In 2006, Bojé completed serving two terms as president of the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America. He has served as chair of the BPAA Membership-State Relations, Pepsi/Beverage, Audit, Board Governance Policies Review, Budget and Finance, Awards, Executive Evaluation and Strategic Planning committees. He has been a member of the Awards, Association Action and Research and Study committees, as well as the Bowler TRAC, BPA Structure and Contemporary Bowling Association Task Forces. He previously served as BPAA secretary-treasurer and vice president. He also has been a BPAA director-at-large. He is a 2000 recipient of BPAA’s Special Projects Award for his work on BPAA’s new strategic plan. Bojé will remain on the BPAA Board of Directors until 2010 as past president.
Bojé serves on the National Bowling Forum, Bowling Foundation, International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame and Strike Ten Entertainment Boards of Directors. In the past, he served as BPAA’s representative on the Joint Industry Planning Group that oversees the industry high school bowling, coaching and technology initiatives.
Bojé currently sits on the Bowling Centers Association of Florida Board of Directors after having served as vice president and secretary treasurer.
Away from bowling, Bojé is a certified public accountant. He also is a co-owner and operator of his family-owned bowling centers; Brandon Crossroads Bowl in Tampa, Fla., and Sunset Lanes in St. Louis. He and wife Sherrie have five children.
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At the national level, Baker was a USBC director from 2004-07 serving as chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. She previously served as a director on the Young American Bowling Alliance, Women's International Bowling Congress and USA Bowling boards of directors.
She has been on the Illinois USBC Women's Bowling Association Board of Directors since 1993 and served as third vice president for nearly six years. She has been a director on the Clinton (Ill.) USBC for two years, and is serving her first year as third vice president of the Champaign Area USBC. She also has served on the Illinois State USBC Youth Board since 1994, with eight years as second vice president. She was Illinois Bowling Council secretary-treasurer for eight years and spent 20 years on the Clinton (Ill.) WBA Board, including three years as president. She is a member of the Clinton WBA Hall of Fame and Illinois WBA Hall of Fame, both for meritorious service.
On the lanes, she won eight titles in the 1989 Clinton (Ill.) WBA championships. She also is a certified lane inspector.
Baker bowled a high series of 675 to finish fourth in the USBC Championships Tournament Classified Division in 2006.
Away from bowling, Baker is employed as director of finance and administration for Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois. She and her husband Randy have four children and two grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, crocheting, crafts, flower arranging and serving on the board of the University of Illinois Women's Volleyball support group, the Networkers, since 1998, serving six years as president.
He finished fourth in the 2007 Dick Weber Classic, his first event after joining the Professional Bowles Tour.
Cain started bowling at age 12 in California. He finished 10th in the first Junior Gold Championships in 1998, credentials that helped him earn the 1999 Chuck Hall Star of Tomorrow. He was a first-team All-American at Arizona State University in both the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons after earning second-team honors in 1999-2000.
His biggest year as an amateur came in 2001. In addition to being named the 2001 BWAA Amateur Bowler of the Year, he was the BWAA Collegiate Bowler of the Year runner-up. He partnered with Amy Rocco to win the Association of College Unions-International Mixed Doubles championship and, competing in the ABC Masters, he qualified second against 480 of the world's best bowlers. He also five gold medals and one silver in the Tournament of the Americas.
Internationally, he brought home a silver medal from the 2003 WTBA World Championships, was ninth in the 2003 WTBA World Tenpin Team Cup and second in the 2002 ABC World Team Challenge Grand Championship. A semifinalist in the 2002 AMF World Cup, Cain won the 2002 ABC World Team Challenge Phoenix qualifier and the 2002 High Roller Sweeper.
He has rolled numerous 300 games and has an 845 high series.
With three state championships to his credit, Carroll became the youngest person elected to the West Virginia Bowling Hall of Fame at age 40 in 1990. He remains an active league bowler.
He has served as manager for more than 60 tournaments, including nine state tournaments. He also organized community groups and bowling proprietors to bring two national fraternal tournaments to his hometown. Recognizing the importance of local involvement, Carroll has served both as president and secretary-treasurer of his USBC association.
Carroll is a past president of the West Virginia Bowling Association and currently is president of the West Virginia Bowling Council, which includes representation from men, women, youth and proprietor organizations.
His national bowling commitment began as a member of the American Bowling Congress Board of Directors in 1997 where he served on ABC's Legal, Site Selection, and Performance and Compensation committees. In 2001, he was elected to the ABC Executive Committee. Acting as a national speaker for ABC, he traveled to meetings and workshops in nearly two dozen states and Canada.
In his professional life, Carroll is vice president of Allied Logistics with diversified operations in West Virginia. His company specializes in warehousing, transportation services, chemical processing and commercial real estate. He has many affiliations with local and national civic and trade organizations and is a nationally recognized expert in his business profession.
A star high school, collegiate and professional bowler, she also serves as spokesperson for the USBC High School program. She also currently works on the professional staffs of Brunswick, Dexter Shoes and Turbo 2-N-1 Grips.
Dorin-Ballard has a bachelor of arts degree in communications with a minor in marketing from West Texas A&M University. She owned a line of women's bowling shirts called Carolyn's Collection. She previously worked on the professional staffs of Ebonite International and Storm Products.
The 20-time Professional Women's Bowling Association winner captured the inaugural event on the 2007 Professional Bowlers Association Women's Series presented by USBC. She also was a semifinalist in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, a USBC event. She spent seven years as PWBA player president and extensive time as a color analyst for PWBA telecasts. Seven of her titles came in 2001 when she tied the record for most titles in a season. Among those wins was the Womens International Bowling Congress (now USBC) Queens.
