Sean Rash
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| Born |
Sean Rash August 22, 1982 Anchorage, Alaska |
| Occupation | Ten-pin bowler |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Rash |
| Children | 1 |
Sean Rash (born August 22, 1982) is a right-handed ten-pin bowler from Anchorage, Alaska, and is considered one of the top players on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. He currently owns 11 PBA titles, two of them major championships, and was the 2011–12 PBA Player of the Year. Rash has rolled two of the PBA's 26 televised perfect 300 games, making him the only PBA player in history with multiple perfect games in the TV finals. He also owns nine PBA Regional Tour titles. He now resides in Montgomery, Illinois with his wife Sara, and his daughter Kaylee. He is a member of the Brunswick and Vise Grips pro staffs.
Sean Rash was a highly accomplished bowler before turning pro. His amateur accomplishments included:
Rash also started a tournament in his native Alaska when he was just 13 years old. Frustrated by a lack of scratch tournaments for junior bowlers, he started his own: Sean Rash Stars of the Future. The tournament is in its 18th year as of 2012, and has awarded nearly $25,000 in scholarship money over the years.
Rash joined the PBA in 2005. He holds the distinction of being the first PBA player to ever win a title when starting from the Tour Qualifying Round (TQR), which he accomplished in his rookie season at the 2006 West Virginia Championship (see PBA Bowling Tour: 2005–06 season). He won his first PBA major title at the 2007 USBC Masters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The win gave Rash four titles in his first four television appearances, and seven straight match wins on TV to open his career (one short of the record eight wins set by George Branham III). The streak ended when Rash lost to Norm Duke in the semi-final match of the 2008–09 season-opening PBA World Championship. Rash won the 2012 PBA Tournament of Champions for his first championship in five years, and second major title overall. Qualifying as the #1 seed, Rash beat Ryan Ciminelli in the final match 239–205.
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