Mary Bundrick
Meritorious Service
Pioneer
Superior Performance
Veterans
USBC Superior Performance
Meritorious Service/Builder (2023)
Mary Bundrick played a major role in the creation of the PWBA and served as the organization’s first president from 1959-1963. While serving as the executive director of the Les Dames De 700 Bowling Club in the late 1950s, Bundrick looked at the formation of the Professional Bowlers Association in 1958 and hoped to bring together a similar program to showcase the top female athletes in the sport. She hired Georgia Veatch to serve as executive director for the new organization and invited eight prominent female bowlers to a meeting that helped set the stage for the creation of the PWBA.
