Chris Loschetter

Chris Loschetter
Born Chris Loshetter
(1980-05-24) May 24, 1980
Occupation Ten-pin bowler
Years active 2003–present
Spouse(s) Erin Loschetter

Chris Loschetter (born May 24, 1980[1]) is an American professional bowler from Florida, currently on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. He currently resides in Avon, Ohio with his wife Erin, who bowled collegiately at Central Missouri State. Chris attended Florida State University, and was on the bowling team there in the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons.[2] He was part of the Junior Team USA from 2000–2001.[3] Since 2003 he has been a member of the PBA Tour.[4] Because of his success on tour, he spent several years on the pro staff for Brunswick[5] before becoming a "free agent" in 2013. As of the 2015 season, he is on the pro staff for Motiv bowling balls and Vise Grips.

History on the PBA Tour

Chris joined the PBA Tour in 2003. He holds ten PBA Regional titles. He has 24 career PBA certified perfect games, and his highest certified series is an 847. His PBA Tour earnings through June, 2014 are just under $570,000. His best year on Tour to date was the 2007–08 season, in which he cashed in 20 events, made match play 14 times, made two TV finals appearances, finished 8th in PBA Tour points, and collected $84,776 in earnings.

Second place

From 2003 to 2012, Loschetter made it to the title match on four occasions, losing all four times as opponents averaged 260.5 against him. He was denied his first major title when he was defeated by Patrick Allen in the final match of the 2004–05 PBA World Championship, 235–210. One of the closest times he came to winning was in 2008 at the Pepsi Championship, when he was the #1 seed going into the title match but got beat by fellow Brunswick pro staff member Brad Angelo, 256–215.[6]

First PBA Tour title

On June 1, 2013, Chris ended a title drought of nine years and 153 events on the Tour by winning the Lucas Oil PBA Wolf Open in Wauwatosa, WI. As the #1 qualifier for the event, he only had to bowl one game in the televised final, in which he defeated four-time PBA titleist Bill O'Neill, 264–231.[7] At the time, Chris had the third-longest active streak of PBA events (behind Joe Ciccone and Nathan Bohr) without a win.

Additional accomplishments

Chris won the 2011 Kuwait Open, which at the time did not count as a PBA title. He also owns two European Bowling Tour (EBT) titles.

References

  1. ↑ "Chris Loschetter". PBA.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  2. ↑ Archived September 2, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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  4. ↑ Archived February 25, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Chris Loschetter | Brunswick Bowling". Bowlwithbrunswick.com. 1980-05-24. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  6. ↑ Brioso, Cesar. "Daly: Night in jail misunderstanding." USA Today 11 November 2008. n. pag. Lexis Nexis. Web. 8 December 2010.
  7. ↑ Loschetter's Nine-Year Quest Ends with Lucas Oil PBA Wolf Open Victory Schneider, Jerry at pba.com on June 18, 2013.
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