Part of Team USA 'Dream Team' to be revealed Tuesday
By Kevin Hazaert USBC Communications
Be sure to check bowl.com at 8 a.m. Central on Tuesday for the Denny's PBA Tour selections to Team USA 2008.
In August, the World Tenpin Bowling Association voted to allow members of professional organizations to compete in international events, prompting USBC to change the selection procedures for Team USA in 2008.
Team USA 2008 will be comprised of a minimum of 12 women and 12 men. Committees selected an undetermined amount of men from the Denny's PBA Tour as well as an undetermined amount of women from a pool of players that includes Team USA members since 1998 and former PWBA/LPBT members.
The top two men and two women in the 2008 USBC Team USA Trials will earn automatic spots on Team USA while two additional men and two additional women will be selected from the field by the National Selection Committee.
Additionally, four men and four women already have guaranteed spots on Team USA 2008 by virtue of their performance or selection at the 2007 Team USA Trials. Those players are Lynda Barnes, Shannon O'Keefe, Tennelle Milligan, Shannon Pluhowsky, David Haynes, Bill Hoffman, David O'Sullivan and Rhino Page.
Women's selections will be announced at 8 a.m. Central on Wednesday.