François Lavoie

François Lavoie (born February 27, 1993) is a right-handed Canadian ten-pin bowler from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, now making his home in Wichita, Kansas. He is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association, and has been a member of Team Canada. Lavoie has won four PBA Tour titles, including two major championships (2016 and 2019 U.S. Open). He is one of only two players in history to roll a perfect 300 game in two televised PBA Tour title events, and the only player to accomplish this feat in a U.S. Open telecast.[2]

François Lavoie
Born (1993-02-27) February 27, 1993[1]
Bowling Information
AffiliationPBA
Dominant handRight (tweener delivery)
Wins4 (2 majors)
300-games7
SponsorsStorm Products, Vise Inserts
Personal blogfacebook.com/francoislavoiebowling/

Lavoie is a member of the Storm[3] and Vise Grips pro staffs.

Amateur career

Lavoie won the 2013 World Bowling Championships trios gold medal (partners: Mark Buffa and Patrick Girard).[1]

In 2014, Lavoie won the Intercollegiate Singles Championship with Wichita State University.[1]

In 2015, Lavoie won the Intercollegiate Team Championship with Wichita State University, and the Pan Am Games doubles gold medal (with partner Dan MacLelland) in Toronto.[1]

Lavoie was a four-time member of Youth Team Canada, and has been a four-time member of adult Team Canada.[1] With Team Canada, he has won eight international medals (4 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze).[4]

In 2019, Lavoie was named to Canada's 2019 Pan American Games team.[5][6]

Professional bowling career

Lavoie joined the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in 2015.[1] He was the 2016 Harry Golden Rookie of the Year.[1] Through the 2020 season, Lavoie's PBA earnings total over US$350,000. He has rolled seven 300 games in PBA competition. Among these perfect games, Lavoie recorded the PBA's 26th televised 300 game in the semifinal match of the 2016 U.S. Open against Shawn Maldonado, who scored 211. This was just the sixth televised perfect game in a major tournament, and the first ever in the U.S. Open finals.[1] Lavoie also recorded the PBA’s 29th televised 300 game[7] in the Round of 16 at the 2020 PBA Tour Playoffs, becoming the second bowler in PBA history to roll two televised 300 games in an official PBA Tour event (the other being Sean Rash, whom Lavoie coincidentally defeated in that match).[2]

PBA Tour wins

Major titles in bold type.

  1. 2016 U.S. Open (Las Vegas, Nevada). (Followed Mika Koivuniemi as the second international player to win the U.S. Open.)[1]
  2. 2016 Shark Championship (Reno, Nevada)[1]
  3. 2017 Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open (Jonesboro, Arkansas)[1]
  4. 2019 U.S. Open (Mooresville, North Carolina)[8]

Lavoie also owns eight PBA Regional titles, and he won the (non-title) PBA Regional Challenge at the 2017 World Series of Bowling in Reno, NV.[9] He was the 2016 Southwest Region Rookie of the Year and 2018 Southwest Region Player of the Year.[4]

Career statistics
SeasonEventsCashesMatch PlayCRA+PBA Tour TitlesRegional TitlesAverageEarnings (US$)
201617118522222.7986,645
2017251811113222.8976,285
201827179102214.5452,983
201926128111215.1856,322
2020151110100--86,250

+CRA = Championship Round Appearances (PBA Tour only)

Personal

Lavoie graduated from Wichita State University with a degree in business administration.[1]

References
  1. "Francois Lavoie (bowler profile)". PBA.com. July 6, 2017. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017.
  2. "FRANCOIS LAVOIE ROLLS PERFECT 300 GAME ON WAY TO PBA PLAYOFFS QUARTERFINALS". pba.com. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. "Storm Bowling - Athletes". stormbowling.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  4. "Francois Lavoie Storm Bowling profile". stormbowling.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. Etchells, Daniel (11 April 2019). "Canadian Tenpin Federation names bowling team for Lima 2019 Pan American Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. "Canada's Lima 2019 bowling team announced" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Olympic Committee. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  7. Halstrom, Brian. "François Lavoie Rolls Perfect 300 in PBA Playoffs Against Sean Rash". Bowlersmart.com. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. Cannizzaro, Matt (October 30, 2019). "Canada's Lavoie Wins 2019 U.S. Open". bowl.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  9. Vint, Bill (November 7, 2017). "Norm Duke, Francois Lavoie Win PBA Challenge Titles to Kick Off GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling IX". pba.com. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
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