Shannon O'Keefe is a female professional bowler who has competed in the USA and internationally. She is a 5-time member of Team USA, and is the reigning Women's World Champion (Monterrey, Mexico, 2007). Shannon competed on the now defunct PWBA Tour and was runner-up rookie of the year in that tour's final season (2003). After giving up her professional status and waiting to regain her amateur status, Shannon won the New York State Queens Title, along with two Rochester, NY Queens titles. She earned a spot on Team USA in her first attempt in 2005, and has been a member for the last five years.

Other bowling highlights include a 5th place finish in the 2007 USBC Queens

USBC Queens

The USBC Queens is an annual ten-pin bowling event for amateur and professional female bowlers, sanctioned by the United States Bowling Congress...

 Tournament, and a runner-up finish in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open. She bowled a 299 on television in the U.S. Open quarterfinals, and at the time tied a record for the most consecutive strikes in a row on television (18 over two games). Shannon has won numerous Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in international competition as a member of Team USA. She is currently an exempt bolwer in the PBA Women's Series

PBA Women's Series

The PBA Women's Series was a mini-tour for female professional bowlers. It was started in 2007 as a way to bring women's bowling back to television after the Professional Women's Bowling Association disbanded in 2003...

, which is sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress

United States Bowling Congress

The United States Bowling Congress is a sports membership organization dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States. It was formed in 2005 by a merger of the American Bowling Congress, Women's International Bowling Congress, Young American Bowling Alliance, and USA Bowling...

 (USBC). She made the quarterfinals of the 2009 PBA Women's World Championship, which was the first women's World Championship under PBA sanction.

Prior to her bowling success, Shannon was a first team all-American centerfielder, while attending Portland State University

Portland State University

Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...

. She had a .411 batting average as a freshman, with 15 outfield assists, utilizing her strong arm to gun down runners at the plate. As a 15-year old, she was among the final 160 women competing for a spot on the 1996 Team USA Softball Team. Shannon was recognized at the Oregon

Oregon

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 Hayward Awards in 2007 as a finalist for "Professional Woman Athlete of the Year."

She continues to represent Team USA in bowling, along with her day job as International Coordinator for the USBC. Shannon was part of Team USA in 2011 -- the team that went to the WTBA World Women's Championships in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 and took home gold for the United States in the team event for the first time since 1987.

Shannon is a member of the following pro staffs: Storm, Dexter and Vise. You can watch Shannon compete on both Youtube

YouTube

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and on the USBC website (www.bowl.com).