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NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING Dede Davidson


“I am of an age where the history of the game means a lot to me. I have a lot of respect for the Bill Lillards and all those greats. So to be able to say that I am in the PBA Hall of Fame and the USBC Hall of Fame is pretty strong and very humbling.”


— Dave Husted Davidson, 45, of Buellton, Calif.,


in PBA earnings. “This definitely is some- thing I wanted to achieve in my career,” said Monacelli, 50. “Now my dream is to win the USBC Masters in the same year as my USBC Hall of Fame induction.” Husted’s career mostly


paralleled Monacelli’s, with the Milwaukie, Ore., native finding success early…and in a big way. The unassuming right-hander won the first of his three U.S. Open titles in 1982 at Big Texan Lanes in Houston. Husted then won the coveted U.S. Open eagle in back-to-back years,


Dave Husted


winning in 1995 and 1996. Hus- ted also won the Showboat Invi- tational twice (1990 and 1995) and the Bruns- wick Memo- rial World Open (1993) among his


14 PBA Tour titles. “I am of an age where the history


of the game means a lot to me,” said Husted, 51. “I have a lot of respect for the Bill Lillards and all those greats. So to be able to say that I am in the PBA Hall of Fame and the


USBC Hall of Fame is pretty strong and very humbling.” Few bowlers can claim PBA Tour


titles a quarter-century apart, but Tom Baker did just that. After win- ning his first title in 1980, Baker, 57, of King, N.C., won eight more times, none of those victories be- ing majors. Then came the 2004 PBA World Championship in Tay- lor, Mich., when the 49-year-old Baker, fighting for his PBA Tour life, scored his most unlikely victory. In the years that followed, Baker domi- nated the PBA Senior Tour, winning four consecutive Player of the Year awards from 2005-2008.


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won nine titles on the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour and Professional Wom- en’s Bowling Association Tour from 1988-2003. Among her titles were the 1991 USBC Queens, the 1993 U.S. Women’s Open and the Sam’s Town Invitational in 2000, completing the PWBA’s Triple Crown. More recently, Davidson won the 2011 USBC Women’s Championships Scratch All-Events title. She is the only woman to shoot both an 800 series and a 300 game at the Women’s Cham- pionships. “I am really touched by this,” said


Davidson. “Throughout my career as a pro, this is where I wanted to end up. Knowing you’re in the hall of fame for the rest of your life is just amazing.”


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