The PWBA Podcast

Dasha Kovalova made the leap to superstar status on the PWBA Tour in 2019. She won the USBC Queens for her first major championship and rolled a 300 game in the title match of the Pepsi PWBA Louisville Open. Kovalova is the guest on Episode 14 of The PWBA Podcast.

PWBA and USBC Hall of Famer Leanne Hulsenberg has won 27 titles in her illustrious career, including the 1999 USBC Queens and 2011 U.S. Women’s Open. The 1990 and 1991 PWBA Player of the Year is the guest on Episode 13 of The PWBA Podcast.

USBC Hall of Famer Liz Johnson has captured 24 PWBA Tour titles and 10 major championships in her legendary career. The three-time PWBA Player of the Year is the guest on Episode 12 of The PWBA Podcast.

USBC Hall of Famer Kelly Kulick is one of the most decorated bowlers in the history of the sport. The six-time major champion joins The PWBA Podcast for Episode 11, and talks about many topics including her home improvement projects during the COVID-19 crisis, her passion for line dancing, and some of her favorite memories throughout her time spent on the PWBA Tour, and Team USA.

Team USA’s Sydney Brummett is one of the brightest young stars on the PWBA Tour after an incredible collegiate career at Wichita State. The 2017 Intercollegiate Singles Championships winner and National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Player of the Year is on Episode 10 of The PWBA Podcast.

Team USA’s Julia Bond is one of the up-and-coming stars on the PWBA Tour and has found instant success on the regional circuit, claiming three wins and the Go Bowling! PWBA Regional Showdown title on CBS Sports Network. The former collegiate standout at Nebraska joins The PWBA Podcast for Episode 9.

PWBA Tour champion Elysia Current is the guest for Episode 8 of The PWBA Podcast. Current won the first standard event of the newly relaunched tour in 2015 (PWBA Storm Sacramento Open) and is the women’s head bowling coach at Delaware State. A former collegiate standout at Fairleigh Dickinson and Wichita State, Current also spent two years on Junior Team USA and is a USBC Women’s Championships titlist.

PWBA Director of Operations and USBC Hall of Famer Tennelle Milligan joins Emil Williams Jr. and Aaron Smith for Episode 7 of The PWBA Podcast. Milligan also is a three-time major champion and former competitor on the PWBA Tour. Some of the topics include quarantine activities at home with the family, 2020 PWBA status update, and some of her favorite stories from her time on the PWBA Tour!

Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky joins Emil and A-A-Ron for Episode 6! Pluhowsky discusses the process of how she landed the job as assistant coach at her alma mater, Nebraska, including some very specific rules her from daughter, Autumn, before accepting the position. Pluhowsky shares some of her favorite stories on legendary Nebraska coach Bill Straub, including airport races, lucky pants and playing catch with him (with a bowling ball) at the U.S. Women’s Open.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Josie Barnes to The PWBA Podcast! The last time fans saw Barnes was at the Tour Championship, prior to giving birth to her daughter, Lisa Ruth. Barnes joins the podcast to discuss how life has changed since becoming a mother. She also opens up about her tough week in Hartford in 2019 following the passing of her mother, what her family has meant to her and Lisa Ruth, a couple of Erin McCarthy stories, binge-watch recommendations and much more.

It's time for Episode 4 of The PWBA Podcast, featuring 2019 U.S. Women's Open champion Danielle McEwan! McEwan discusses how closely she had been following news on COVID-19 earlier this year, which resulted in her skipping the Brunswick Euro Challenge in Germany to bowl the World Series of Bowling in Las Vegas in early March. The five-time tour champion also explains why she doesn’t make her goals public, what it’s like to have her siblings embrace the sport and lists the top five countries she’s visited along with her best and worst travel stories.

Two-time and reigning PWBA Player of the Year Shannon O'Keefe joins the guys in the third installment of The PWBA Podcast! O’Keefe hits on a wide array of subjects during the show, including a heartfelt look at the collegiate bowling season being cut short due to COVID-19 health concerns, differences between her 2018 and 2019 seasons and welcomes a cameo appearance from Sonoma.

Emil and Aaron sit down with 2018 U.S. Women's Open champion Liz Kuhlkin who works as a produce clerk at Price Chopper in Albany, New York, when she’s not ripping racks on the PWBA Tour. Kuhlkin joins the show to discuss her first-hand experiences at the store since the outbreak of COVID-19, the ups and downs of her PWBA Tour journey, beginning with an early victory as a rookie in 2015, her struggles in 2016 and 2017, becoming a major champion in 2018 and much more!

The first edition of The PWBA Podcast is here! Join Emil Williams Jr. and Aaron Smith as they talk to PWBA champion Erin McCarthy who spends her time away from the lanes as a registered nurse. McCarthy shares what it’s like to be working on designated COVID-19 units, reflects on her 2018 PWBA Louisville Open title and discusses why a U.S. Women’s Open title is in her sights.