Missy Makes Team USA 2013

Missy Parkin was selected through Team USA Trials to represent the United States as part of Team USA 2013. This marks Missy's fourth year as a member of Team USA.

Missy joins Diandra Asbaty, Josie Earnest, Brittni Hamilton, Liz Johnson, Kelly Kulick, Danielle McEwan, Stefanie Nation, Shannon O'Keefe and Shannon Pluhowsky. The men's team is comprised of: Chris Barnes, Mike Fagan, John Janawicz, Tommy Jones, Marshall Kent, Kyle King, Bill O'Neill, John Szczerbinski, Steve Smith and Eddie VanDaniker.

Missy first made Team USA as a senior in high school, being the youngest to qualify for the adult team in 2000. She was also a member of Team USA in 2001 and 2008. Missy also became the first ever Junior Gold National Champion, winning the inaugural event in 1998 and making Junior Team USA in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Team USA 2008

Missy first represented Team USA in 1998, at age 16 in the FIQ American Zone Junior championships (now PABCON Youth American Zone) in Guatemala City, Guatemala where she won a gold medal in Team event and a bronze medal in doubles.

She later went on to represent the United States on the adult team in the FIQ American Zone championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2001. She earned a gold medal in team event, where she anchored the team, striking out in the 10th frame of the final game to secure the team gold medal. She also earned a gold medal in the trios event.

Team USA trials were conducted at Sunset Station in Henderson, NV. The tournament was comprised of five 6-game blocks, each block bowled on a different oil pattern. After five days of bowling, the top three men and women based on ranking points automatically made Team USA. Then two other bowlers were selected from Team USA Trials and an additional five bowlers were selected based on resumes.

Each day, bowlers received ranking points based on their finish in that day's competition. High qualifier for the day received one point, second for the day, two points etc. The object being to accumulate the least amount of points as possible.

Missy earned 16 points, 2 points and 2 points for the first three days of competition putting her in 2nd position overall. However, in day four, Missy struggled coming in 61st for the day and dropped significantly in the standings. Missy came back strong on day five, the final day of competition, for a 10th place finish and overall was ranked 11th in the standings in ranking points and 4th overall in total pinfall.

Missy is extremely excited to be a part of the prestigious Team USA program again and looks forward to Team USA training camp as well as the possibility of representing Team USA in international competitions this year!

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