A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF:

Joined my first bowling league at the age of 4 at Manor Bowl in San Leandro California. My family moved to North Idaho  when I was 6 to purchase a 12 lane bowling center. At the age of 7, I was fortunate enough to own my first bowling ball....A Brunswick Black Beauty. At the age of 12 I joined my first adult league averaging 180. Later that year my father and I traveled to Memphis Tennessee so I could bowl in my first ABC National tournament where I found out what real bowling was like.  The next year I bowled first scratch tournament, and in 1983 at the age of 14 competed in my first ABC Masters in Niagara Falls.  At the age of 16, bowling on a real tough condition, I won a Washington State qualifier spot into the U.S. Open but was unable to compete because of my age. 1985 at the age of 17 I shot my first honor score. (299)     1986 Joined the PBA, later that year I lead my first regional tournament after qualifying. 1988 at the age of 19 with a broken hand, I shot my first 300 game. Also that year is where I cashed in my first PBA National tournament in only the 2nd tournament I competed in. 1990, bowled my current highest sanctioned 3-game series at 857 and also made my first PBA National top 24. 1991, bowled defending champion Chris Warren in the ABC Masters shooting 297 the last game and won the match by a pin. (It helped having the only re-active ball at the time in the whole tournament field) Later that year at the Seattle Open I  noticed that I was again the only competitor throwing a re-active ball, Is that why I made the top 24 that week Hmmm. 1992 made my only T.V. apperance, and I didn't use a cheater ball that week. I lost the opening match to my nemesis Chris Warren 221-219. Thanks to me missing a spare in the middle of the game, we wouldn't of enjoyed that great Vespi against Warren match that we so dearly loved. 1993, I won my first PBA regional. Pretty much after that the bowling balls got way out of hand and I pretty much vanished off the face of the Earth at the age of 25. Anyways below are some of my accomplishments in bowling.

 

Other accomplishments:

ABC 300 Games: 31

ABC 800 Series: 14

PBA 300 Games: 12

PBA Regional Titles: 4 -  2nd place finishes 10

1998 N.W. Resident Pro team

1984 Washington State U.S. Open qualifier champion

2004 Montana State U.S. Open qualifier champion

All time I.E.B.A. title holder: 17

Former A.B.C. 10-game record holder and highest triplicate score 

More stuff......  C.W.S.B.T titles: 2,    M.A.S.T  titles: 1,   2002 and 2003 Lethbridge Open Champion (Canada) ,  2002 Silver Dollar  Champion (Calgary)   ,  2002 John Willey Memorial Champion , 2008 Boot Hill sweeper winner for $10,000. Several other scratch tournament wins. -  High PBA National Finish 5th, Highest finish in Masters 17-24 place (3 times) Highest U.S. Open finish 18th. Bowled in 27 ABC-USBC National tournaments and 25 ABC-USBC Masters.

Most memorable match: Beating Chris Warren by a pin at the 1991 Masters- I cheated though, I was throwing a re-active ball and he wasn't......