Edwards, Janawicz 2009 BWAA Amateur Bowlers of the Year
Team USA 2010 teammates Brenda Edwards, Mansfield, Texas, and John Janawicz, Winter Haven, Florida, have been announced as winners of the Bowling Writers Association of America Amateur Bowlers of the Year for 2009. Both bowlers leveraged their 2010 U.S. Team Trials titles held in Las Vegas in December to garner the honors.
Edwards, 35, captured the USBC Open Championships Doubles title with a record 1,566 performance with husband-to-be Stephen Padilla. She followed that with a 300 game in Singles on her way to a ninth place finish. She also set a women’s USBC Open Championship record with a 2,132 All Events for fifth place overall.
The three-time Team USA member also finished fifth in the 2009 USBC Queens. The University of Nebraska graduate will return to teaching this fall using her degree in Education. On New Year’s Eve, she will be marrying Stephen Padilla.
Janawicz, 37, repeated his 2004 BWAA and Bowlers Journal International Amateur Bowler of the Year performance. His record-setting 858 in Singles and All Events title in the USBC Open championships that year were his stepping stones to the honors. This is also his third appearance with Team USA.
The University of Central Florida Business Administration graduate serves as an international technical delegate and technician/pattern specialist for Kegel Lane Solutions. In international competition, he has earned nine gold, four silver and two bronze medals.