Koivuniemi, Barnes and O'Neill Top PBA Statistics

Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, MI, has officially won the 2010-11 Lumber
Liquidators PBA Tour earnings title and George Young High Average award,
while Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, and Bill O’Neill of Southampton, PA, topped
the other key PBA statistical charts.

Thanks to his PBA-record $250,000 first prize in the PBA Tournament of 
Champions, Koivuniemi dominated the Tour in earnings with $333,040, the 
third-highest single-season total on record behind Walter Ray Williams Jr.’s 
$419,700 during the 2002-03 season and Patrick Allen’s $350,740 in 2004-05. 
Koivuniemi also led the PBA Tour in earnings during the 2003-04 season when he 
won PBA Player of the Year honors.

Koivuniemi also won his second George Young High Average Award, bowling at a 
222.50 pace for 292 games. He won his previous high average award during his 
Player of the Year season, averaging 222.73.

Despite the fact that Koivuniemi became the first player in PBA history to reach 
the nationally-televised finals in all four PBA majors (PBA World Championship, 
Tournament of Champions, Bayer USBC Masters and U.S. Open), Barnes was nearly as 
dominant. His PBA World Championship title along with his consistency throughout 
the season was the key factor in topping both O’Neill and Koivuniemi to win his 
third career Harry Smith Point Leader Award.

O’Neill also had an excellent season, topping the Tour with 12 cashes and 10 
match play finals in 12 events. He also tied Koivuniemi for the most 
championship round appearances with five.

For complete listings of all statistics for the 2010-11 Lumber Liquidators PBA 
Tour season, click on the “statistics” tab on the pba.com home page.