Marshall Kent (born September 21, 1992) is an American ten-pin bowler from Yakima, Washington who currently competes on the PBA Tour and World Bowling Tour. He has been a member of Junior Team USA, and is a six-time and current member of Team USA. He has won multiple PBA titles and PBA regional titles.
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Amateur career
Kent was a five-time member of Team USA, and was a two-time Collegiate Player of the Year (2011-12 and 2012-13) bowling for Robert Morris University Illinois.
Kent won a gold medal in trios at the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships, and was the 2012 Russian Open Champion. He won two gold medals (singles and team) in the 2012 World Youth Championships, and a team gold medal in the 2012 PABCON Championships.
Kent won the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge as an amateur, and thus his win did not qualify for a PBA title.
Maps Marshall Kent (bowler)
Professional bowling career
Shortly after his Brunswick Euro Challenge win in March 2014, Kent joined the Professional Bowlers Association. He was named the 2014 Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year. In addition to four standard PBA Tour wins, Kent has four PBA Regional titles and a runner-up finish at the 2016 U.S. Open.
2017 was Kent's first year with multiple PBA Tour wins. He finished the season fourth in PBA earnings, with a career-best $112,480. Through 2017, he has career earnings of $292,205.50 and 12 career 300 games in PBA competition.
PBA Tour wins
- 2014: Kingdom International Open (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
- 2016: PBA Team Challenge (with 'Merica Rooster Illusion team) (Las Vegas, NV)
- 2017: Xtra Frame Lubbock Sports Open (Lubbock, TX)
- 2017: Grand Casino Hotel & Resort PBA Oklahoma Open (Shawnee, OK)
Career statistics
Statistics are through the last complete PBA season.
+CRA = Championship Round Appearances
Personal
From 2013 to early 2018, Marshall dated PWBA bowler Danielle McEwan. The two initially met when both were members of Junior Team USA, but did not officially become a couple until representing Team USA at an event in Bangkok, Thailand. After five years of dating, McEwan and Kent went their separate ways for unspecified personal reasons.
References
External links
- Kent's Profile at PBA.com
- Kent's "Bowler" page on Facebook
Source of article : Wikipedia
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