Best Bowler ESPY Award
The Best Bowler ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1995 to the best ten-pin bowler, irrespective of gender, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year of those contesting the sport professionally in the United States. To date, the award has only been presented to male bowlers.
Between 1993 and
sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet
from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.
Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous.[1] The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
List of winners
| Year | Bowler | Nation of citizenship |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Norm Duke |  United States
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| 1996 | Mike Aulby | United States
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| 1997 | Bob Learn Jr. | United States
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| 1998 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
|
United States
|
| 1999 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
|
United States
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| 2000 | Parker Bohn III | United States
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| 2001 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
|
United States
|
| 2002 | Pete Weber | United States
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| 2003 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
|
United States
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| 2004 | Pete Weber | United States
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| 2005 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
|
United States
|
| 2006 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
|
United States
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| 2007 | Norm Duke | United States
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| 2008 | Norm Duke | United States
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| 2009 | Norm Duke | United States
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| 2010 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
|
United States
|
| 2011 | Jason Belmonte |  Australia
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| 2012 | Sean Rash | United States
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| 2013 | Pete Weber | United States
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| 2014 | Pete Weber | United States
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| 2015 | Jason Belmonte | Australia
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| 2016 | Jason Belmonte | Australia
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| 2017 | Jason Belmonte | Australia
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| 2018 | Rhino Page | United States
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| 2019 | Norm Duke | United States
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| 2020 | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2021 | Tom Daugherty | United States
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| 2022 | Kyle Troup | United States
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See also
- Professional Bowlers Association
- Professional Women's Bowling Association
- United States Bowling Congress
Notes
- and June 2002.
References
- Enumeration of past winners from HickokSports.com at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)