E. J. Tackett
| E. J. Tackett | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 7, 1992 |
| Occupation | Ten-pin bowler |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Spouse(s) | single |
E. J. Tackett (born Eddie Tackett on August 7, 1992) is an American professional ten-pin bowler from Huntington, Indiana and a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 2012. Tackett has won seven PBA Tour titles, including two major championships. He was named PBA Player of the Year for the 2016 season. Tackett is right-handed and uses a cranker-style delivery. He is a pro staff member for Motiv bowling balls, Ultimate inserts, and Genesis kinesiology tape.
Tackett made four championship round appearances over the 2012–13 and 2014 seasons, but did not win a title. He was named the PBA Rookie of the Year for the 2012–13 season. His first PBA Tour title came on June 28, 2015 at the PBA Xtra Frame Lubbock Southwest Open. Later in the 2015 season, Tackett qualified as the top seed for the PBA World Championship, but lost in the final match to Gary Faulkner, Jr.
Tackett had a highly successful 2016 season. He won his second career title on April 24 at the PBA Xtra Frame Storm Open. He captured his third title on September 10 at the PBA Fall Swing Bear Open, also winning an additional $10,000 a day later in the non-title King of the Fall Swing event. Tackett’s fourth PBA title came in the PBA Team Challenge in Las Vegas, NV on November 1. (This was the first PBA team event to award individual titles to the winning players.) He then won his first PBA major and fifth title overall at the PBA World Championship, on December 11 in Reno, NV. The four titles in 2016 helped E.J. earn PBA Player of the Year honors for the season. He is the second-youngest player (24) to be named Player of the Year. (Billy Hardwick won the first-ever PBA Player of the Year award in 1963, at age 22.) Tackett led the Tour in wins (4) and earnings ($168,290), and was third in Tour average (224.49).
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