Rhino Page
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Ryan "Rhino" Page is a left-handed bowler on the Professional Bowlers Association
(PBA) Tour, and was the 2008 PBA Rookie of the Year. (See PBA Bowling Tour: 2007-08 season
.) He is also a former U.S. Amateur champion, winning the event in 2005. A San Diego, California
native, Page now resides in Dade City, FL. Page attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.
Page won the PBA Viper Championship on September 5, 2009 in Allen Park, MI, 268-246, over Tour rookie Ryan Ciminelli. This was his third PBA title to date. His best chance at a major title so far was in the 2008-09 Tournament of Champions, where he lost in the final match to friend and Tour roommate Patrick Allen
, 267-263.
Page also won the PBA Experience Showdown in April, 2010. This was a non-title special event featuring the five winners of the 2009-10 oil pattern championships.
In the 2009 Dydo Japan Cup
, Page made history by becoming the first bowler ever to roll a 300 game in the televised final round of this event. Although he did not go on to win the tournament, he earned a $100,000 bonus for the perfect game. Through the end of the 2010-11 season, he has totaled 9 perfect 300 games in PBA events.
Professional Bowlers Association
The Professional Bowlers Association is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the PBA membership consists of almost 4,300 members worldwide...
(PBA) Tour, and was the 2008 PBA Rookie of the Year. (See PBA Bowling Tour: 2007-08 season
PBA Bowling Tour: 2007-08 season
This is the 2007-2008 season in review for the Professional Bowlers Association .-Season Highlights:* Chris Barnes made the final match in four tournaments, winning two titles en route to PBA Player of the Year honors...
.) He is also a former U.S. Amateur champion, winning the event in 2005. A San Diego, California
California
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native, Page now resides in Dade City, FL. Page attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.
PBA accomplishments
Page has won three PBA titles, one in each of his first three years on tour. He began the 2007-08 season as a non-exempt bowler, meaning he had to bowl in the Tour Qualifying Round (TQR) every week just to make the starting field of 64 bowlers. He became the third player in PBA history to win a tournament out of the TQR when he won the Go RVing Classic in March, 2008. Along the way, he set a number PBA rookie records, including:- Most times qualifying for a tournament out of the TQR (12)
- Most match play round appearances for a non-exempt bowler (9)
- Most TV finals appearances when starting from the TQR (5)
- First non-exempt bowler ever to make the TV finals in back-to-back weeks. (The feat was matched in the 2009-10 season by Ryan Ciminelli.)
- Highest rookie season earnings of all time ($84,811)
- Highest 7-game pinfall ever in the TQR (1,883 at the 2007-08 Lumber Liquidators Championship)
Page won the PBA Viper Championship on September 5, 2009 in Allen Park, MI, 268-246, over Tour rookie Ryan Ciminelli. This was his third PBA title to date. His best chance at a major title so far was in the 2008-09 Tournament of Champions, where he lost in the final match to friend and Tour roommate Patrick Allen
Patrick Allen (bowler)
Patrick Allen is one of the premiere left-handed ten-pin bowlers currently on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour. He has won 13 PBA titles, including two majors...
, 267-263.
Page also won the PBA Experience Showdown in April, 2010. This was a non-title special event featuring the five winners of the 2009-10 oil pattern championships.
In the 2009 Dydo Japan Cup
Dydo Japan Cup
Dydo Japan Cup is an annual PBA and JPBA bowling event. The tournament typically featured the top 16 bowlers from each organization, and has been dominated by PBA Tour professionals since 1989. The last JPBA bowler to win the event was Takeo Sakai in 1988.The tournament celebrated its 25th...
, Page made history by becoming the first bowler ever to roll a 300 game in the televised final round of this event. Although he did not go on to win the tournament, he earned a $100,000 bonus for the perfect game. Through the end of the 2010-11 season, he has totaled 9 perfect 300 games in PBA events.
Amateur accomplishments
- Member of Team USA since 2003
- Member of Junior Team USA in 2001 and 2002
- Won two gold medals (masters and singles) in the 2007 Pan American games
- Won five medals in the 2007 American Zone Championships
- Member of the 2004 Intercollegiate Bowling Championship team (University of KansasUniversity of KansasThe University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
) - Named 2004 Intercollegiate Bowling Championships MVP
- Named first team All-American in 2004-05
- Won the 2005 U.S. Amateur Championship
- Represented Team USA at the 2008 FIQFédération Internationale des QuilleursThe Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs is the world governing body of nine-pin and ten-pin bowling...
Championships in ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. (This was the first year that professionals were allowed to participate in the FIQ event.)
Other sources
- Exempt Player bios at www.pba.com