onefrombills
03-04-2009, 11:37 PM
Wendy Macpherson and Tony Manna Jr. have been selected by the United States Bowling Congress Athlete Advisory Committee to serve on the USBC Board of Directors. They replace Bill Hoffman and Del Ballard Jr. who resigned when they took positions on the USBC staff late in 2008.
Macpherson, Henderson, Nev., a newcomer to the Board, will serve Hoffman's one-year term. Manna, Omaha, Neb., an athlete Board member from 2004-08, will take over Ballard's two-year term.
Macpherson began 2009 in stellar fashion by being elected to the USBC Hall of Fame. She will be inducted May 1 at the USBC Convention in Reno, Nev.
The 20-time Professional Women's Bowling Association champion made her presence known on the women's scene as an 18-year-old amateur when she won the Women's U.S. Open for her first title. Since then she became the youngest woman to win the tour's Triple Crown, captured three USBC Queens titles, was selected Woman Bowler of the Year four times and became the all-time earnings leader in women's professional bowling with $1.2 million in 2003 when the PWBA ceased operations.
Macpherson also is the only woman to win a USBC Open Championships title, firing an 812 series to win the 2006 Regular Singles crown in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a 2009 Team USA member, her second consecutive year on the team.
Manna has served six times on Team USA (1998-2002, 2004). He earned three gold and two silver medals in 2002 Tournament of the Americas, three gold medals and one bronze in the 2001 Federation Internationale des Quilleurs American Zone Championships, a gold medal in the 1999 Pan American Games, a silver medal in the 1999 FIQ World Championships and a silver medal in the 1998 FIQ World Tenpin Team Cup.
A member of the Nebraska State and Omaha Bowling Hall of Fames, he was the 1994 Collegiate Bowler of the Year runner-up at the University of Nebraska and Intercollegiate Bowling Championships Most Valuable Player. Manna is a Senior Administrator at West Corporation in Omaha.
Manna is a graduate of the University of Nebraska where he also was a member of the bowling club and served as president from 1992-94. Also a member of the Omaha Bowling Hall of Fame, he was the 1994 Collegiate Bowler of the Year runner-up and Intercollegiate Bowling Championships Most Valuable Player.
Macpherson, Henderson, Nev., a newcomer to the Board, will serve Hoffman's one-year term. Manna, Omaha, Neb., an athlete Board member from 2004-08, will take over Ballard's two-year term.
Macpherson began 2009 in stellar fashion by being elected to the USBC Hall of Fame. She will be inducted May 1 at the USBC Convention in Reno, Nev.
The 20-time Professional Women's Bowling Association champion made her presence known on the women's scene as an 18-year-old amateur when she won the Women's U.S. Open for her first title. Since then she became the youngest woman to win the tour's Triple Crown, captured three USBC Queens titles, was selected Woman Bowler of the Year four times and became the all-time earnings leader in women's professional bowling with $1.2 million in 2003 when the PWBA ceased operations.
Macpherson also is the only woman to win a USBC Open Championships title, firing an 812 series to win the 2006 Regular Singles crown in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a 2009 Team USA member, her second consecutive year on the team.
Manna has served six times on Team USA (1998-2002, 2004). He earned three gold and two silver medals in 2002 Tournament of the Americas, three gold medals and one bronze in the 2001 Federation Internationale des Quilleurs American Zone Championships, a gold medal in the 1999 Pan American Games, a silver medal in the 1999 FIQ World Championships and a silver medal in the 1998 FIQ World Tenpin Team Cup.
A member of the Nebraska State and Omaha Bowling Hall of Fames, he was the 1994 Collegiate Bowler of the Year runner-up at the University of Nebraska and Intercollegiate Bowling Championships Most Valuable Player. Manna is a Senior Administrator at West Corporation in Omaha.
Manna is a graduate of the University of Nebraska where he also was a member of the bowling club and served as president from 1992-94. Also a member of the Omaha Bowling Hall of Fame, he was the 1994 Collegiate Bowler of the Year runner-up and Intercollegiate Bowling Championships Most Valuable Player.