Class of 1996

Shag Elliott	A long time bowler from the Lodi area
John Hendershot	A long time and current bowler from the Medina area
Dick Hoover	Retired professional bowler and owner of Hoover Lanes in Brunswick
LevisHunter	Former league and association secretary. Levis’s name is also given to the association’s annual scholarship (deceased)
Ken Lucas	Former association officer and instrumental in establishing the youth bowling association in Medina (deceased)
Frank Marks	Long time and current bowler from the Medina area
Paul Nettleton	Former bowler and association officer from Medina. Paul is also one of the signers of the original association charter
Herb Reitzel	Original manager of the Medina Lanes and personally responsible for much of the growth in popularity of bowling in the Medina area
Harry West	Manager of bowling houses in Lodi and West Salem prior to managing Lafayette Lanes in Medina (deceased)
Jim Yoxtheimer	Former association secretary and bowler from Medina. A plaque is maintained by the association recognizing the high scratch team score in each year's tournament in Jim's memory. (deceased)

Class of 1997

Terry Church	Outstanding county bowler
Anna Belle Cox	Longtime supporter of the youth bowling program and YABA Board Member
Russel Knight Sr.	(deceased)
Dolores Kungli	Highly active in the youth program in Medina County
Bill Huffman	Longtime proprietor of Strike-N-Spare Lanes
Lucille West	Co-manager of bowling houses in Lodi and West Salem prior to Lafayette Lanes in Medina

Class of 1998

Thomas Arters	First 300 bowler at Strike-N-Spare Lanes. Holds high series at Strike-N-Spare Lanes with score of 835
Edward Kungli	Longtime county bowler and junior bowler coach. Bowled 300 in Gazette - Medina Lanes Tournament.
Pat S. Noble	Past Manager at Lafayette Lanes and Medina Lanes. Has bowled 21 - 300 games and 7 - 800 series. From ABC records 1988 – 2005 4 – 11 strikes in a row. 1 – 298 1 – 299 4 – 300 3 - 800
Dorothy Pandur	Founding secretary of the Medina Women's Bowling Association
Scotty & Lois Scott	The original proprietors of Strike-N-Spare Lanes

Class of 1999

Virginia Livingston	Virginia started bowling when Creston opened and bowled until it closed in 1999
Alma Lucas	Alma was the wife of HOF member Ken Lucas. She was one of the original secretaries and presidents of the Women's Bowling Association.
Steve Sadowski	Steve has bowled mainly in Medina and Lodi for 29 yrs. He has several 300's, 800's and has held the highest average in the association several times. He once recorded back to back 800's. Steve has donated several of his awards to the ABC awards system. From ABC records 1988 – 2005 8 – 11 strikes in a row. 1 – 298 6 – 299 4 – 300 1 - 800
Thelma Steingass	She was active in the early years of the Women's Bowling Assoc
Wanda Totten	A long time bowler and board member from Creston, OH

Class of 2000

Jack Brobst	Now in his 70’s, Jack was the real pioneer of the Jr. Bowing program. Jack worked in Barberton and knew Jerry Murphy who presided over the Bar-Cop (Barberton – Copley) Junior Bowling Association. Helping Herb Reitzel (manager of the lanes) they started the Medina program and recruited many good helpers.
Charlotte & Jim Huffman	In 1962, Medina Lanes opened Charlotte was approached to become involved with Medina’s program. Charlotte and Jim (her husband) then worked to get the program going. In the eight plus years that followed, Charlotte was the coordinator of all Jr. bowlers at Medina and reported to Bar-Cop. Charlotte bowled in ladies leagues, national tournaments and supported both local and state tournaments. Jim bowled in several men’s leagues and tournaments. They both spent many Saturdays as instructors for the junior bowlers in the days when there was a coach on every lane.
Gale Richey	Mr. Richey is well known for his bowling accomplishments in the Wadsworth/Akron area

