24 Facts About Carolyn Dorin-Ballard

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard was born on 1964 and is one of the top female ten-pin bowlers in the world.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard is a member of the Professional Women's Bowling Association and has bowled in PBA Tournaments as well.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard is a member of the Roto Grip Professional Staff, and endorses Turbo 2-N-1 Grips, USBC and Ballard's Bowling Solutions.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard has served as the USBC's Director of Coaching.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard's father was a POW during World War II.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard is married to PBA Hall of Famer Del Ballard Jr.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard is the sister of former professional bowler and TV bowling analyst Cathy Dorin-Lizzi, who won a PWBA title in 1999.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard's brother-in-law, Jeff Lizzi, was a member of the PBA and won a 1992 PBA Tour title.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard attended West Texas State University on a partial bowling scholarship.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard was the MVP of the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships in 1989.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard has been a member of Team USA for multiple seasons.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard had 20 Tour titles over a 14-year career.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard won her first title in a doubles tournament in 1991 with her partner, Lisa Wagner, who was one of the top bowlers on the tour in the 1980s.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard won seven titles, posted an average of 214.73, and earned $135,045 in prize money.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard received many honors this year including nomination for an ESPY award.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard tied or broke 11 PWBA Tour records in 2001, including setting a record for most titles and the most TV finals appearances in a season.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard was a seven-time WIBC All American and six-time Bowlers Journal All-American.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard won two PBA Women's Series titles.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard won the PBA Women's Series Showdown, a non-title event held in April, 2009.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard made it to the semi-finals where she was defeated by Clara Guerrero.

The only major missing from Carolyn Dorin-Ballard's resume is the US Women's Open, although she has made the semi-finals five times with runner-up finishes in the 2003 and 2009 events.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard is known as one of the best female bowlers of all time, and at the Kegel training center has the title of being the most accurate player in history of the testing center, hitting the exact target over 30 times in a row at exactly the same speed.

In 2020, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard was inducted into the PWBA Hall of Fame for Superior Performance.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard currently manages the New Jersey Kingpins PBA League team, with husband Del.