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FRESNO STATE'S HAGGERTY,
PIKEVILLE'S BANDY NAMED 2006-07 NCBCA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Fresno State senior P.J. Haggerty and Pikeville junior Kayla Bandy
were named Most Valuable Players for the 2006-07 collegiate bowling season
by the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association. They also were named
2006-07 Bowling Writers Association of America Collegiate Players of the Year.
Haggerty and Bandy were
honored along with the rest of the All-Americans at the "Night of Champions"
banquet held in conjunction with the 2007 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships.
Haggerty became the first
individual to win three NCBCA Most Valuable Player awards and second to be named
BWAA Collegiate Player of the Year three times, joining current Denny's PBA
Tour star Bill O'Neill of Saginaw Valley State. Haggerty is the first
to win BWAA's top player award three straight years.
Leading the nation with
a 212.99 average, Haggerty helped lead the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs to their sixth
straight championships appearance as they won the Las Vegas Sectional. The Weimar,
Calif., native also was a second-team All-American in 2003-04.
He's joined on the first
team by two Fresno State teammates, sophomore Josh Blanchard of Upland,
Calif., and junior Matt Robinson of Richmond, Calif. "That's something
special to be proud of as a team," said Haggerty, who is a current member
of Team USA and will look for his second USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championships
title next month in Huntsville, Ala.
"I can't say enough
about our great coaches, Chris Preble and Glenn Carlson, helping
us put in long practices and a lot of time and effort. It's a great accomplishment
but we have work to do this week."
Haggerty, Blanchard and
Robinson are joined on the men's first team by Saginaw Valley State sophomore
Dan MacLelland, Windsor, Ontario; William Paterson junior Matthew
Deuire, Kingston, N.Y., and William Paterson sophomore Matt O'Grady,
South Amboy, N.J.
O'Grady, the reigning U.S.
Junior Amateur champion and two-time Junior Team USA member, also was honored
as Men's Rookie of the Year.
This marks the second consecutive
year as a first-team All-American for Bandy, a Danville, Va., native who helped
lead the No. 2-ranked Bears to the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Sectional title and their
sixth consecutive championships appearance.
Bandy, who was third in
the nation with a 195.08 average this season, earned Rookie of the Year honors
and a second-team All-American selection in her freshman season in 2004-05.
Joining Bandy on the women's
first team are Wichita State junior Emily Maier, Sparks, Nev.; Fresno
State senior Karen Rosprim, Hanford, Calif.; Wichita State senior Elysia
Current, Ephrata, Pa., and Pikeville freshman Jamie Foster, Dallas.
Foster also was honored as Women's Rookie of the Year.
"This feels amazing.
Winning Player of the Year was one of my goals this year," said Bandy,
a former two-time Junior Team USA member who also will be competing at the USBC
Intercollegiate Singles Championships for a second time. "We've had great
team chemistry and for us to have the Rookie of the Year as well is a testament
to the success our team has had this season."
Fresno State's Chris
Preble and Wichita State's Mark Lewis were tabbed as Coach of the
Year in the men's and women's divisions, respectively.
Former USBC Intercollegiate
Team Championships tournament director Andy VanRemortal was named recipient
of the NCBCA Gordon Teigen Meritorious Service Award.
BWAA 2006-07 COLLEGIATE
PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Male: P.J. Haggerty, Fresno State
Female: Kayla Bandy, Pikeville
Male Runnersup:
Dan MacLelland, Saginaw Valley State; Josh Blanchard, Fresno State; Matt
O'Grady, William Paterson; Matt Robinson, Fresno State. Honorable Mention:
William Haverland, West Texas A&M; J.R. Raymond, Saginaw Valley State;
Matthew Deuire, William Paterson.
Female Runnersup: Emily Maier, Wichita State; Karen Rosprim, Fresno State;
Elysia Current, Wichita State; Jamie Foster, Pikeville. Honorable Mention:
Sara O'Brien, Briarcliffe; Kerry
Smith, Shippensburg; Jennifer Ridilla, Lindenwood.
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BOWLING
COACHES ASSOCIATION
2006-07 ALL-AMERICANS
MEN — First Team: P.J. Haggerty, Fresno State; Dan MacLelland, Saginaw
Valley State; Josh Blanchard, Fresno State; Matt Robinson, Fresno State; Matthew
Deuire, William Paterson; Matt O'Grady, William Paterson. Second Team: J.R.
