Below are the newest Hall of Fame members along with the Director of the Year, the League Secretary of the Year and Scholarship recipients for the 2022-2023 bowling season.
Dan is one of those bowlers who continuously strives to be a better bowler. He believes in practice and seeking advice on how to improve his game. He possesses that dogged determination to bowl the best he can under all circumstances.
A regular participant in association tournaments he was a member of the “BDFMLGCA2” team that won the 2011 and 2012 Annual Open Championship scratch team title with scores of 3585 and 3701 (tournament record). In 2009 he was the scratch singles (778 series) and all events (2246) winner. He completed a lifetime quadruple crown of actual events in 2023 when he teamed with Mike Goike to win the doubles actual title with a 1436 score. He is especially proud of his 2012 actual all events championship with a record setting score of 2327.
Dan’s high average of 236 came in the 2017-18 season. He has ten (10) 300 games and three (3) 800 series.
It is our pleasure to recognize the bowling performance of Daniel B. Folks by inducting him into the Arbor Valley USBC Association Hall of Fame.
Marc is a long-time employee at Lodge Lanes where he has been a Youth Director for 15 years and serves as co-league manager/secretary for most of the leagues that bowl at Lodge. He was selected as co-manager of the year in the 2021-22 bowling season.
Marc tied for 1stplace in singles actual in the 2003 Association Annual Open Tournament with a 783 series. His team won the team actual title in the 2003 Open tournament with a score of 3508. In the 2011 and 2012 Open tournaments his team “BDFMLGCA2” was the actual champion with scores of 3585 and 3701 (tournament record). In the 2013 Open tournament his team “Shankel’s Auto Sales” won both the actual and handicap titles with a 3544 actual and 3610 handicap total.
Marc’s high average is 235 and his high series of 842 came on games of 278,277,287 at Lodge Lanes in the Wednesday Morning league. He has bowled twenty-five (25) 300 games and fifteen (15) 800 series.
It is our pleasure to recognize the bowling performance of Marc A. Schmidt by inducting him into the Arbor Valley USBC Association Hall of Fame.
Richard Smith
Each year an exceptional league secretary is selected to represent the many league secretaries who devote their efforts in making sure the league is run effectively and that the bowlers enjoy the competition that bowling offers. Many times we see leagues getting smaller and eventually disband because the secretary doesn’t properly perform their duties. When the duties are performed properly and on time it makes the job of association manager much easier.
It’s not an easy job being the enforcer of the USBC and league rules and it takes a certain skill to enforce the rules and still make everyone happy. League secretaries are paid a modest amount of money for the time and effort they devote to their league. It is mostly a labor of love!
Michelle Miller
Deb Tuck
David Trim
Carlie Mitchell is a graduate of Hartland High School’s class of
2023. Carlie demonstrated leadership during her high school career
by being actively involved in many school groups such as LINK,
which is a mentoring program to provide guidance for incoming high
school students. She has been bowling in the Arbor Valley USBC for
12 years as a youth bowler.
Carlie was part of the Hartland High School Girls Varsity Bowling
team all 4 years of high School, the captain of the Girls team in
2022-2023. She made the MHSAA Division 1 State Singles finals in
2022 and 2023. She was the girls singles champion in the 2022
Arbor Valley Youth tournament and doubles champion in the 2021
tournament along with her brother, Cameron.
Carlie’s High School Coach Bob Brewer had this to say about Carlie:
“I have had the pleasure of coaching Carlie in youth league at
Striking Lanes over 6 seasons and was able to coach her in High
School. Carlie is what this team strives to be, she is always working
hard to be the best she can be, she is a great leader, a great mentor
and always a pleasure to be around, she made my coaching job so
much fun and I’m so very proud of all her success”.
Congratulations to Carlie on earning the Thelma Beck Scholarship
and best wishes for future success.
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