Class of 2002

Barbara Baker	Member of Medina WBA for more than 30 years, secretary for 15 yrs., president for 2yrs. Currently 1st Vice President. Past President, Secretary and Treasurer of various bowling leagues, most recently the Medina Body Shop Ladies Classic. WIBC member for 38 years and Medina WBA life member. Served as Sgt. At Arms – Ohio Women’s Inter-City Bowling Tournament. Coached in the YABA leagues and served on the MEDWICK association board of directors.
Dennis L. Huffman	Began bowling at age 10 in exchange for working at the lanes. Owner / Operator of Town & Country Lanes in Creston for about 7 years and at Strike and Spare Lanes in Lodi where the entire staff is made up of family members which provide the bowling alley with a “special touch”. Has achieved every honor score available from ABC including 6 300’s and an 800. Averaged over 210 for probably two decades and over 220 for several years. Carried a PBA (Professional Bowler’s Association) card for years. As “The Ball Mechanic” he operates a pro shop at Strike and Spare Lanes where he sells bowling equipment and drills and adjusts bowling balls. He has customers in Nebraska, Colorado and California who still send balls to him to be drilled. In addition, Dennis provides bowling instruction when his services are requested. From ABC records 1988 – 2005 3 – 11 strikes in a row 2 – 299 3 – 300 1 - 800
Gerald Stewart	Bowled for more than 47 years, bowling at Lake Rec. for 9 yrs., Kolony West for 16 yrs. and Great Oaks for 16 years.. Was a league Sec./ Treas. for 12 yrs. Served as an association director for 20 years including 4 as president and 10 as Sec./Treas. Started bowling at about age 9. Served as Pres. and Sec./ Treas. in the junior leagues. Coached YABA bowlers for 18 years and served as Vice President and director on the MEDWICK board for many of those years. Most memorable moment was seeing sons Timothy & Jeffrey receiving scholarships at the MEDWICK banquet.
Glenn J. Williams	President of numerous leagues and served as president and sec./ treas. of the local bowling association. Bowled at Kolony West Lanes, Great Oaks Lanes and many other houses in the Akron / Northern Ohio area. Had one sanctioned 300 on lanes 1 & 2 at Kolony Lanes for which he received a diamond ring. Operated lanes at Kolony, Bowlarama, Akron Coliseum, Eastgate, North Lanes and Great Oaks Lanes. Served on the Greater Akron Bowling Proprietors Association as president for 12 years, treasure of the Akron Bowling Council for 7 years, and Executive Secretary of the Greater Akron Bowling Association. He was assistant producer of Nationwide Television Bowling for AMF and traveled the northeast states producing 133 shows nationwide. He served as Tournament Manager of the Greater Akron U.S. Open Eliminations starting in 1971, Tournament Director of the Sunshine Tournament for Charity and Tournament Director each year for the Firestone Pro-Am Tournament of Champions. Was inducted into the Tri-County Bowling Hall of Fame.

Class of 2003

Phyllis Abrams	Wadsworth OH Championships: WREN - three times … 1983, 1984, 1985 Friday Nite League five times Bell Music League 1967 Tuesday Nite Mixed Doubles 2 times Ohio Match Union 1948 High Average: 175 High Series: 682 High Game: 279 Other Achievements: - Won Akron Beacon Journal in Class “BB” in 1957 - Won the team championship in Akron City Tournament Belongs to the 600 club in Akron as well as the National 600 club. Offices held: Sec. Of the Sunday Nite Mixed Doubles 5:30 league for 10 yrs.
Don I. Dressler (“DI”)	Wadsworth, OH Championships: ABC Tourn. in NY - Finished 50th ABC Tourn in NY - “DI” & Glenn Williams bowled 1274. VFW Nat’l in Lima OH - “DI” & Ted Jackson bowled 1306. High Average: 202 High Series: 784 High Game: 298 Other Achievements: Won Akron Beacon Journal Classic @ Ten Pin Lanes in the Falls in 1957 Won squad prize of $350.00 in Peterson Classic in Chicago in 1952. Offices held: President, trustee and secretary in leagues and association for 32 yrs. (Enjoyed all of it)
Clint Liezert	Medina, OH Championships: Wednesday Night Sportsmen League 1974 Kamalt / Tru-Weld League 1991 Medina Mixed Couples Tournament 1999 Ameri-Cal League runner-up 2000 & 02 Medina Mixed Couples – all events 2001 MBA County Tournament – team event 2003 High Average: 206 High Series: 751 High Game: 299 High Team Game: 1221 In 1994, had a string of 30 games averaging in excess of 220. Offices held: President of Stonerollers League Sec. of Wed. Night Sportsmen league 1972 - 1979 Sec. of Wed. Night Men’s early league 1982 - pres. Exec. Dir. of Medina Bowling Assoc. 1994 - 2006 Accomplishments: Helped the assoc. receive a “Service Award” in 1998. Expanded the annual “average book” to a “yearbook”. Founded the assoc. WEB site, http://www.medinabowling.com/ Clint has been an avid bowler for more than 50 years. He has a goal of obtaining a lifetime total of more than one million pins. He has kept track of nearly all of his scores over the past 40 years and can tell you his stats for any pair of lanes he has bowled on from Reno to New York. As of 5/3/03, he has record of 5227 games and 947,992 pins.

