Kelly Kulick was born on March 16,1977 and is an American professional bowler, bowling coach and sportscaster.
32 Facts About Kelly Kulick
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Kelly Kulick has won ten professional women's bowling titles, one PBA Tour title and a professional mixed doubles title.
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Kelly Kulick is currently a pro staff member for Storm Bowling, Vise grips and High 5 gear.
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In 2019, Kelly Kulick was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame, Superior Performance category.
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Kelly Kulick has won four medals at The World Games, including two golds.
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Kelly Kulick is currently the head coach for Junior Team USA.
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Kelly Kulick is the first woman ever to win a regular Professional Bowlers Association tour title and the only woman thus far to win a major PBA Tour tournament, winning the 2010 PBA Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas on January 24,2010.
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Kelly Kulick was one of the invitees to the International Women's Day reception, hosted by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama and held in the East Room of the White House on March 8,2010.
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Kelly Kulick attended and bowled competitively at Morehead State University, where she was a two-time Collegiate Bowler of the Year and two-time All-American.
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Kelly Kulick graduated from Morehead State with a degree in Physical and Health Education.
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Kelly Kulick has been a 16-time member of Team USA and was on Junior Team USA in 1998 and 2000.
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Kelly Kulick was part of the 2011 team that took home the United States' first gold medal in the team event of the World Tenpin Bowling Championships since 1987.
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Kelly Kulick began her professional career with the Professional Women's Bowling Association, winning the 2001 Rookie of the Year Award.
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Kelly Kulick won the 2003 US Women's Open for her first PWBA Tour title and first major.
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On June 4,2006, Kelly Kulick made history by becoming the first female professional bowler to earn a PBA Tour exemption.
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Kelly Kulick rebounded by winning the USBC Queens event in May 2007.
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In 2008, Kelly Kulick won the PBA Senior Ladies and Legends title with Robert Harvey, and won the PBA Women's Series Shark Championship in 2009.
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On June 4,2011, Kelly Kulick won the 44th Singapore International Open.
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Kelly Kulick rebounded by winning the 2012 US Women's Open, in the process becoming only the third woman to win the event at least three times.
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Kelly Kulick has won back-to-back World Bowling Tour Women's Finals at the World Series of Bowling in Las Vegas, NV.
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Kelly Kulick defeated Missy Parkin in 2013 and Liz Johnson in 2014.
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Kelly Kulick finished runner-up to Shannon O'Keefe in the final major of the 2017 season, while finishing runner-up to Liz Johnson in PWBA Player of the Year points.
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Kelly Kulick finished runner-up in the last two majors of the 2018 season, the PWBA Players Championship and PWBA Tour Championship.
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On June 5,2021 Kelly Kulick won the PWBA Albany Open for her seventh PWBA Tour title and 12th professional title overall.
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Kelly Kulick was written into the comic after bowling a pro-am event with the daughter of one of the Spider-Man writers.
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Kelly Kulick has endorsed several clothing lines, including many bathing suit lines, following her win at the Tournament of Champions.
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Kelly Kulick posed nude for ESPN The Magazine's annual "Bodies We Want" issue in October 2011.
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Kelly Kulick is the first bowler to ever appear in this issue.
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Kelly Kulick appears in an ESPN Bridgestone commercial, including sports reporter Michelle Beadle, in which she rolls a bowling ball made of special rubber down a long lane through three separate sets of ten pins, knocking down all of them along the way.
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From 2016 to the present, Kelly Kulick has provided color commentary for CBS Sports Network broadcasts of the PWBA Tour, except in tournaments where she qualified for the televised finals.
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Outside of bowling, Kelly Kulick enjoys cooking, country music and line dancing.
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In December 2021, Kelly Kulick was named head coach of Junior Team USA.