Verity Crawley

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Verity Crawley (born 19 July 1994), a professional bowler from England, is an athlete on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour in the United States. She moved from England to the US in 2012 to join the bowling program at Webber International University in Babson Park, Florida. In 2017, she began competing professionally on the PWBA Tour.^[1] She has one title and four runner-up finishes on the PWBA Tour as of 2021.

Crawley is sponsored by Storm Bowling,^[2] CoolWick sportswear, VISE grips, BowlerX.com and Kegel Training Center.

Amateur bowling career[]

Crawley became a European Champion in 2012, when she won a gold medal in singles at the European Youth Championships. She also won two bronze medals in all events and team, as well as shooting a perfect 300 game in the event. Also in 2012, she was named Junior Bowler of the Year by the British Tenpin Bowling Association (BTBA).^[2]

In her first year at Webber International University, Crawley won the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) National Championship. She also took two first-place finishes in the Tenpin Team Challenge and YAC Lincoln Singles. In 2014, Crawley won the NAIA National Championship with Webber International University and was named NAIA Second Team All-American. She also competed at the World Youth Championships in Hong Kong for Junior Team England.

In 2015, Crawley competed in her first professional event as an amateur. She was the high qualifier at the USBC Queens and also shot a 300 game during the event, but lost the title to USBC Hall of Famer Liz Johnson. Also that year, Crawley lead the USBC Singles Sectionals, with a 300 game. From there she went on to the USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championship, finishing third. She was also named NAIA All-Tournament Team.

In 2016, Crawley won the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championship with Webber International and was named to the all-tournament team.^[3][4] She was also named NSCA All-American, Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year, NCBCA All-American and NAIA First Team All-American.

Professional bowling career[]

Crawley began competing on the PWBA Tour in 2017, and was runner up for Rookie of the Year. In her first year as a professional, Crawley was ranked 11th in the world. She finished second to Kelly Kulick in the Fountain Valley Open^[5] and second in the Greater Detroit Open, falling to her former college teammate Daria Pajak in the title match after earning the top seed.^[6]

The following year, Crawley had three perfect games on the PWBA Tour. She also was the number one seed at the PWBA Sonoma County Open, shooting 266 but still losing the title match by two pins to Shannon O'Keefe.^[7] She finished fifth at the Pepsi PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater Open.^[8] In 2019, Crawley would face Shannon O'Keefe again in the title match at the Twin Cities Open. After running the ladder, defeating and , Crawley fell just seven pins short to O'Keefe.^[9]

In the 2021 PWBA season, Crawley finally broke through with her first title, winning the PWBA Greater Nashville Open by topping Daria Pajak in the title match on June 12.^[10] She finished the 2021 season tied for most championship round appearances (6) and third in Player of the Year points.^[11]

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