Verity Crawley

Verity Crawley

Personal information
Full name	Verity Francesca Crawley
Nationality	England
Born	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 Bournemouth, England
Education	Webber International University
Years active	1999 – present
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Website	verity-crawley.com
Sport
Sport	Bowling
Event	PWBA Tour
Turned pro	2017
Achievements and titles
Personal best	300
Updated on 14 March 2018

Verity Crawley (born 19 July 1994), a professional bowler from England, is an athlete on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour in the United States. She moved from England to the US in 2012 to go to the Webber International bowling program at Webber International University. In 2017 began competing on the professional tour PWBA. She is sponsored by Storm Bowling, Coolwick, VISE, BowlerX.com and Kegel Training Center.

Bowling career

Crawley began competing on the professional tour in 2017 and was runner up for Rookie of the Year. In her first year as a professional, Crawley was ranked 11th in the world. Finishing 2nd to Kelly Kulick in the Fountain Valley Open and 2nd in the Greater Detroit Open, falling 2nd to her former teammate Daria Pajak after being the number one seed.

The following year, Crawley had three perfect games on the PWBA Tour. She also was the number one seed at the PWBA Sonoma County Open, shooting 266 to lose the title match by 2 pins to Shannon O’Keefe. She finished 5th at the Pepsi PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater Open. In 2019, Crawley would face Shannon O’Keefe again in the title match at the Twin Cities Open. After running the ladder, defeating Maria Jose Rodriguez and Bryanna Cote, Crawley fell just 7 pins short to O’Keefe.

In 2016 Crawley won the USBC Intercollegiate Team Champion with Webber International and was named all-tournament team. She was also named NSCA All-American, Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year, NCBCA All-American and NAIA First Team All-American.

In 2015, Crawley competed in her first professional event as an amateur. She was the high qualifier at the USBC Queens and also shot a perfect game (300). Also that year, Crawley lead the USBC Singles Sectionals, with a 300 game. From there she went on to lead the USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championship, finishing 3rd. She was also named NAIA All-Tournament Team.

The previous year, Crawley won the NAIA National Championship with Webber International University and was named NAIA Second Team All-American. She also competed at the World Youth Championships in Hong Kong for Junior Team England

In her first year at Webber International University Crawley won the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) National Championship. She also took two first-place finishes in the Tenpin Team Challenge and YAC Lincoln Singles

Crawley became a European Champion in 2012, when she won a gold medal in singles at the European Youth Championships. She also won two bronze medals in all events and team, as well as shooting a perfect game. It was in 2012 that she was named Junior Bowler of the Year by the British Tenpin Bowling Association.