Raymond, Saginaw Valley State; William Haverland, West Texas A&M; Shea Bittenbender,
Lindenwood, George Lambert IV, Wichita State. Honorable Mention: Steve
Elson, Wichita State; Jon Schalow, Wisconsin-Whitewater; Pete Maduri, Canisius;
Brett Cunningham, Mohawk Valley CC; Steve Kosier, Toledo; Michael Dole, Lindenwood.
Most Valuable Player: P.J. Haggerty, Fresno State; Rookie of the Year:
Matt O'Grady, William Paterson; Coach of the Year: Chris Preble,
Fresno State.
WOMEN — First Team: Kayla Bandy, Pikeville; Emily Maier, Wichita
State; Karen Rosprim, Fresno State; Elysia Current, Wichita State; Jamie Foster,
Pikeville. Second Team: Brigette Harrelson, Central Florida; Jennifer
Ridilla, Lindenwood; Michelle Quirk, Fresno State; Sara O'Brien, Briarcliffe;
Kerry Smith, Shippensburg. Honorable Mention: Jen Donahue, Lindenwood;
Amy Corbin, Morehead State; Michelle Carcagente, Central Florida; Hayley Beavis,
Martin Methodist; Jody Fetterhoff, Shippensburg. Most Valuable Player: Kayla
Bandy, Pikeville; Rookie of the Year: Jamie Foster, Pikeville; Coach
of the Year: Mark Lewis, Wichita State.
(4-15-2007)
COLLEGIATE BOWLER OF
THE YEAR FINALISTS NAMED
Below are the
BWAA Collegiate committee 2006-2007 finalists, in alphabetical order, for the
Collegiate Bowler of the Year awards. The winners will be announced Wednesday,
April 18 by member Steve Lawson at the collegiate championships in Wichita.
Female
Kayla Bandy, Pikeville
Elysia Current, Wichita
State
Jamie Foster, Pikeville
Emily Maier, Wichita
State
Sara O’Brien,
Briarcliffe
Jennifer Ridilla,
Lindenwood
Karen Rosprim, Fresno
State
Kerry Smith, Shippensburg
Male
Josh Blanchard, Fresno
State
Matthew DeGuire, William
Paterson
P.J. Haggerty, Fresno
State
William Haverland,
West Texas A&M
Dan MacLelland, Saginaw
Valley State
Matt O’Grady,
William Paterson
J.R. Raymond, Saginaw
Valley State
Matt Robinson, Fresno
State
(4-15-2007)
MINNESOTA LOSES A JOURNALISTIC
BOWLING ICON
Bob Schabert (85) of Oakdale, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, April 11
at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
Schabert’s involvement
with the reporting of sporting events, bowling in particular, started in the
late 1940s as a writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. His weekly “Maple
Music” column was a staple in the St. Paul bowling community and, for many
bowlers, was the first column they read each week. He was actively involved
in covering all other athletic activities for the daily newspaper, too.
His dedication to writing
about the sport he loved afforded him the privilege of joining the Bowling Writers
Association of America (BWAA). He served as this national organization’s
president in 1962 as well as its secretary. In 1998 Schabert was presented with
the Mort Luby Sr. Distinguished Service & Hall of Fame Award for his outstanding
service to bowling journalism.
In the 1956-57 season, Schabert
inaugurated the St. Paul All City Teams for men and women and helped start the
annual Captain-Sponsor Appreciation Dinner (now called the Bowler’s Recognition
Dinner) where the King and Queen of St. Paul Bowlers are crowned. In 1963, he
was one of the originators for the St. Paul Bowling Hall of Fame, serving as
its first president, continuing on the Hall of Fame committee for many years.
He served St. Paul and the State of Minnesota bowling associations on their
respective Board of Directors for more than 25 years.
Schabert was inducted into
the St. Paul Bowling Hall of Fame in 1975, the Minnesota State Bowling Hall
of Fame in 1993 and was given the “Tell ‘em So Award” by the
Bowling Proprietors Association of Minnesota for his outstanding service to
the sport of bowling.
Everyone who knew Schabert
(a.k.a. BS #1) will miss his wry humor, infectious smile, supreme dedication
to the sport and the bowling knowledge bank he acquired over his many years
of service to the bowling world.
Schabert’s visitation
was held on Friday, April 13 at the Mueller Memorial Parkway Chapel, 835 Johnson
Parkway, St. Paul with the funeral on Saturday, April 14 at Guardian Angels
Church. Cards can be sent to the Schabert Family, c/o St. Paul USBC, 61 Little
Canada Road, Suite 300, Little Canada, MN 55114.
(4-15-2007)
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