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    The Life of the Navy’s Top Female Bowler

    Armed Forces Bowling Championship

    Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Sean P Rinner | Personnel Specialist 1st Class Ashley Scott, assigned to Commander, Navy Reserve...... read more read more

    For Personnel Specialist 1st class Ashley Scott, the journey to become the Navy’s top female bowler began 28 years ago. Spending much of her childhood with her family bowling for recreation, she has been in the bowling alley since she was just a few weeks old. She calls it her second home.

    “I remember always having to go to league with my parents. My mom bowled on Tuesday nights in a league with my grandma, and my grandpa bowled on the men's league at the other end of the bowling alley. My dad did the league secretary work and I would always be doing homework,” said Scott as she reminisced about one of her early memories. “I always got my bowling alley ‘allowance’ in the fifth frame of the second game to go play games in the arcade.”

    It wasn’t until 2013 when she received her first professional bowling ball from her brother that she decided to get serious, joining her first sanctioned adult bowling league.

    “My brother Erik helped me to improve my game when we bowled. I don't recall really ever asking him to teach me, but it would just happen as we bowled,” said Scott. “It was a 12lb DV8 Endless Nightmare. That was the ball I used my first year of All Navy Bowling”

    In 2014 Scott secured her spot on the All Navy Bowling team, followed by bowling her first perfect game in November 2016.

    “I threw that game locally on November 27th 2016 and my three games were 300, 233, and a 179 for a 712 series,” said Scott. “I remember my legs shaking so bad when I picked up my ball off the ball return to throw my last shot. It felt like they were going to buckle.”

    Scott has goals to further her career as she gets more proficient as a bowler. She believes she is well on the way.

    “I have aspirations to become a pro bowler and be part of the Professional Women's Bowling Association,” said Scott.

    Recently Scott and the rest of the All Navy Bowling team competed in the Armed Forces Bowling Championship (AFBC), an annual event in which the individual branches compete to see who is the best bowler and the best bowling team.

    The AFBC is comprised of six competitive categories, Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Teams, Individual all events and Team all events. Every year a different branch hosts it. This year the Army was the host and it was held on Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia. Scott placed third in the singles competition, 5th in the doubles, tenth in the mixed doubles, 2nd in teams, 3rd overall and 2nd in teams overall.

    For those who want to improve their score, Scott had this advice, “Seek out the people who have been around the industry and pick their brain. The thing I have found that plays a major role is that you've got to want to get better and you've got to be coachable.”

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    Date Taken: 04.14.2018
    Date Posted: 05.15.2018 12:19
    Story ID: 275410
    Location: VA, US

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