 Josh Burkhardt
Hometown: Beavercreek, Ohio
Born: March 23, 1987 in Lubbock, Texas
Height: 6-2
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 11
High School: Graduated from Carroll High School (2005)
First year on Junior Team USA
- Finished second at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
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 Michael Marsico
Hometown: Huntingtown, Md.
Born: August 18, 1986 in Owings, Md.
Height: 5-9
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 9
High School: Graduated from Northern High School (2004)
First year on Junior Team USA
- Finished sixth at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
- Two-time Vir-Mar District Invitational champion (only players in tournament’s 40-year history to win consecutive titles)
- Four-time Junior Bowlers Tour champion
- Four-time Pennsylvania Junior Bowlers Tour champion
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 Adam Martinez
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Born: May 23, 1987 in San Antonio, Texas
Height: 5-5
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 5
High School: Graduated from Central Catholic High School (2005)
College: Junior at Our Lady of the Lake University (biology/chemistry)
First year on Junior Team USA
- 2007 U.S. Junior Amateur boys champion
- Two-time Texas Youth Masters & Queens champion
- Two-time Greater San Antonio Youth Bowler of the Year
- Plans to enter pharmacy school in September
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 Matt O’Grady
Hometown: South Amboy, N.J.
Born: July 25, 1986 in South Amboy, N.J.
Height: 6-0
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 7
High School: Graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School (2005)
College: Sophomore at William Paterson University (marketing)
Third year on Junior Team USA (2006, 2007)
- Helped lead Junior Team USA to the boys team gold medal at the 2006 American Zone Youth Championships, where he also earned a silver in doubles with Josh Blanchard
- 2006 U.S. Junior Amateur champion
- 2006-07 Collegiate Rookie of the Year and first-team All-American at William Paterson University
- Finished fifth at 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
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 Dean Richards
Hometown: Tacoma, Wash.
Born: October 28, 1986 in Tacoma, Wash.
Height: 5-10
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 5
High School: Graduated from Henry Foss High School (2005)
College: Freshman at Lindenwood University (accounting)
First year on Junior Team USA
- Tied for third at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
- 2006 Junior World Team Challenge champion
- 2007 Junior Bowlers Tour Las Vegas Open champion
- Winner of eight Oregon Junior Classic titles
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 Toby Sambueno
Hometown: Aiea, Hawaii
Born: July 4, 1986 in Aiea, Hawaii
Height: 5-4
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 8
High School: Graduated from Aiea High School (2004)
First year on Junior Team USA
- Finished eighth at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
- Most Valuable Player on the Aiea High School bowling team in 2003
- Plans on attending Saginaw Valley State University in the 2008-09 season
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 John Szczerbinski
Hometown: North Tonawanda, N.Y.
Born: February 15, 1988 in North Tonawanda, N.Y.
Height: 6-1
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 6
High School: Graduated from North Tonawanda High School (2006)
College: Sophomore at Wichita State University (business administration)
First year on Junior Team USA
- 2005 Teen Masters champion
- Finished third in 2006 Teen Masters
- 2005-06 Dexter/USBC High School All-American
- Finished seventh at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
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 Geoffrey Young
Hometown: Denton, Texas
Born: July 22, 1989 in Denton, Texas
Height: 5-5
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 11
High School: Senior at Denton High School
First year on Junior Team USA
- 2007 Teen Masters boys champion
- Tied for fourth at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
- Won silver and bronze medals as part of the People to People Sports Ambassadors tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2004
- High series is 866
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 Jenny Brown
Hometown: DeLand, Fla.
Born: June 5, 1990 in Kennesaw, Ga.
Height: 5-2
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 11
High School: Senior at DeLand High School
Second year on Junior Team USA (2007)
- 2007 U.S. Junior Amateur girls champion
- 2007 Florida state high school girls individual and team champion with DeLand High School
- Was third-youngest member of Junior Team USA in history when she made the team in 2007 – Stefanie Nation was the youngest at age 15 when she began her term in 2000, Josie Earnest was 16 years, 6 months and 2 days when she began her first term in 2005
- Besides being a member of the girls bowling team, she also plays basketball for DeLand High School
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 Michelle Carcagente
Hometown: Palm Coast, Fla.
