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USBC ADDS FOUR NEW MEMBERS TO HALL OF FAME
ARLINGTON, Texas The United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame welcomed four new members on Wednesday during the first induction ceremonies to be held outdoors.The induction ceremony for Marshall Holman and Kim Terrell-Kearney for Superior Performance, Betty Barnes for Meritorious Service and John Handegard in the Veteran category was held in front of the International Bowling Campus, home of the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame.
Holman, 55, was a 22-time champion on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour. The Medford, Ore., native was PBA Player of the Year in 1987 and was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1990.
"When I was 35, I was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame and it was a great honor but I was in the middle of my competitive career," Holman said. "It was nice, I appreciated it. But to be removed from the game and to be honored now is so much more meaningful. I really do appreciate this day and this is something I will remember for a very long time."
Terrell-Kearney, of Grand Prairie, Texas, owns two U.S. Women's Open titles and was the 2002 USBC Queens champion. Terrell-Kearney, 44, was the women's coach at Delaware State before joining the USBC staff as assistant head coach of the International Training and Research Center and Team USA.
"It's proven to be the most rewarding thing I've experienced in my life," Terrell-Kearney said of her time as coach at Delaware State. "To be entrusted with these young ladies' careers in the sport that they love so much was a big responsibility. To be given the task to train and, most importantly, mentor these you ladies was something I took very seriously. I'm overjoyed that many of my girls have made it out here today to share this special day with me."
Handegard, 71, did not win his first PBA title of any kind until winning a PBA Senior Tour title in 1990. The Spring, Texas, resident would go on to capture 14 PBA Senior titles and three PBA Senior Player of the Year honors. At age 57, he became the oldest player to win a PBA national title.
"In 1995 I finally won my first national title, and that's still the biggest thrill I've had on the bowling lanes," Handegard said of winning the PBA Northwest Classic. "It's such an emotional thing for me because I started on that quest in 1968 it took me 27 years before I finally won that. I really have trouble watching that show; it literally makes me cry, even today, and that was 15 years ago."
Barnes, of Reno, Nev., joined the Women's International Bowling Congress Board of Directors in 1989 and would later serve as Sergeant-at-Arms from 1994-2005. As president of the Reno/Sparks Women's Bowling Association, she was instrumental in helping Reno to build the National Bowling Stadium.
"Ignore the tears, I'm known to cry at every occasion, especially when I'm happy," Barnes said. "To be elected to the USBC Hall of Fame for Meritorious Service, for something that you have loved doing, is what you call icing on the cake."
The USBC Hall of Fame was created in 2005 by merging the former American Bowling Congress and Women's International Bowling Congress Halls of Fame. With Wednesday's inductees, there are now 249 Hall of Famers in the Performance category, 111 for Meritorious Service and 19 Pioneers.
