KELLY KULICK

Age: 46

On Tour Since: 2001

Hometown: Union, New Jersey

Style: Right

I would like to think of myself as an easy going person. I love to make people laugh and smile and will do anything to do it. Family and close friends mean the world to me. I tell everyone to surround themselves with good people and good things will happen. My favorite hobbies include cooking and line dancing. I love listening to country music but enjoy all genres of music. My favorite food is pizza. You can win my heart with a well done pie. A great day for me is being in the kitchen cooking or baking while listening to Pandora. I love to entertain and have a house full of people. Good food makes people smile. Great food makes people come back! A quote I live by, " Being great means never being satisfied."

Career Highlights

PWBA Titles

2021 - PWBA Albany Open, South Glens Falls, N.Y.

2017 - PWBA Fountain Valley Open, Fountain Valley, Calif.

2010 PBA Tournament of Champions (major championship on the PBA Tour; first woman to win a PBA Tour title)

2009 PBA Women's World Championship

2009 PBA Women's Series Shark Championship

2008 PBA Legends & Ladies (with Robert Harvey)

2015 PWBA East Regional, Hornell, N.Y.

PWBA Majors

2012 - U.S. Women’s Open, Reno, Nev.

2012 - U.S. Women's Open, Arlington, Texas

2010 - USBC Queens, El Paso, Texas

2007 - USBC Queens, Charlotte, N.C.

2003 - U.S. Women's Open, Sterling Heights, Mich.

Awards

2001 PWBA Rookie of the Year

2019 USBC Women's Championships Diamond All-Events Champion

Inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance in 2019

2014 International Bowling Media Association Women's Bowler of the Year

2011 Singapore International Open Champion

2010 Malaysian International Open Champion

2010 World Bowling Writers Women's Bowler of the Year

2006 Bowling Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year

1999 and 2002 Bowling Writers Association of America Amateur of the Year

Inducted into the New Jersey Sports Writers Hall of Fame in 2000

2000 U.S. Amateur Champion

1999 Bowlers Journal International Amateur of the Year

1996-1997, 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 NCBCA Most Valuable Player (Morehead State)

1996-1997, 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 NCBCA first-team All-American (Morehead State)

Member of 1998 Intercollegiate Team Championships winner (Morehead State)

1995-1996 NCBCA second-team All-American (Morehead State)

1996 Association of College Unions-International women's singles Champion

1995 New Jersey Amateur Champion

Other Achievments

Named co-Women's MVP at 2021 IBF Super World Championships (shared with Missy Parkin)

One gold medal (team) and one silver medal (mixed team) at 2021 IBF Super World Championships

Junior Team USA head coach

2019 and 2020 USBC Team USA Trials Champion

Third-place finish at 2019 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

One gold medal (doubles), one silver medal (all-events) and two bronze medals (singles, Masters) at 2018 PABCON Champion of Champions

One gold medal (trios) and one bronze medal (doubles) at 2017 World Bowling Championships

One gold medal (singles) and one silver medal (doubles) at 2017 World Games

Gold medal at 2016 World Bowling Singles Championships

Two gold medals (doubles, team) and one bronze medal (trios) at 2015 World Bowling Women's Championships

Two gold medals (doubles, team) and three silver medals (singles, trios, all-events) at 2014 PABCON Women’s Championships

Two silver medals (doubles, team) at 2013 WTBA World Championships

One gold medal (mixed doubles) and one silver medal (singles) at 2013 World Games

One gold medal (doubles) at 2011 Pan American Games

One gold medal (team) and two bronze medals (doubles, trios) at 2011 WTBA World Championships

Two gold medals (doubles, team), one silver medal (all-events) and two bronze medals (singles, trios) at 2010 PABCON Championships

Five gold medals (doubles, trios, team, all-events, Masters) at 2008 PABCON Championships

Two gold medals (singles, all-events) and two silver medals (doubles, Masters) at 2000 World Youth Championships

Gold medal at 2000 World Tenpin Team Cup

One gold medal (team) at 1999 Pan American Games

One gold medal (singles) and two bronze medals (trios, team) at 1999 WTBA World Championships (singles score at the time was the highest in the event's history, dating back to 1954)

One gold medal (doubles) and two silver medals (team, Masters) at 1998 World Youth Championships