I am nearly 24 years old, I was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. I started bowling when I was 3 years old & have never stopped. I bowled numerous tournaments and leagues ever since and I signed to bowl at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical university for 4 years, under the guidance of Coach Kim Terrell Kearney which was a tremendous aid in my game, mentally and physically!
My father, Robby Strombeck, is who got me into bowling. He joined the youth league at Village Lanes when he was a late teenager and then got a job there and became the general manager of the center and got my sisters and I and virtually our whole family into the sport.
Myself, my sister Emily, and my cousin Kristina as well as my dad are the ones that still bowl to this day.
What I love about the sport is how many opportunities and great people that it can introduce you to. Without this sport, I more than likely wouldn’t have gotten a scholarship to college and would have never experienced the raw emotion and love and passion that this sport introduced me to. It has taken me all across the country!
My favorite bowling memory is probably winning MEAC Championships with my collegiate team my senior year. It just felt amazing to start my college journey winning MEACs my freshman year and then ending it winning it again senior year. We were a very talented and in synch team.
My favorite PBA bowler has always been Norm Duke. He is just such a classy, humble, and amazingly talented bowler and he just seems like such a genuine caring individual and I have always admired his attitude on the lanes and off the lanes. My favorite PWBA bowler is my former coach, Kim Terrell Kearney.
How could she not be my favorite when I have gotten to know her on a personal level as not only a coach and player, but as a friend and a mentor. She has one of the most genuine heart and spirit that anyone could have and she has done so much for me as a bowler and as a human being. She is the greatest.
I won the Pepsi tournament several times in my youth career and various other tournaments. I won MEAC championships with my team my freshman year of college, we finished runner up in the tournament my sophomore year and won it again my senior year. We also finished runner up in the ITCs my senior year coming down to the last and final baker game that a ringing 10 cost us from winning. I finished 3rd place nationally in my last junior gold in 2019, making it to the tv show. I am a 2 time All American, making 3rd team and 2nd team and the first player at NCAT to make the team on either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd team for two consecutive seasons. I am a 4 time All MEAC performer making 1st team my junior and senior year and making 2nd team my freshman and sophomore year. I am also a 4 time All Academic MEAC performer.
I have bowled 6 300s so far in my career. The first one being the very first ever 300 shot in a tough shots tournament, when i was 16 years old. My next 300 occurred less than a week later in my Fathers tournament. My high series is an 817 which i shot in practice but my highest series shot in competition was done in summer league and was an 803 series. I have shot very many 700s. My highest average has been a 228 in back to back summer league seasons that are sanctioned. In my last youth adult summer league (this is unsanctioned) i averaged a 234.
I am on staff with Coolwick going on my 2nd year now and I am also on staff with Storm, also on my 2nd year with them.
My favorite coolwick product is this Jersey that i got in reference to my dog, Nova. She is a huge part of my life and my heart and I love being able to represent her while I do what I love.
