NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING /// JUNE 2012 Bulletin Board Rash’s bowling career.


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RASH Player of the Year award caps Rash’s wild ride


s seasons go, the 2011-12 Professional Bowlers Association Tour will probably be remembered as one of the most diffi cult yet satisfying of Sean


On the lanes, Rash dominated


like few have, qualifying for a record fi ve consecutive TV fi nals during the World Series of Bowling and fi nishing the season No.1 in both points and earnings. Yet prior to the fi nal event of the season the 29-year-old had no hardware to show for his efforts. That all changed when Rash


defeated Ryan Ciminelli to win the season-ending PBA Tournament of Champions in April, Rash’s fi rst


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PBA title since winning the USBC Masters in Milwaukee in 2007. Not only did Rash’s second


major title put an exclamation point on his 2011-12 season, it also served as a springboard to the PBA’s Chris Schenkel Player of the Year award. Rash was announced as the winner during the PBA Summer Series at 10 Pin in Chicago, May 28. Interestingly, whereas winners since 2007 had been determined by points, the


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