Ryan Shafer	Back to list »

2008-09 Rank: 12
Exempt Thru: 2009-10
Career PBA 300 Games: 44
Earned Exemption: PBA Tour points list

Personal: Resides in Horseheads with wife
Michelle…One of the most superstitious pros on
Tour…Wears his clothes in the same order each
week…Has to have an eight or five in the serial
number of his bowling balls…Only picks the ball up
with his left hand…Favorite book is To Kill a
Mockingbird…N.Y. Yankees and Pittsburgh Steelers
fan…If he was not a professional bowler he would
like to be a lawyer or get his teaching degree…Was
valedictorian of his high school graduating class.

2008-09: Seven top-10 finishes with a
fourth in Dick Weber Open and a fifth in H&R Block
Tournament of Champions…Earned his first Steve
Nagy Sportsmanship Award…Cashed in all 21 events
entered and made match play a personal-best 19
times…Average 218.69 (17th)…Earned $60,320 (20th).

Career: Owns four PBA Tour titles…Was
selected PBA Rookie of the Year in 1987, but
didn’t win his first Tour title until the 2000
Orleans Casino Open in Las Vegas…Won his second
title later that season and finished with a
career-high 11 championship round appearances…Most
recent title came in the 2003 Empire State Open…
Has made the finals in major championships 11
times and has finished runner-up four times, both
PBA records for bowlers without a major title…
Rolled a nationally-televised 300 game in the
semifinal round of the 2007 Pepsi Championship,
defeating Jeff Carter, 300-228, before losing in
the title match to Norm Duke…Became the 30th PBA
member to reach the $1 million mark in career
earnings…Owns 14 PBA Regional titles.

Career Standard Titles (4): 2000 - Las
Vegas, Nev.; Wichita, Kan.; 2001-02 - Las Vegas,
Nev.; 2003-04 - Latham, N.Y.

Awards: PBA Rookie of the Year
(1987)...Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award (2009)