Class of 2004

John Conover	Managed: Kolony Lanes, North Gate Lanes, Medina Lanes, Great Oaks Lanes, Riviera Lanes Bowling Accomplishments: Started Wadsworth junior bowling program Started senior citizens bowling program at Kolony Lanes Won 1975 Medina County Masters Won Wadsworth Assoc Tournament Team Event, Doubles & Singles Event and All Events Won Central Ohio Qualifier (COPBA) 2nd place in Ohio Intercity Tournament Doubles Event Won the Eagles Sportsman Award Won the Medina Assoc. Doubles Tournament in 1980 w/ Ed Kungli President of the Wadsworth Bowling Assoc President of the Wadsworth Eagles #2117 League Vice President on Medina Bowling Assoc. Board of Directors. 2 Service Awards. High Series: 794 (15 over 780) High Game: 2 – 300’s + 2 298’s
"Bud" McCaman	Bowled within the tri-county area for more than 40 years including several leagues and member of the Wadsworth Board of Directors. Tri-county qualifier: Finished 4th High Average: 207 High Series: 788 High Game: 3 – 299’s and 2 – 298’s Other Achievements: - Conditioned lanes where Biondelillo bowled a 300 in the PBA Firestone Tournament of Champions at Riviera Lanes. - Worked at 22 Firestone Tournament of Champions events.
Paul Warner	Long time bowler from the Lodi area. High Average: 200 + for more than 25 years. High Series: 2 – 800’s including one this year. High Game: 7 – 300’s including 2 this year. Other Achievements: Won team event in county two years ago Officer of multiple leagues Youth coach for many years From ABC records 1988 – 2005 1 – 298 2 – 299 5 – 300 1 - 800

Class of 2005

Jack Maxwell

Jack has served on the Medina Bowling Assoc. Board of directors for 17 yrs. During this time he was: - Chairman of Lane Certification during the times when lanes had to be taped within 24 hrs. of an honor score. It was not uncommon to be called out in the wee hours of the morning. - President - 1984 to 2006 In addition he served as: - President of the Friday night No Name League from 1987-1998. - President of the Monday Mixed Classic Trio - Member of Carr's Moving and Storage League. - Member of Jo Jo's Sports Bar League - Officer on the MEDWICK YABA Assoc. board where he was responsible for the Litchfield Seniors junior league. Bowling achievements include: 5 - 289's Qinning the Doubles Championship at the 50th County Tournament in 1991 when he and Chet Foth bowled 1426 (1574 w/ hcp)

Class of 2006

Dale Csuhta	Dale is a Wadsworth bowler who bowls at Great Oaks Lanes and in several traveling leagues. He has been involved in many league and tournament championships and has been selected to numerous "All Star" teams. Honor Scores: 7 - 800's 20 - 300's 10 - 299's 1 - 298 10+ eleven in a row's High Average: 228 High Series: 846 Offices Held: Sec. - Wed. Night Independent League VP - Horner's Corners League Pres. - Horner's Corners League
Isadore "Iz" Lonier	"Iz" was in the business of building and refinishing bowling lanes. One of his first projects was the construction of Kolony Lanes in Wadsworth and one of his last was the construction of Great Oaks Lanes. In the 40's and early 50's he owned a four lane bowling establishment above Houglan's Hardware that was originally owned by "Pop" Curry. He bowled with several premier teams across Ohio and in the 40's won the Wadsworth Association Tournament All - Events with 758 in singles, 673 in doubles and 689 in team. His total of 2120 was high for 30 or more years.
Aaron & Nancy Tinney	Aaron and Nancy bowled at Medina Lanes and Lafayette Lanes. They have both been VERY active as league officers, members of all of the bowling associations, chairperson of committees and coaches. For many years they served as tournament directors of the Medina Mixed Couples Tournament which was one of the most "fun and relaxing" tournaments in the area. They were also very active in the "junior" bowling program as coaches and administrators. Many of the high average bowlers in the county are products of their efforts. In addition, "Fred" and "Lost Lefty" are fine people.