Marshall Kent (bowler)

Marshall Kent (born September 21, 1992) is an American ten-pin bowler from Yakima, Washington who currently competes on the PBA Tour and World Bowling Tour. He has been a member of Junior Team USA, and is a six-time and current member of Team USA. He has won four PBA Tour titles and five PBA Regional titles.[2]

This article is about the ten-pin bowler. For the actor, see Marshall Kent (actor).
Marshall Kent
Kent in 2017
Born (1992-09-21) September 21, 1992[1]
Bowling Information
AffiliationPBA
Dominant handRight
Wins4
300-games17
SponsorsBIG Bowling, Turbo Grips, Dexter shoes, Apparel EFX
Personal blogfacebook.com/that1bowler300/

After 8 years as a member of the Storm Bowling pro staff, Kent accepted a sponsorship agreement with BIG Bowling in 2021.[3] He is also sponsored by Turbo Grips, Dexter shoes and Apparel EFX.

Amateur career

Kent was a three-time member of Junior Team USA, and has been a Team USA member since 2012. He was a two-time Collegiate Player of the Year (2011-12 and 2012-13) bowling for Robert Morris University in Chicago, Illinois,[1] where he also earned a degree in Business Administration.[2]

Kent won a gold medal in trios at the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships, and was the 2012 Russian Open Champion.[1] He won two gold medals (singles and team) in the 2012 World Youth Championships, and a team gold medal in the 2012 PABCON Championships.[1]

Kent won the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge as an amateur, and thus his win did not qualify for a PBA title.[1]

Professional bowling career

Shortly after his Brunswick Euro Challenge win in March 2014, Kent joined the Professional Bowlers Association. He was named the 2014 Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year.[1] In addition to four standard PBA Tour wins, Kent has five PBA Regional Tour titles and a runner-up finish at the 2016 U.S. Open.[1][4]

2017 was Kent's first year with multiple PBA Tour wins. He finished the season fourth in PBA earnings, with a career-best $112,480.[5] To date (2019 season end), he has career earnings of $459,393 and 17 career 300 games in PBA competition.[1]

Despite a career-high five championship round appearances, Kent failed to win a title in the 2018 PBA Tour season. He did win the non-title season-ending PBA Clash event on December 23.[6]

PBA Tour wins
  1. 2014: Kingdom International Open (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)[1]
  2. 2016: PBA Team Challenge (with 'Merica Rooster Illusion team) (Las Vegas, NV)[1]
  3. 2017: Xtra Frame Lubbock Sports Open (Lubbock, TX)[1]
  4. 2017: Grand Casino Hotel & Resort PBA Oklahoma Open (Shawnee, OK)[1][7]

Career statistics

Statistics are through the last complete PBA season.

SeasonEventsCashesMatch PlayCRA+PBA TitlesAverageEarnings ($)
2012–1363210215.1812,735
2014139311217.0332,528
20152316810218.0456,793
20162818711219.2977,670
20172117932221.53112,480
201829181150217.54101,890
201927171140214.6259,948

+CRA = Championship Round Appearances

Personal

From 2013 to early 2018, Marshall dated PWBA bowler Danielle McEwan. The two initially met when both were members of Junior Team USA, but did not officially become a couple until representing Team USA at an event in Bangkok, Thailand.[8] After almost five years of dating, McEwan and Kent went their separate ways for unspecified personal reasons.

Originally from Yakima, Washington, Kent relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2019.[9]

References
  1. "Marshall Kent (bowler profile)". PBA. July 5, 2017. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017.
  2. "Storm Bowling - Marshall Kent". stormbowling.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  3. Richgels, Jeff (January 7, 2021). "After 8 years with Storm, Marshall Kent leaves to become the face of BIG Bowling". 11thframe.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  4. Schneider, Jerry (November 9, 2016). "Canada's Francois Lavoie Rolls Historic 300 on Way to 2016 U.S. Open Win". pba.com. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  5. "Earnings: 2017 Season". pba.com. January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  6. Schneider, Jerry (December 23, 2018). "Marshall Kent Wins 2018 PBA Clash in Landmark FOX Sports Telecast". pba.com. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  7. "Yakima bowler Marshall Kent wins his second PBA title in three weeks". Yakima Herald-Republic. July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  8. "10 Couples Who Found Love on the Lanes". iabowling.com. August 7, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  9. "Marshall Kent - Team USA profile". bowl.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
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