ILLINOIS BOWLING HALL OF CHAMPIONS
CLASS OF 2024
Earl Anthony
Affiliation
Professional Bowlers Association
Awards
6x BWAA Bowler of the Year
6x PBA Player of the Year
12x First Team All-American
5x George Young High Average award winner
Inducted into PBA Hall of Fame,
Inducted into ABC Hall of Fame
Voted "Bowler of the Millennium" in a 2000 poll
conducted by Bowling Digest Voted the greatest
PBA player ever, PBA "50 Greatest Players of the Last
50 Years" list
Paul Krumske - From Chicago, IL
Affiliation
American Bowling Congress
Awards
National Match Game Title 1944
3 National Match Play Titles in Individual, Doubles and Team Play
Carmen Salvino - From Chicago, IL
Affiliation
Professional Bowlers Association
American Bowling Congress
Awards
Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador Award
CLASS OF 2026
AJ Johnson - From Oswego, IL
Affiliation
Professional Bowlers Association
Awards
1 PBA Tour
10 PBA Regional Tour
1 KPBA Tour
Pan American Games
Gold medal – 2023 Santiago
Singles
World Bowling Championships
Gold medal – 2017 Las Vegas
Team
Bronze medal – 2017 Las Vegas
All Events
PABCON Men's Championships
Gold medal – 2019 Lima/Team
Gold medal – 2019 Lima/All Events
Silver medal – 2019 Lima/Singles
IBF Super World Championships
Gold medal – 2021 Dubai/Trios
PANAM Bowling Champion of Champions
Gold medal – 2022 Rio de Janeiro/Doubles
Bronze medal – 2022 Rio de Janeiro/Singles
Bronze medal – 2022 Rio de Janeiro/All-Events
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Jeff Carter - From Warrenville, IL
Affiliation
Professional Bowlers Association
Awards
Holds USBC record for the highest sanctioned league average - 261.74 in 2000-2001
112 - 300-games (USBC Sanctioned)
Brandi Kordelewski - From Momence, IL
Affiliation
Women's Professional Bowlers Association
Awards
2011 and 2012 NCBCA First-Team All-American
2011 Intercollegiate Team Championships First-Team All-American
Member of 2011 NAIA Women's Bowling Championship Team
2011 NAIA Championship Most Valuable Player
2010 and 2012 Intercollegiate Team Championships All-Tournament Team
2011 NAIA First-Team All-American
2012 Bowling Writers Association of American Runner Up
2011 Bowling Writers Association of American Honorable Mention
Ranked third in NAIA in 2011-12 scoring average (203)
Member of PWBA Tour since 2016
Runner-up at 2017 QubicaAMF PWBA Sonoma County Open & 2019 PWBA East Hartford Regional
Holds Illinois state record for highest three-game series (290,279,299)
Former Head Women's Bowling Coach at Maryville (Mo.)
2021 and 2022 GLVC Women’s Bowling Coach of the Year
2018 MIAA Women's Bowling Coach of the Year
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Kristopher Prather - From Plainfield, IL
Affiliation
Professional Bowlers Association
Awards
6 PBA Tour (2 majors)
2 PBA Regional Tour
26 - 300-games (USBC Sanctioned)