SUMMARY

Eric has an outgoing friendly personality which makes him an excellent coach and teammate.  He is a leader who chose to be involved with the local association to improve service to the membership.  Eric has several city titles to go with his five 300 games, one of which was while he was a member of the YABA.  His 822 series was the association high series that season.

SERVICE

• Board member for the City of Firsts USBC for one year in 2009-10 and since 2016-2017 season
• President of the City of Firsts USBC since 2021-2022 season
• Scholarship Chair – 2 years
• High School Coach – 2 years
• Saturday morning youth coach since 2002 – 21 years
• Has run the Saturday morning youth program/leagues at Heritage Lanes since the 2020/2021 season
• League Secretary – Dash for Cash (2015-18)
• Union League President – Since 2021-2022

BOWLING PERFORMANCE

• City Tournament Titles
  • 2005-06 All Events Actual with 2022 (20 years old at the time!)
  • 2016-17 Doubles Actual with 1410 and Doubles Handicap with 1410 with Blake Mushen
  • 2021-22 Team Handicap with Knuckle Deep with 3487 (Eric had 636)

• Averages
  • Highest career average of 215 in the 2016-17 and 2022-23 seasons (222 for 36 games in the 2022-23 season)
  • Top Full-Season Averages (60+ games) from 2004-05 are 206, 210, 202, 205, 206, 195, x, x, x 199, 208, 202, 215, 204, 195, 205, 211, 206 and 215

• High Series
  • Rolled 75+ series of 700 or more including 822, 805, 782, 774, 754, 751, 750, 750
  • Rolled 2 series of 800 or more
  • Rolled YABA series of 805 on 2/28/04 with 258-278-269 – Youth Record
  • Rolled 822 on 10/6/05 with 246-299-277
  • His 822 was the association high series for the seasons earning a Merit Award

• High Games
  • Rolled 5 perfect 300 games (1/27/00 – YABA, 6/7/05, 11/5/14, 9/14/16, 12/15/22)
  • Also rolled two 299 games, a 298 game, two 290 games, 288, 279, 275

• State Tournament Finishes
  • 2009 State Tournament in Merrillville – 714 Singles Actual
  • 2015 State Tournament in Indianapolis – 703 Singles Actual and 758 Singles Handicap (23^rd)

• ABC/USBC National Tournaments
  • 2016 in Reno – 1251 in Doubles Actual (177^th place) with Brad Slabaugh – Eric had 641

• Other Tournaments
  • 49^th out of 55 in the 2016 Kokomo Central Shootout PBA Regional in Kokomo
  • 58^th out of 64 in the 2017 Kokomo Central Shootout PBA Regional in Kokomo

OTHER

• 2003 KWBA Kay Kelly Scholarship recipient

CAREER HIGHS

Game – 300 (5 times)

Series – 822

Average – 215