Amleto Monacelli	Back to list »

2008-09 Rank: 79
Exempt Thru: World Series of Bowling
Earned Exemption: International selection

Personal: Speaks English, Spanish and Italian…Enjoys soccer, running and lifting weights…Only international player to be inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame…He and Mika Koivuniemi are the only international players to be selected PBA Player of the Year…Ranked fourth on a list of Venezuela’s top athletes for the 20th century...One of seven PBA players to surpass $2 million in career earnings.

2008-09: Bowled only three events last season with a best finish of fifth in the 66th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open.

Career: Has a 66-76 record in 92 career TV appearances…Won his first PBA Tour title in the 1987 Japan Cup…Made 16 telecasts and finished second seven times before winning his first title…Won a career-best four titles in 1989…Won 1989 Tour Players Championship for his only major title.

Career Standard Titles (18): 1987 – Tokyo, Japan; 1988 – Las Vegas, Nev.; 1989 – Tucson, Ariz.; Wichita, Kan.; Mixed doubles, Reno, Nev.; 1990 – Wichita, Kan.; Mixed doubles, Reno, Nev.; Columbus, Ohio; 1991 – Peoria, Ill.; Grand Prairie, Texas; 1992 – Taylor, Mich.; Edmond, Okla.; 1994 – Lexington, Ky.; Sayville, N.Y.; 1995 – Tokyo, Japan; 1997 – Chesapeake, Va.; Bay City, Mich.; 2005 – Fairlawn, Ohio.

Career Major Titles (1): 1989 Touring Players Championship, Taylor, Mich.

Awards: PBA Player of the Year (1989, 1990)… Harry Smith Point Leader Award (1989, 1990)… George Young High Average Award (1990)… PBA Hall of Fame (1997).