CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT


MISSY PARKIN’S PATH FROM CHILD PRODIGY TO QUEENS CHAMP HAS HAD ITS CHALLENGES, BUT NOTHING SHE COULDN’T HANDLE


efore you can find redemption, you must first suffer despair. For Missy Parkin, despair came in the form of a pocket 7-10 split on national television. Needing only a mark in the 10th frame to dispatch Kelly Kulick at the 2010 USBC Queens in El Paso, Texas, Parkin (then Missy Bellinder) watched in utter disbelief as her “perfect” shot left a terribly imperfect result. She went numb. Just like that, it was over — no more shots to throw, nothing left to do but collect her bowling balls and exit.


B By Mike Panozzo 17 USBOWLER JUNE 2011


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