NIL Opportunities
2023-24: Named to the National Tenpin Coaches Association All-Academic Team… 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 10 traditional games and averaged 211.80… Topped 200 in eight of her 10 games and peaked at 256… Had a 12th-place finish at the PVAMU Invitational.
2023 Summer: At the 2023 Junior Gold Championships, Bunk was one of the final eight bowlers remaining in match play in the U20 Division… Averaged 197 in qualifying, and she was in the top 30 after each round… Followed up her impressive showing at Junior Gold by finishing fourth at the Teen Masters Championships in 2023.
2022-23 (Freshman): Voted to the Southland's All-Rookie Team and was named to the SBL's Academic Honor Roll... Averaged 19.6.69 over 26 games in traditional play... Was a primary member of the lineup over the final six tournaments of the season... Starting with the PVAMU Invitational on the final weekend of January, she bowled in 74.7% of the Penguins' frames... Averaged 200.6 in traditional play and 20.37 in Baker frames in those six tournaments, and she bowled in 542 of her 612 completed frames in that span... Her best finish of the season came at the PVAMU Invitational with a ninth-place total of 1,245... Went on to finish 29th with a 1,020 set among the large field at the Music City Classic, which was the fourth-best finish among all freshmen at the tournament... Finished her inaugural campaign by averaging 21.07 in Baker play and 19.47 in traditional games at the Lansing Regional... Reached 200 11 times, and her best game was a 247 against Alabama A&M at the Mid-Winter Invitational... Averaged a team-high 20.38 pins over 358 Baker frames... Overall, averaged 20.08 pins over her 618 total frames... Led the team by converting on 71.07% of her spare attempts... Struck on 48.54 percent of her chances, and she marked 85.11% of the time.
Before YSU: Finished as the runner-up at the 2022 Teen Masters Bowling Championships... Led the field in scoring average at 198.17 over 36 games... Placed 22nd at the 2021 Junior Gold Championships in the U18 Division... Averaged 191.85 at the tournament, and she was just 35 pins shy of advancing to match play after 26 games of qualifying... Also had a solid showing at Teen Masters with a 12th-place finish in 2021, and she earned three bronze medals at Storm Youth Championships tournaments... Won multiple state tournaments across Montana... Won the U18 title at the Pepsi Youth Championships... Posted the high scratch game (248) and series (677) among girls at the 2021 Youth State Tournament in Montana... Had a personal-best game of 298 and a three-game series high of 769... Won an award for best jazz improv solo as a saxophonist... Had four poems published in a book.
Personal: Parents are Jesse and Dani... Has a brother (Dallas)... Major is electrical engineering techology.
