Carolyn Dorin-Ballard

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard (born 1964, Linden, New Jersey) is one of the top female ten-pin bowlers in the world. She is a member of the Professional Women's Bowling Association (1990–2003 and 2015–present) and has bowled in PBA Tournaments as well. She was an exempt competitor in the 2008-09 and 2009-10 PBA Women's Series seasons, which were sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC). Between the PWBA and the PBA Women's Series, she has won 22 professional titles. Carolyn was a 2007 inductee into the USBC Hall of Fame.

Dorin-Ballard is a member of the Roto Grip Professional Staff, and also endorses, Turbo 2-N-1 Grips, USBC and Ballard's Bowling Solutions. On March 1, 2011, she was named the USBC's Director of Coaching.

Carolyn's father was a POW during World War II.

Carolyn is married to PBA Hall of Famer Del Ballard Jr., whom she met in college. The couple has a daughter, Alyssa, and the family now resides in Keller, TX. She is also the sister of top female bowler, former PWBA member and current TV bowling analyst Cathy Dorin-Lizzi. Her brother-in-law (Cathy's husband), Jeff Lizzi, is also a member of the PBA.

In bowling circles, Carolyn is often referred to by just the initials, "CDB."

Carolyn attended West Texas State University on a partial bowling scholarship. While there, She led the University to back to back national titles and was a 3 time All-American. She was the MVP of the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships in 1989. She graduated in 1989, with a B.A. in Communications.

In the existence of the PWBA Tour, Carolyn was one of its top bowlers. Carolyn had 20 Tour titles over a 14 year career (1990–2003). Carolyn won her first title in a doubles tournament in 1991 with her partner, Lisa Wagner, who was one of the top bowlers on the tour in the 1980s. With the support of her sister and husband, her career took off in 1994, when she began a string of 8 titles in 4 seasons beginning with her first singles title, the Lady Ebonite Classic. In that period she was the runner up in the Player of the Year voting all 4 seasons.

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