Happy Hump Day Everyone!
Today’s featured ten-pinner is Kimberly Terrell-Kearney.
A 10-time Professional Champion, Kim Terrell-Kearney began bowling at a young age, but it wasn’t until her college days when her bowling career really took off. “I followed my sister into collegiate bowling and it just snowballed. I just kept getting better and better!’ Terrell-Kearney joined the Professional Women’s Bowling Association (PWBA) tour in 1989 after a successful four-year collegiate career at San Jose State University. She was the 1989 PBWA Rookie-of-the-Year.
From 1990 to 2002, Terrell racked up a number of tour championships, including the 2001 Women’s U.S. Open and the 2002 WIBC Queens title. In addition, she has been a member of the U.S. Junior National Bowling Team coaching staff. She has also represented the United States Bowling Congress as a national spokesperson, and participated in the organization’s campaign to increase membership.
Terrell-Kearney, who also won the 2008 Open championship, her third-career major title. She earned $25,000 for the victory, which was featured on a tape-delayed basis by ESPN for five consecutive weeks.
In the 2008 championship match, Terrell-Kearney struck on four of her first five shots to take a 24-pin lead at the halfway point, while her opponent, Trisha Reid mustered just three strikes in the entire game.
The Kim Terrell-Kearney/Trisha Reid championship contest also marked the first matchup of African-American athletes for a professional title in the history of bowling.
In 2005, Terrell-Kearney was inducted into the California State Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame and the San Mateo County (CA) Hall of Fame. She was selected as the San Francisco Black Sports Hall of Fame Athlete-of-the-Year in 1991.
Kim became the coach of the Delaware State University women’s bowling team in 2007 and built the squad into prominence before resigning in 2009 to accept a position with the United States Bowling Congress.
The finale between Kim and Trisha!