Born: October 16, 1985 in Bayshore, N.Y.
Height: 5-5
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 4
High School: Graduated from Flagler Palm Coast High School (2003)
College: Junior at University of Central Florida (liberal studies)
First year on Junior Team USA
- Helped lead Central Florida to a runner-up finish at the 2006 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships
- 2005-06 Collegiate All-American second-team selection
- 2006-07 Collegiate All-American honorable mention
- Finished second at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
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 Josie Earnest
Hometown: Vandalia, Ill.
Born: June 28, 1988 in Greenville, Ill.
Height: 5-5
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 3
High School: Graduated from Vandalia High School (2006)
College: Sophomore at Vanderbilt University (human and organizational development)
Third year on Junior Team USA (2005, 2007)
- Led Vanderbilt to the 2007 NCAA women’s national title and was named MVP of the NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Bowling Championship
- National Tenpin Coaches Association All-America second-team selection as a freshman
- Won five gold medals at the 2005 International Youth Friendship Tournament in the Dominican Republic. It was her first competition representing Junior Team USA and first time she had set foot on foreign soil.
- Named Alberta E. Crowe Star of Tomorrow in 2006
- Finished seventh at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
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 Sarah Germano
Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.
Born: December 18, 1987 in Rochester, N.Y.
Height: 5-1
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 3
High School: Graduated from Greece Athena High School (2006)
College: Freshman at Pikeville College (business management)
First year on Junior Team USA
- Finished fifth at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
- 2006 Rochester Youth Bowler of the Year
- Three-time All-County first-team selection at Greece Athena, where she also was named the team’s Most Valuable Player three times
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 Emily Maier
Hometown: Sparks, Nev.
Born: September 30, 1986 in Danbury, Conn.
Height: 5-8
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 5
High School: Graduated from Spanish Springs High School (2004)
College: Senior at Wichita State University (broadcast journalism)
Second year on Junior Team USA (2006)
- Won doubles gold medal with Bryanna Caldwell and team bronze medal with Junior Team USA at 2006 American Zone Youth Championships
- Led Wichita State to the 2007 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships women’s national title
- First-team Collegiate All-American in 2006-07 season
- Finished fourth at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
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 Noel Ocasio
Hometown: Patchogue, N.Y.
Born: October 17, 1986 in Patchogue, N.Y.
Height: 5-5
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 5
High School: Graduated from Patchogue Medford High School (2005)
College: Junior at Lindenwood University (special education)
First year on Junior Team USA
- Finished sixth at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
- 2004 and 2005 Long Island Junior Masters champion
- Four-time Junior Bowlers Tour champion, including one major
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 Kerry Smith
Hometown: New Holland, Pa.
Born: February 20, 1985 in Lancaster, Pa.
Height: 5-3
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 5
High School: Graduated from Garden Spot High School (2003)
College: Senior at Shippensburg University (communications/journalism)
First year on Junior Team USA
- 2006-07 Collegiate All-American second-team selection
- 2005-06 Collegiate Rookie of the Year and second-team All-American
- Finished third at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
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 Ricki Williams
Hometown: Wichita, Kan.
Born: November 14, 1986 in Wichita, Kan.
Height: 5-3
Throws: Right
Age Started Bowling: 5
High School: Graduated from Wichita South High School (2005)
College: Junior at Wichita State University (integrated marketing and communications)
First year on Junior Team USA
- 2007 recipient of the PBA’s Billy Welu Scholarship, recognizing exemplary qualities in male and female college students who compete in bowling
- Finished 10th at the 2007 USBC Junior Gold Championships
- 2005 Wichita Youth Bowler of the Year
- Three-time Wichita high school high average (2003, 2004, 2005)
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