Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif., who won the Professional Bowlers Association Senior U.S. Open in his "rookie" year, has been elected Senior Male Bowler of the Year by a panel of veteran Bowling Writers Association of America (BWAA) members.
Lucy Sandelin of Tampa, Fla., was a runaway winner of the BWAA's Senior Female Bowler of the Year honors after posting top five finishes in the Golden Ladies Classic and the PBA Ladies & Legends tournaments as well as finishing eighth in a PBA regional. She also was outstanding in the senior division of the Tournament of the Americas, winning a record six gold medals.
Webb, who also was named 2008 PBA Senior Rookie of the Year by his fellow competitors, won a closely-contested voting race over Tom Baker, King, N.C., 100-91. Baker had been selected as BWAA Senior Bowler of the Year the three previous years.
Webb, bowled in only six of the nine Senior PBA events conducted in 2008, but he led the Senior Tour with a 224 average and was the tour's top money earner. He made match play finals in all six events he entered.
Sandelin, who also was a match play finalist as defending USBC Senior Queens champion, compiled 125 points to top 2008 USBC Senior Queens champion Sandy Postma of Lansing, Ill., who had 90 points.
Others in the 50-and-older group who received votes were: Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J. (76); Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind. (39); Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla. (8), and Hugh Miller, Seattle (1). Others on the women's ballot were: Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif. (81); Linda Carter, Rockford, Ill. (19); Marliss Tapp, Portage, Mich. (7), and Karen Smith, San Marcos, Calif. (1).
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