] In 2020, Smallwood became a pro staff member for MOTIV Bowling and later that year was named a MOTIV brand ambassador. [18] [19] Prior to 2020, he was sponsored by Radical Bowling. [20]
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States.Headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia, [1] and currently owned by Bowlero Corporation since 2019, [2] the PBA's membership consists of over 3,000 members worldwide. [3]
Current and former Eagle bowlers represent the best that the sport has to offer. Alum Kelly Kulick was named 2006 Female Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers Association of America. Morehead State bowlers have been named First Team All-Americans eighteen times: Lindsey Coulles (2005–06) Robin Crawford (1997–98, 2000–01)
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Richard says she "didn’t take bowling seriously until high school," and realized she might make a career bowling professionally when the PWBA Tour relaunched during her college years after an 11-year hiatus. [5] Richard is married to PBA bowler Frank Snodgrass, who hails from Center Line, Michigan. The two were married in September, 2024. [11]
In 2001, Shafer repeated as champion at The Orleans Casino Open, earning his third PBA Tour title. On November 23, 2003, he defeated Chris Barnes in the final match to collect his fourth title at the PBA Empire State Open. His fifth and (to date) final PBA Tour title came at age 49 in the 2015 PBA Xtra Frame Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic. [5]
In the 1980s, Ritger started a bowling pro shop business and went into the instructional field, working as a coach for AMF and his own Dick Ritger's Bowling Camps. He became recognized as one of the most effective bowling instructors in the world, running over 500 clinics in 24 countries covering five continents. [2]