Shawn Maldonado

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Shawn Maldonado
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born Houston, Texas
Years active2013–present
Bowling Information
Affiliation PBA
Rookie year2014
Dominant handRight (two-handed delivery)
Wins2 PBA Tour
16 PBA Regional Tour
Sponsors Hammer Bowling, [1] VISE Grips

Shawn Maldonado (born 1986) is an American right-handed professional ten-pin bowler from Houston, Texas, who joined the Professional Bowlers Association in 2013. [2] He owns two national PBA Tour titles, and has also won 16 PBA Regional Tour titles.

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Maldonado uses a two-handed shovel-style delivery. Unusual for this style, he originally put his thumb in the ball. However, he converted to a no-thumb delivery in October 2020.

Maldonado is a national pro staff member for Hammer Bowling, after previously being sponsored by Storm. [1] He is also sponsored by VISE Grips. [2]

Personal life

Maldonado was born in 1986 in Houston, Texas. He started bowling at the age of two. His parents used to bowl on a league three or more nights a week, so he was introduced to bowling at a very young age. Similar to Jason Belmonte's starting story, the bowling balls were too heavy for him to lift with one hand on his own, so he learned to use two hands to bowl, and used a thirteen-step approach. [3]

Maldonado is married and has four kids, Dominic, Mia, Shawn Jr (SJ), and Ace. [4] Outside of bowling, he enjoys watching his son play baseball, while Shawn himself likes exercising and playing Chess, Billiards, Dominoes, Backgammon, Basketball and Tennis.[ citation needed ] Being born in Houston, he is a big fan of all Houston sports teams. [5] His favorite food is Italian. [6]

Professional career

Maldonado joined the PBA in 2013, but did not participate full-time on the PBA Tour until the 2015 season, during which he made his first two televised finals appearances.

He broke through with his first national PBA title in the 2021 PBA Chameleon Championship, part of that season's PBA World Series of Bowling. He later won the 2021 PBA Lubbock Sports Open.

Maldonado had a third-place finish in the 2022 PBA Tournament of Champions. He qualified as the #15 seed for the 2022 PBA Playoffs. After an upset win over #2 seed Anthony Simonsen in the opening round, he was defeated by tenth-seeded A. J. Johnson in the quarterfinals. [7]

At the 2023 PBA Dave Small's Jackson Classic, Maldonado made the stepladder finals (broadcast on BowlTV) and rolled the first 11 strikes in his opening match before leaving two pins with a light hit on his final shot for a 298 game. He would lose the semifinal match to eventual winner E. J. Tackett to finish in third place. [8]

Maldonado has earned over $470,000 in PBA events. [2]

Accomplishments and honors

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  2. 1 2 3 "Shawn Maldonado | PBA". www.pba.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  3. ↑ "Shawn Maldonado". www.stormbowling.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. ↑ Akwei, Abi (2022-04-02). "Shawn Maldonado" 10 Facts On American Bowler". 44bars.com. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  5. ↑ "Shawn Maldonado". www.stormbowling.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Pressing Questions with Kimberly Pressler - What's Your Favorite Food? - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. ↑ Winters, Jill (16 April 2022). "MALDONADO, JOHNSON ADVANCE AT KIA PBA PLAYOFFS". pba.com. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Hughes, Nolan (March 9, 2023). "EJ TACKETT WINS THIRD TITLE OF SEASON AT PBA JACKSON CLASSIC". PBA.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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