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Patrick Healey Jr. Healey was born in Niagara Falls, New York, USA. PBA member from 1998-2007. 172 national tournaments bowled, 28 television finals. 3 PBA National Titles
Healey started bowling on a fluke. "My mother and father got me started. Apparently, they went out to bowl one evening when I was 8 years old, and they couldn't get a babysitter. So they just dragged me along. It turned out I liked it so much that they enrolled me in a youth league the next year"
While attending Wichita State University, he became a first team All-American in 1988. Also while at Wichita State, Healey, Jr. was forced to choose between bowling and his major of computer science. "I was about a year and a half away from graduating with a degree in computer science. I remember walking into my counselor's office and saying that I just made the United States national bowling team and I would be traveling a little bit. She basically looked at me and said, 'If you miss one laboratory class, you're out of the course for the semester.' I had reached a level in computer courses that it was make-or-break time. Obviously, I decided to bowl; I stayed in school but changed my major to general studies."
Although on the PBA tour since 1998, he did not win his first title until 2002, when he won the Greater Kansas City open at Lunar Bowl in Blue Springs, MO. He has since won two more titles, including a major at the 2003-04 Tournament of Champions, and has lifetime tour earnings of $734,752.
After retiring from the PBA in 2007, Healey became a full time bowling instructor and coach. He gives private classes, clinics and seminars. He has been the head coach of 5 different bowling federations(Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Guatemala and India).
Amateur accolades
- 1986 Chuck Hall Star Of Tomorrow Recipient
- 1986 - 1990 Member of Wichita State Bowling Team
- 1988 First Team All-American
- Wichita State Graduate
- 1991, 1992, 1995 Team USA Member
- 1991, 1992, 1995 Amateur Bowler of the Year
- 5 Time World Championships Gold Medalist
- 5 Time Pan American Games Gold Medalist
- 1995 World Cup Champion
- 1995, 1996 World Amateur Bowler of the Year
- 1997, 1998 Team All-Events Champion USBC National Tournament
- Numerous other national and international titles
Professional career titles
- 2002-03 Season: Greater Kansas City Open - Kansas City, KS
- 2003-04 Season: Geico Open - West Babylon, NY
- 2003-04 Season: Dexter Tournament of Champions - Uncasville, CT
PBA earnings by year
- 2007-08: Injury Deferment - Did Not Bowl
- 2006-07: $46,139
- 2005-06: $97,540
- 2004-05: $75,800
- 2003-04: $174,600
- 2002-03: $83,085
- 2001-02: $139,708
- 2000: $53,715
- 1999: $42,470
- 1998: $21,695
Total: $734,752