USBA Tournament Series 2017-18 Season in Review
- Had 39 tournament stops, plus the College Combine, in the 2017-18 season with 5 regions.
- Expanded the northern region by going to Fargo, Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, and Grand Forks.
- Started the new Iowa/Illinois region, teaming up promoting local colleges, with 6 stops including Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Waverly, West Union, Mason City, and Rockford IL.
- Increased the Southeast MN and Wisconsin locations with new stops in Eau Claire, River Falls, and Sun Prairie Wisconsin.
- Added stops in Minnesota like Blaine, Rochester, St. Peter, St Paul, Duluth to name a few.
- The USBA Tournament Series had bowlers from MN, IA, WI, ND, SD, NE, IL, and Canada represented.
Again, this season many stops had collegiate bowlers and college coaches in the attendance watching or bowling. USBA Tournament Series had a great partnership with Bowlers Krate and Kegel, and we look forward to having them again next season.
By the Numbers
- 40 Tournaments
- Total Bowlers 1243 average of 31 bowlers per center
- 218 youth boy bowlers
- 103 youth girl bowlers
- 151 bowlers that bowled at least 2 times
- 157 adult bowlers with over $3900 in prize money
- Flights: 115 youth and 31 adult division
- 568 Brackets with over $4100 in extra scholarship money
- Over 10,000 miles covered by Tournament Directors (in a 5 state tournament area)
- $38,897 in youth scholarships this season
- Over $80,000 in 3 tournament seasons
- USBA donated over $2,000 in scholarships and to the Jr Gold qualifier buy-ins
- 68 kids qualified for Jr Gold through USBA: 57 for Dallas 2018, and 11 for Detroit 2019
Boys: 41 U20, 1 U17, 9 U15, 1 U12
Girls: 15 U20, 1 U15
This season honor awards go out to the following:
- High Game
Boys: Garrett LaPlount – 300
Payne Fakler – 300
Brandon Freese – 300
Girls: Kelsey Jaeger – 276
- High 6 Game Series
Boys: Briley Haugh – 1443
Girls: Karyn Chukel – 1305
- Most Tournament Wins
Boys: Cody Larson – 6
Girls: Destiny Truly – 2
- Most Valuable Player Sportsmanship Award (voted by the bowlers)
Boys: Justin Prenot
Girls: Carlene Beyer
- Most Outstanding Player of the Year (Susie Tate “Go Get It Kid”) Award
Boys: Mitchell Hook
Girls: Rena Bauer
2017-18 USBA Tournament Series All Star Team
- Northwest MN / North Dakota Region
Boys: Girls:
Lucas Hersrud Lexia Nix
Dylan Galle Kennedy Middaugh
Christian Litzinger Paige Kort
Nic Heilman Laura Holston
Tyler Harlow Sabrina Nicholson
- Northwest Regional Player of the Year
Boys: Lucas Hersrud
Girls: Kennedy Middaugh
- Northeast MN Region
Boys: Girls:
Jordan Monnens Rena Bauer
Mitchell Hook Ariel Engel
Korey Balbach Destiny Truly
Cooper Tate Enias White
Cody Larson Breanna Davids
- Northeast Regional Player of the Year
Boys: Jordan Monnens
Girls: Ariel Engel
- Iowa / Illinois Region
Boys: Girls:
Tim Wengenack Baili Girkin
Brennan Haugh Rena Bauer
Alec Reseland Savannah Gero
Ethan Teply Mary Connelly
Payne Fakler Emily Voight
- Iowa Regional Player of the Year
Boys: Tim Wengenack
Girls: Baili Girkin
- SE Minnesota / Wisconsin Region
Boys: Girls:
Garrett La Plount Rena Bauer
Zach Buchholz Baili Girkin
Aaron Lenzmeier Morgan Roark
Cody Larson Carlene Beyer
Drew Dietrich Ariel Engel
- SE MN / WI Regional Player of the Year
Boys: Cody Larson
Girls: Carlene Beyer
- Southern MN Region
Boys: Girls:
Garrett La Plount Ariel Engel
Garrett Anfinson Rena Bauer
Drew Dietrich Morgan Roark
Aaron Lenzmeier Mandy Pelant
Mitchell Hook Madison Brown
- Southern Regional Player of the Year
Boys: Garrett LaPlount
Girls: Rena Bauer
USBA Tournament Series would like to thank the numerous volunteers that helped out all season long. There are so many volunteers to list and we would be afraid we left out someone. We could have not done it without you. Thank you to all the parents for taking time bringing your kids all around to our tournaments. We started the USBA Tournament Series with 6 stops in 2016 season. In 2016-17 we jumped to 23 stops in 3 regions. USBA Tournament Series grew to 40 tournaments in 5 regions for our 2017-18 season. What will we see next season? You have to stay around and see. We continue to emphasis that our tournament series is open to all skills levels, with a majority open to all ages adults included (adults depending on lane availability). We welcome all college coaches to come watch our tournaments. If you are unable to, we do our best to Live Stream our step ladder finals on our Facebook page. We also have a YouTube channel that we upload videos to (USBA Tournament Series). We list all our tournaments on our website www.USBA.rocks and on TeamApp. We will try and do other social media apps next season. We have other youth tournaments posted on TeamApp as well. If you have any questions, want to know more about our tournament series, or want your tournament added on TeamApp please feel free to contact us.
Thank you,
USBA Tournament Staff
