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2023-24 Bowling Roster

Robert Hayes
Dave Dermer
Dave Dermer
Dave Dermer
Robert Hayes
Dave Dermer

32 Megan Grams

32 Megan Grams

  • Year:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Michigan City, Ind.
  • High School:
    Michigan City
  • Major:
    Counseling (Master's)
  • Hand:
    Right

Summary

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023-24 (Fifth-Year): Named to the National Tenpin Coaches Association All-Academic Team... Was also named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll while also earning the Commissioner’s Academic Medal for having a GPA of at least 3.75... Bowled in 32 traditional games and averaged 193.47... Broke 200 14 times and shot a season-best 267 against Merrimack at the Hawk Classic... Had a pair of top-25 finishes, placing 24th at the Hawk Classic and 25th at the Music City Classic... Bowled in the leadoff spot as the Penguins shot the second Baker 300 game in program history against Fairleigh Dickinson at the Hawk Classic on Nov. 17, 2023… The Penguins went on to shoot 1,323 against the Knights and threw 28 consecutive strikes over a stretch when they shot 279, 300 and 286 over the final three games… That was the second-highest set in any format in NCAA history... Bowled in 381 Baker frames and averaged 19.91 pins per frame in the format...Recorded an overall scoring average of 19.62 pins per frame across 683 frames... Struck on 49.78 percent of her attempts, converted 61.52 percent of her spares, and had a mark in 80.67 percent of her frames.

2022-23 (Senior): Served as the Social Justice Coordinator on Youngstown State's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee... Was also YSU's representative on the Horizon League's #OneHL group, which is a subset of the League's SAAC that seeks to bring about meaningful change and action to social issues around the league... Named to the Southland Bowling League Academic Honor Roll... Was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Southland Bowling League Championship... Averaged 198.42 in her 26 traditional games... Topped 200 13 times and posted a season-best 274 game against Vanderbilt at the Southland Championship... Averaged 236.75 in her four games at the conference tournament... Bowled in 625 Baker frames and averaged 19.85 pins per frame in the format... Overall, averaged 19.83 pins in her 895 frames... Posted a 47.26 strike percentage, a 69.92 spare percentage and an 84.13 fill percentage.

2021-22 (Junior): Earned All-Academic Team accolades from the NTCA and the Southland… Bowled in 35 games and totaled 7,149 pins for an average of 204.26… Registered 18 games of at least 200 and recorded three of the top four games by a Penguin during the season… Started the campaign with back-to-back all-tournament team performances… Was the runner-up at the season-opening MOTIV Penguin Classic when she posted a five-game set of 1,094… At the time, that was the second-best five-game set in program history, and her 218.80 average was the third-best at a tournament… At season’s end, she held the fourth-best five-game set and the fifth-best tournament average… Posted a season-best 278 games, which is the third-highest game in school history, against Arkansas State at the tournament (10/16)… Two weeks later, she rolled a 276 as part of a 1,049 set that earned a fifth-place finish at the Adelphi “Dezy Strong” Classic (10/30)… She also posted a 269 game during the fall at the MOTIV Ladyjack Classic (11/13)… In Baker play, she averaged 19.79 pins over 601 frames… For the year, bowled in 960 frames and averaged 20.01 pins per frame, which was the fourth-best scoring average in program history… Struck on 48.78 percent of her chances - the third-best percentage ever by a Penguin - converted 71.54 percent of her spare attempts and marked 86.41 percent of the time.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Named to the Southland Bowling League All-Academic Team and an NTCA All-Academic scholar-athlete... Bowled in 14 team games, totaling 2,642 pins for an average of 188.71... Surpassed 200 twice, including a 258 game at the PVAMU Invitational against Arkansas State (1/30)... That tied for the sixth-best game in program history and vaulted her to a runner-up finish and an all-tournament team nod... Knocked down 1,075 pins at PVAMU, which tied for the fifth-most ever by a Penguin at a five-game tournament... Her 215 average was the fifth-best mark at a tournament by a Penguin during the season... Bowled in 306 Baker frames and averaged 18.17 pins per frame... Provided a boost in Baker at the Final Four when she averaged 21.67 pins over 22 frames... Was slotted second in the lineup the team set a school record with a 279 Baker game against Maryville at the Big Red Invitational (2/26)... For the year, bowled in 453 frames and recorded 176 strikes and 189 spares... Registered a 38.85 strike percentage, a 68.23 spare percentage and a fill frame percentage of 80.57.

2019-20 (Freshman): Named to the Southland Bowling League All-Academic Team and an NTCA All-Academic scholar-athlete... Competed in six tournaments overall and was a regular part of the lineup in the spring... Was in the lineup when YSU posted a school-record total of 1,138 in a traditional match win over Central Missouri at the Big Red Invitational... Totaled 2,073 pins in 11 team games for an average of 188.45... Rolled four 200-plus games, including a season-best 236 against Louisiana Tech at the Mid-Winter Invitational on Feb. 15... Bowled in 27 Baker frames and averaged 19 pins per frame... Bowled in 152 frames overall and posted 67 strikes and 56 spares... Struck on 44.08 percent of her attempts, converted 65.88 percent of her spares and registered an 80.92 fill percentage.

High School: Was a four-time all-conference honoree and a three-time selection on the All-Northwest Region team... Was also named to the All-Area First Team by the Post-Tribune... As a junior, was the anchor of the state runner-up team and averaged a 201 during the regular season with a high game of 279... Finished 10th at the regional tournament in singles play... Was the Most Valuable Player of the MCHS softball team and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Parents are Patty and Daniel... Has two brothers (Jacob and Lucas) and a sister (Sarah)... Her sister pitched at Purdue... Earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from YSU in December 2022... Is currently pursuing a master's degree in counseling.

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