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<\/a>Madison Stiffler, a junior crime and justice major at Wright State, is a star on the women\u2019s club bowling team.<\/p><\/div>\n
Stiffler won a state bowling title her sophomore year at Whitehall High School and was on the state all-tournament team all four years. She was recruited by Wright State, whose women\u2019s club bowling team is a perennial power.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fell in love with the school. I fell in love with the teammates there. And it was a nice community to come in to and to have a lot of fun with,\u201d said Stiffler. \u201cYou just felt like you were at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wright State\u2019s women\u2019s club bowling team won the 2019 Collegiate Club National Championship, beating West Texas A&M 3-0 in the finals of the tournament. Stiffler was named Second Team All-American for all women\u2019s college bowling teams and Player of the Year and First Team All-American among the club teams.<\/p>\n
This year the team is ranked preseason No. 3 in the nation among the club teams. The season, which normally begins in September, has been postponed until January because of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
Stiffler said being on the bowling team has many advantages.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m getting a lot of lifelong friends out of this,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019re getting taught leadership skills and how to go through adversity. You\u2019re getting taught lifelong skills.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wright State players are not on scholarship. In fact, they have to pay $750 a year to bowl.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a lot of fun. We go in there and even when we lose still take memories away from it,\u201d said Stiffler. \u201cWe take the sport seriously, but at the same time we don\u2019t treat it too much like a job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stiffler has yet to roll a perfect 300 game. But she has come close, scoring a 289 and a 290.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe strikes a lot but even when she doesn\u2019t strike, she keeps a level head and makes her spares. And even if she doesn\u2019t, she doesn\u2019t get upset about it,\u201d said Pitt. \u201cShe\u2019s super focused when she bowls. She\u2019s super driven, not only in bowling but also in school.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Madison Stiffler has won numerous national awards since joining the Wright State bowling team.<\/p><\/div>\n
Inspired by law enforcement professionals, Stiffler majors in crime and justice studies<\/a> and minors in psychology. She hopes to work for the Drug Enforcement Administration following graduation, saying she knows people who have been adversely impacted by the opioid crisis.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to help them by getting those drugs off the streets,\u201d she said. \u201cThese drugs are killing people, and I want to get a chance to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n Pitt said that when the bowlers occasionally get down, Stiffler is there to lift their spirits, once pulling out a whole list of jokes.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s the heart of this team,\u201d said Pitt. \u201cShe\u2019s always cheering everybody on and encouraging everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Madison Stiffler, a junior crime and justice major at Wright State, is a star on the women\u2019s club bowling team. Continue reading