She joined the Professional Bowlers Association shortly after the PWBA ceased operations in 2003 and competes regularly in regional and national events. In 2006 her Together Once Again team won the USBC Women’s Championships Classic Division title with a record 3,350 total. She also has won the 2004 WIBC Tournament doubles crown and 2001 all-events title. In August 2005, she rolled back-to-back 300 games in a PBA regional event.
Prior to joining the professional ranks, she 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 and her husband Del, also a pro bowler, have one daughter
He was an active as a local and state youth leader for many years, serving as a Billings Young American Bowling Alliance director and vice president. As a youth leader, he served on committees considering the merger of adult and youth bowling associations within the Billings area and at the state level.
A league bowler for more than a dozen years, he competed in four leagues per week and held a 213 average. He also works part-time at Center Lanes, as well as running the Fireballs league at Fireside Lanes.
Dunbar became a USBC Coaching Level I coach in 2003. He graduated from Skyview High School in 2005 and attends Montana State University-Billings.
He has bowled in as many as six leagues in a season with a career-best 215 average. He owns a 300 high game and 796 high series.
Margaret (Libbi) Fletcher is the president of the Metro Detroit USBC Bowling Association and has extensive experience as a leader and administrator at the local, state and national levels.
She was a director for the Women’s International Bowling Congress for four years serving on the Strategic Planning, Certification Review, Collegiate, Transition and Bowling Technology Task Force committees, among others.
Fletcher, who is a sales support specialist for Logicalis, an international provider of high-performance IT integration solutions, was instrumental in the merger of Detroit area local associations, serving as chairperson for the transition committee for the merger of the Detroit Women’s Bowling Association, Greater Detroit B.A., Greater Detroit Young American Bowling Alliance Association and Pontiac (Mich.) WBA.
Fletcher was the 2004-05 Detroit WBA Woman of the Year. She was a 2001 Pontiac WBA doubles champion, has a high average of 180, high game of 268 and high series of 689.
Italia holds a bachelor's degree in business management and administration from the University of Phoenix and holds many certificates in fire and rescue services.
He currently is a vice president of Camp Cadet which allows children to step in the shoes of police work. He's also been a volunteer firefighter for 15 years and has used bowling as a fund-raiser for local non-profit groups.
A third generation bowler and a member of USBC and the former American Bowling Congress and Young American Bowling Alliance for more than two decades, he has a 299 high game and 756 high series and has won two junior league tournaments and several adult tournaments. In 2006 he joined the Professional Bowlers Association as a full member and bowls on regional events in his spare time.
He currently resides with his wife Tami and his daughter Johanna (6) who is just starting in bowling.
She has been involved with the sport of bowling for nearly 20 years. The 2002 female Young American Bowling Alliance Youth Leader of the Year, Nailor also has held various positions in both the Harrisburg area and Pennsylvania. These include being a youth leader and first vice president on the Pennsylvania State Board of Directors; president of the Pennsylvania State Youth Leaders; and secretary, vice president and president of the Harrisburg Area YABA Youth Leaders. In addition, she served as a youth representative to both the local and state YABA adult boards.
Nailor worked to promote bowling through activities such as organizing fund-raisers, tournaments, newsletters and community service activities. She also has served as a representative at international youth workshops and tournaments.
In addition to her bowling accolades, Nailor is a 2001 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School. She deferred college for a year to work as a state officer for the Future Farmers Association. After graduating from Penn State University, she spent two years as an assistant in the Penn State University Center for Professional Development and has been an agricultural science teacher for the Big Spring School District since June 2006.
She has several academic honors including being a four-year high school honor roll student. She was named to Who's Who Among American High School Students in 2000-01.
She has a 300 high game and 777 high series. She spends time helping her husband Jason on his family’s farm.
He has served on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity and been an active volunteer with Junior Achievement and a major sponsor for the Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon.
He also served in the U. S. Navy as a Naval rescue swimmer during the Persian Gulf war.
An avid bowler for more than 25 years and a longtime league secretary, he helped start the girls bowling program at Morton East High School in Cicero, Ill. His high average is 188, his high game is 278 and his high series is 680.
She also served as USA Bowling first vice president and is a USBC Coaching bronze level instructor and a certified lane inspector. In addition to serving on several WIBC committees, she chaired the Equipment Specifications committee. She currently is serving as a director on the Greater Portland USBC Board. She is a member of the Portland WBA Hall of Fame. She also has career-highs of 300 game, 756 series and a 212 average. Away from bowling, Scott is a former high school physical education teacher. She and husband Alan have two children. She enjoys playing tennis, golf and bridge.
Before becoming BPAA vice president in 2006, he was BPAA Secretary-Treasurer after sitting on BPAA’s Board as an At-Large Director. As BPAA President-Elect, he serves as Chairman of the board of Strike Ten Entertainment.
In addition to being one of the nation’s most successful small center operators, Sturm is a highly success bowling coach. He has been recognized nationally as one of the top 100 coaches in the United States.
Sturm led a group of bowling coaches and professionals in developing the successful Coach It Up program that was launched in June 2005. He is a member of numerous USBC and BPAA national committees. A former professional bowler with two regional titles, he has bowled professionally and received many accolades as an amateur scholastic bowler. He is a graduate of the Vincennes University Bowling Lanes Management program and a graduate from West Virginia State College with a degree in Business Administration/Marketing.
He has rolled multiple career 300 games and has a 855 high series. He owns a 219 high average.
