Mike Scroggins
| Mike Scroggins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mike Scroggins March 12, 1964 |
| Occupation | Ten Pin Bowler |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Spouse(s) | Melanie |
Mike Scroggins (born March 12, 1964) is a left-handed professional ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), having joined in 1989. He resides in Amarillo, Texas. He has won eight PBA Tour titles in his career, including two majors. He won the USBC Masters in 2005 and the Lumber Liquidators 66th U.S. Open in 2009. He has also won three titles on the PBA50 Tour. Scroggins has 42 career PBA 300 games, and stands at over $1.45 million in career PBA earnings following the 2016 season. Scroggins was voted into the PBA Hall of Fame in December, 2016, and was inducted with the 2017 class on February 13.
After bowling collegiately at West Texas State University, Scroggins joined the PBA tour in 1989. His first title was the 1992 Sacramento Open, in his television debut. In his Hall of Fame induction speech, Scroggins spoke about fate intervening that season:
Scroggins then went 12 years without a title until he won in Belleville, Illinois in the 2003–04 season. In the 2005-06 season he won his first career major, the 2005 USBC Masters. He also set a PBA record in 2005–06 by rolling 79 straight games of 200 or higher over a two-tournament span, breaking the previous record of 61 games set by Walter Ray Williams Jr.
In the 2007–08 season, he won multiple titles in one season for the first time in his career: in Fountain Valley, California and Omaha, Nebraska.
In 2009, he won the 66th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open, the second major of his career. As the #2 seed, he defeated Chris Barnes 200–199 in the semifinal. Barnes, who was aiming to win Player of the Year with the U.S. Open title, failed to win by leaving an 8-pin at the start of the 10th frame. Then, needing a strike to tie, he left the 10-pin, which gave Scroggins the win. Scroggins moved on to play defending champion and top seed Norm Duke in the final. Duke, like Barnes, also had a chance to win Player of the Year with a U.S. Open title. But Scroggins defeated Duke to win his second career major. In winning the title he earned $100,000 in prize money and a three-year tour exemption.
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