Kelly Kulick
Throws: Right
Nickname: Double K or K-Squared
Hometown: Union, N.J.
Birthdate: 3/16/77
Height: 5-7
Family Status: Single
Earned PBA Women�s Series Exemption: 2009 PBA Women�s Tour Trials
Fun Facts
Employment: Works at her father�s auto body shop during off-season
Hobbies: Music, Cooking, Drawing
Favorite Movie: A League of Their Own
Uncommon Achievement: Featured in a Spider-Man comic book as a bowling heroine
Ultimate Dinner Companion Would Be: Elvis Presley
Career Highlights
First woman to earn a PBA Tour exemption (2006-07), rolling a 300 game on the final day of the 2006 PBA Tour Trials�Second woman to win a PBA Regional title (2006)�Three-time first team Collegiate All-American at Morehead (Ky.) State�Graduated with a degree in physical and health education�Six-time Team USA and two-time Junior Team USA member�2000 U.S. Amateur Champion�2001 Professional Women�s Bowling Association Rookie of the Year�Won 2003 Women�s U.S. Open for her first title, 2007 USBC Queens for her second�Was forced into competition against men when the PBA ceased operations in 2003�Finished second in 2009 PBA Women�s Series Tour Trials.
2009-10 Highlights
Won her first PBA Women�s Series title in the inaugural PBA Women�s World Championship Sept. 5 in Detroit, defeating Shannon Pluhowsky of Kettering, Ohio, 219-204�That victory gave her the first-ever berth for a women in the PBA Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas�Also won the PBA Women�s Shark Championship in Detroit, defeating Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller, Texas, 198-162�Finished second in 2009 USBC Queens, losing to Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., 247-204�Won the 45th PBA Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas, defeating 12-time PBA Tour champion and former PBA Player of the Year Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, 265-195, to become the first woman ever to win a PBA Tour title�Kulick advance to the TOC TV final by finishing second among a field of 63 PBA champions over the course of 42 games of qualifying and match play�She defeated Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, Mich., an eight-time PBA Tour champion and also a former PBA Player of the Year, 227-223, to advance to the title match.
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