Shannon O'Keefe is an American professional bowler and bowling coach now living in Jacksonville, Alabama.
41 Facts About Shannon O'Keefe
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Shannon O'Keefe has competed in the United States and internationally, and is currently the head coach at Jacksonville State University.
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Shannon O'Keefe is an 18-time member of Team USA and an eight-time World Champion.
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Shannon O'Keefe won the 54th QubicaAMF World Cup in 2018 in Las Vegas.
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Shannon O'Keefe has 15 titles on the PWBA Tour, including three major championships, and is a three-time PWBA Player of the Year.
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In November 2024, Shannon O'Keefe was elected to the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame, and she will be officially inducted with the 2025 class.
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Shannon O'Keefe is sponsored by VISE grips, Coolwick sportswear and BowlerX.
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Shannon O'Keefe began competing on the PWBA Tour in 1998, and was runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award in 1999.
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Shannon O'Keefe earned a spot on Team USA in her first attempt in 2005, and was a member for 18 years before retiring from international play in 2022.
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Shannon O'Keefe bowled a 299 on television in the US Open quarterfinals, and at the time tied a record for the most consecutive strikes in a row on television.
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Shannon O'Keefe finished in fifth place in the 2011 US Women's Open, and in third place at the 2012 US Women's Open.
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Shannon O'Keefe has won numerous gold, silver and bronze medals in international competition as a member of Team USA.
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Shannon O'Keefe was an exempt bowler in 2009 in the PBA Women's Series, which was sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress.
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Shannon O'Keefe made the quarterfinals of the 2009 PBA Women's World Championship, which was the first women's World Championship under PBA sanction.
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In 2010, against mostly male competitors, Shannon O'Keefe won a PBA Regional Tour title at the PBA Southwest Region Del-Mar Lanes Challenge.
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Shannon O'Keefe announced early in 2022 that she would be retiring as a Team USA member, after 18 consecutive years representing her country in international competition.
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Shannon O'Keefe won silver in the Singles event, finishing behind Clara Guerrero of Colombia.
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Shannon O'Keefe was one of several previous PWBA members to re-join the tour.
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Shannon O'Keefe won her first PWBA singles title, and second PWBA title overall, in the Nationwide PWBA Sonoma County Open on May 26,2016.
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Later in the 2016 season, Shannon O'Keefe led the Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open wire-to-wire and captured her third PWBA title on June 26.
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Shannon O'Keefe finished the 2017 season ranked third in points, and second in match play appearances with 10.
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Shannon O'Keefe was named PWBA Player of the Year following the second-to-last tournament of the 2018 season, having mathematically eliminated all other players.
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On November 10,2018, Shannon O'Keefe won the QubicaAMF World Cup, defeating Sin Li Jane from Malaysia in Sams Town bowling center, Las Vegas.
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On May 4,2019, Shannon O'Keefe captured her ninth PWBA title at the PWBA Twin Cities Open.
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Shannon O'Keefe reached the ten-title plateau on June 8,2019, earning the win at the PWBA Tucson Open.
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Two weeks later, on August 17, Shannon O'Keefe became the first player since 2001 to win at least four titles in a PWBA Tour season, capturing her 12th title overall at the BowlerX.
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Shannon O'Keefe completed her remarkable 2019 season with her 13th PWBA title and third career major by winning the PWBA Tour Championship on September 18.
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Shannon O'Keefe led the 2019 Tour in earnings and championship round appearances, and had the highest average among bowlers who participated in at least ten events.
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Shannon O'Keefe won the season-opening event of the 2021 PWBA Tour season, earning her 14th career title at the Bowlers Journal Classic on January 21.
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Shannon O'Keefe had a chance to win her third consecutive PWBA Player of the Year award in the season-ending PWBA Tour Championship.
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Shannon O'Keefe finished runner-up to Bryanna Cote for Player of the Year, but did win the High Average Award for the 2021 season.
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Shannon O'Keefe made the televised finals in two of the first three 2022 events.
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Shannon O'Keefe made the championship finals in 7 of 11 singles events during the 2022 season, and never finished lower than seventh in any event.
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Shannon O'Keefe is the only bowler to win at least one title per season since the PWBA relaunch in 2015.
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Shannon O'Keefe had shared that distinction with Danielle McEwan until McEwan failed to win a title in the 2022 season.
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Shannon O'Keefe was recognized at the Oregon Hayward Awards in 2007 as a finalist for "Professional Woman Athlete of the Year".
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In November 2024, Shannon O'Keefe was elected to the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame.
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Shannon O'Keefe will be officially inducted with the 2025 class in a ceremony at the USBC convention on May 7.
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Shannon O'Keefe met Bryan O'Keefe at age 20 when the two were bowling at the 1999 Super Hoinke tournament in Cincinnati.
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Bryan is a former men's bowling coach at McKendree University, where Shannon O'Keefe coached the women's team.
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Shannon O'Keefe says she loves playing golf and is a fan of the Buffalo Bills NFL team.