Leanne Hulsenberg

Age: 57

On PBA Tour Since: 1987

Hometown: Brigham City, Utah

Style: Right

Everything I have in my life is directly related to our great sport of bowling and I will be eternally grateful. I bowled full time on the women's tour for 18 years, traveled across the United States many times and also a few trips overseas to Japan and Australia. My first vacation without bowling balls was my honeymoon to Hawaii with my husband, Gary in 2007. Our son, Barrett was born in 2009 and my biggest victory in bowling was winning the US OPEN in 2011 at Dallas Cowboy's Stadium with both of them there with me. In 2011, I co-founded the Youth Bowlers Tour, a monthly event that awards scholarships for the youth bowlers of Northern California. After 4 years, we have awarded more than $160,000 in scholarships. My hobbies are walking my dog, Tahoe and playing sports at the park with my son. My favorite sport to watch is football and my team is the 49ers. My favorite restaurant is Carrabbas because I love Italian food…and bread…and wine. I am very old-fashioned and enjoy all kinds of music... Frankie Valli, Michael Buble, Adele, Green Day, The Killers, Five for Fighting, and the Bee Gees. The last 4 concerts I've been to were Josh Groban, The Killers, Michael Buble and Green Day…and they were all awesome.

Career Highlights

PWBA Titles

1999 - USBC Queens, Indianapolis (Major)

2011 - U.S. Women’s Open, Arlington, Texas (Major)

2002 — Three Rivers Open, Pittsburgh

2002 — Greater Syracuse Classic, Syracuse, N.Y.

2002 — Empire State PWBA Classic, Albany, N.Y.

2001 — Storm Challenge, Cape Coral, Florida

2001 — Lady Ebonite Kentucky Classic, Lexington, Kentucky

1999 - Greater Atlanta Open, Atlanta

1998 — Lehigh Valley Classic, Allentown, Pa.

1998 - AMF Greater Atlanta Open, Atlanta

1997 - Omaha Open, Omaha, Nebraska

1996 - Lubbock Open, Lubbock, Texas

1994 - Alexandria Louisiana Open, Alexandria, La.

1992 - Hammer Eastern Open, Baltimore

1991 — Lady Ebonite Classic, Columbia, Tennessee

1991 — Brunswick Open, Hammond, Indiana

1991 - Denver Classic, Denver

1990 — Garland Open, Garland, Texas

1990 — Brunswick Open, Hammond, Indiana

1990 — Hammer Western Open, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1989 — Albuquerque Open, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1989 - Lady Ebonite Classic, Atlanta

1988 — AMF Virginia Classic, Virginia Beach, Va.

1988 - Columbia 300 Classic, DeSoto, Texas

1987 — Columbia 300 Invitational, Saginaw, Michigan

1987 — Ebonite Invitational, Fresno, California

1987 - Ebonite Invitational, Algonquin, Ill.

Accomplishments

Inducted into the PWBA Hall of Fame for Performance in 2019

1990 and 1991 PWBA Player of the Year

Four gold medals (doubles, team, all-events, Masters) at 2019 World Bowling Senior Championships (Team USA)

Two gold medals (team, all-events), two silver medals (singles, doubles) and one bronze medal (Masters) at 2017 World Bowling Senior Championships (Team USA)

One gold medal (team) at 2012 PABCON Adult Championships (Team USA)

Inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance in 2008

One of four players to eclipse $1 million in career earnings on the PWBA Tour

One of two bowlers in USBC Women's Championships history to roll both a 300 game (2019) and 800 series (2007) at the event

2007 USBC Women’s Championships Classic Team champion

2006 USBC Women’s Championships Classic Doubles champion

2005 USBC Women’s Championships Classic Singles champion

1987 and 2005 USBC Women’s Championships Classic All-Events champion

1991 and 2002 IBMA Female Bowler of the Year

1990 and 1999 Robby Sportsmanship Award winner

1987 Bowling Digest PWBA Rookie of the Year