NAIA NATIONAL MEN’S BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Record Book
Men’s Bowling Championship History
1962# Kansas City, Mo. Gannon (Pa.) Central Oklahoma State
1963# Kansas City, Mo. Southwestern Louisiana Pacific (Ore.)
1964#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Kearney State (Neb.)
1965#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Nebraska-Omaha ........................................................................................ Christian Brothers (Tenn.)
1966#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Nebraska-Omaha ........................................................................................ Quincy (Ill.)
1967#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Wisconsin-LaCrosse .................................................................................... Pomona (Calif.)
1968#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Wisconsin-LaCrosse .................................................................................... Harding (Ark.)
1969# Kansas City, Mo. Wisconsin-LaCrosse Adelphi (N.Y.)
1970# Kansas City, Mo. Harding (Ark.) Wisconsin-LaCrosse
1971#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Harding (Ark.) ............................................................................................. Superior State (Mich.)
1972#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Harding (Ark.) ............................................................................................. Fairmont State (W.Va.)
1973#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Providence (Mont.)...................................................................................... Harding (Ark.)
1974#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Clarion State (Pa.) ....................................................................................... Bryant (R.I.)
1975#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. Harding (Ark.) ............................................................................................. Western Oregon
1976# Kansas City, Mo. Glenville State (W.Va.) Western Oregon
1977#.... Kansas City, Mo. .................. West Liberty State (W.Va.)........................................................................... Southwest Baptist (Mo.)
1978#! .. Kansas City, Mo. .................. St. Vincent (Pa.).......................................................................................... unkown
2020 ...... Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 ...... Detroit, Mich. ...................... St. Francis (Ill.) ....... 3-2 (125-231, 189-187, 181-252,213-202, 211-181) ........ Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 2022 Detroit, Mich. Indiana Tech 3-2 (238-204, 162-153, 204-222, 243-244, 175-171) St. Francis (Ill.) 2023 Detroit, Mich. Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 3-1 (216-239, 224-214, 193-139, 236-215) Marian (Ind.)
2024* .... Detroit, Mich. ...................... SCAD Savnnah (Ga.) 4-1 (208-162, 195-225, 243-228, 203-179, 232-210) ... Indiana Tech
# Men’s Bowling became the 11th sport to feature a NAIA Championship in 1962. For the first three years it was 32 teams and featured 12-game total pinfall style as the format. Starting in 1965, the field was reduced to eight teams, all the winners of their geographical area, and was changed to head-to-head, match game, roiund robin bowling.
! The NAIA discontinued bowling as a championship before the 1978-79 season
^ NAIA Bowling became an emerging sport in the 2018-19 season and moved to championship status for the 2019-2020 season
* During the 2024 Championship, teams started playing best out of seven matches
Men’s Bowling All-Time Participation
Men’s Bowling All-Time Participation
NOTE: Teams earning participation in 2020 were announced as qualifiers before tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Men’s Bowling Championship History
Awards
Rookie of the Year
2020 Jalen Mosley, Midland (Neb.)
2021 Michael Webber, Marian (Ind.)
2022 James Bennett, Indiana Tech
2023 Eli Mayberry, Pikeville (Ky.)
2024 Nate Trentler, Milligan (Tenn.)
Coach of the Year
2020 Bob Learn, Tennessee Southern
2021 Bob Learn, Tennessee Southern
2022 Katie Thornton, SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
2023 Bob Learn, Tennessee Southern
2024 Jon Putti, Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
Player of the Year
2020 Benhamin Martinez, SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
2021 Jeffery Mann, Marian (Ind.)
2022 Hayden Stippich, Tennessee Southern
2023 Bryce Oliver, Pikeville (Ky.)
2024 Brandon Haney, Indiana Tech
Tournament MVP
2020 No tournament due to COVID-19
2021 Robert Kicmal, St. Francis (Ill.)
2022 Marcus McClain, Indiana Tech
2023 Jacob Kujawa, Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
2024 Tyrell Ingalls, SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
Outstanding Bowler
1973 Bob Aleksinski, Providence (Mont.)
1974 Ken McKenzie, Bryant (R.I.)
1975 Gary Beck, Harding (Ark.)
1976 Sam Ferrell, Glenville State (W.Va.)
All-Americans
The following is a list of players (alphabetically, by school) selected to NAIA All-America bowling teams since they were first selected in 2020. The numbers following each institution indicate the institution’s number of All-Americans followed by the number of different individuals selected to teams. The numbers following each individual indicate first, second or third team selection. If no number follows the name there was no team indicated at that time.
Concordia (Mich.) (1/1)
2021 Korey Reichard
Campbellsville (Ky.) (1/1)
2023 Andrew McWhorter (2)
Cumberlands (Ky.) (1/1)
2020 Thomas McNeal (2)
Grand View (Iowa) (1/1)
2020 Zach Mitchell (1)
Hastings (Neb.) (1/1)
2023 Tyler Seeley (2)
Indiana Tech (8/4)
2020 Dawson Maier (1)
2020 Jacob Balser (2)
2021 Marcus McClain (1)
2021 Jacob Balser (1)
2022 Marcus McClain (1)
2022 James Bennett (1)
2024 Alexander Horton (1)
2024 Brandon Haney (1)
Kansas Wesleyan (1/1)
2022 Taylor Miller (2)
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) (4/4)
2021 Michael Weber (1)
2024 Noah Samuels (1)
2024 Jarin Kurashige (2)
2024 Costa Gastouniotis (3)
Madonna (Mich.) (2/2)
2022 Noah Campbell (2)
2024 Ken Kloth (2)
Marian (Ind.) (4/3)
2021 Jeffery Mann (1)
2021 Jordan Shepard (1)
2022 Jordan Shepherd (1)
2023 Dylan Mollo (1)
2024 Nolan Blessing (2)
Midland (Neb.) (1/1)
2020 Jalen Mosley (2)
Midway (Ky.) (1/1)
2022 Caleb Marshall (2)
Milligan (Tenn.) (2/2)
2024 Nate Trentler (2)
2024 Bryant Griffith (3)
Ottawa (Kan.) (1/1)
2021 Jared Freed (1)
Pikeville (Ky.) (3/2)
2023 Bryce Oliver (1)
2023 Eli Mayberry (2)
2024 Bryce Oliver (1)
Peru State (Neb.) (1/1)
2022 Isaac Skalak (2)
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (7/5)
2020 Benhamin Martinez (1)
2020 Dylan Byars (1)
2020 Alex Glunski (1)
2022 Tyrell Ingalls (1)
2022 Julian Salinas (2)
2023 Julian Salinas (1)
2024 Julian Salinas (3)
2024 Tyrell Ingalls (3)
Spring Arbor (Mich.) (3/1)
2022 Caleb Tate (2)
2023 Caleb Tate (2)
2024 Caleb Tate (3)
St. Xavier (Ill.) (3/3)
2023 Alex Acosta (1)
2024 Michael Harmon (1)
2024 Bobby Habetler (2)
Tennessee Southern (5/3)
2020 Brady Adler (1)
2020 Brandon Magennis (2)
2021 Hayden Stippick (1)
2022 Hayden Stippich (1)
2023 Hayden Stippich (1)
Men’s Bowling Championship History
Tennessee Wesleyan (3/3)
2021 Briton Helton (1)
2022 Zachary Price (1)
2023 Jacob Watts (2)
Thomas More (Ky.) (1/1)
2021 Jacob Toelke (1)
William Penn (Iowa) (1/1)
2021 Aleksander Kostic (1)