2022-23 Women's Bowling Roster

Joey Gardner
Joey Gardner

24 Alyssa Zombirt

  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Desoto Central High
  • Prev School Kentucky Wesleyan
  • Hometown Southaven, Mississippi
  • Major Master's in Chemistry

Biography

2022-23 (Graduate): All-Tournament Team at the James Brown Classic ... No. 1 in MEAC in Traditional Split Conversion Percentage (25.0) ... No. 6 in the MEAC in Traditional First Ball Average (8.976) ... No. 7 in the MEAC in Traditional Strike Percentage (47.7) ... No. 8 in the MEAC in Traditional Scoring Average (198.3) ... No. 11 in the MEAC in Traditional Fill Percentage (83.4), Traditional Single Pin Spare Percentage (88.5) ... No. 12 in the MEAC in Traditional First Ball 9+ Percentage 69.8) ... No. 13 in the MEAC in Traditional Spare Conversion Percentage (68.3) ... No. 3 on the team in Traditional average (195.8) and Single Pin Spare Percentage (87.4) ... Finished the season with an overall average of 184.2 and a Baker average of 174.2 ... Bowled 525 complete frames (44% of the team's total) ... Posted 10 Traditional games of 200 or better ... 

Previous School (Kentucky Wesleyan): Member of KWC's Women's Bowling team ... Female Athlete of the Year in 2018-19 ... WESPY's Chair of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee & Representative of Women's Bowling Team to Committee ... KWC Honor's program & Secretary of Honor's Club ... Secretary of Sierra Club, Historian of Chemistry Club, member of Archery Club ... Majors Without Borders... Conducted Wesleyan Fellowship research with Dr. Schmidt ... Dean's List Fall 2018 - Spring 2022 ... Recipient of Trustee's Scholarship (2018-22), Stephen C Snyder Scholarship Fund, and Ellie Magnuson Memorial Scholarship (2019) ... Received Chemistry Alumni Award (2020), Karen D Fisher Physics-Chemistry Scholarship (2019), and Yu Hak Hahn Scholarship (2022) ... Oak & Ivy Nominee in 2022

High School / Club: Competed in bowling and archery at Desoto Central High ... Individually placed first at 2017 High School State Championship ... Named 2017 Mississippi Female Bowler of the Year ... Member of Clarion-Ledger All-State Bowling Team in 2016 & 2017 ... Placed first individually at Team States ... Career high game at DCHS was 279 ... Bowled for Youth League: Strike Zone ... Earned High average award, first place singles ... Won first place double scratch as a team ... High game was 279 during league ... Principal's List from 2014-16 ... Finalist for North Central Electric Power Association Essay Contest ... State Finalist and School Winner for Wendy's High School Heisman ... Student of the Month in January 2018 ... Member of DCHS Hall of Fame

Personal: Born in Livonia, Michigan ... Daughter of Steve and Kathy Zombirt ... Has one brother Steven Zombirt ... has no pregame routine, preshot routine is to wipe ball down, thumb hole, step up to line and take a breath ... People that influenced her most are her parents, Steve and Kathy Zombirt, and her bowling coach Jamie Simpson ... personal best non-athletic accompishment was being nominated for KWC's Oak & Ivy Award ... After graduation plans to work in the animal care field ... Favorite saying is "Spares keep you in it, strikes help you win it" ... Hobbies include reading and diamond art ... Favorite book is Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas ... Favorite movie is Avengers ... Personal goal is to improve in the basics, which in turn improves average