2008 Woodie Awards
Bowling for nation
Grad. student bowls for Team USA
Kari Wilberg
Issue date: 11/7/07 Section: News
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For competition, the women's and men's national teams switch off on traveling due to lack of funding. Women travel on odd years and men on even. The women hope to expand their tours to more than the mini tour they are currently on.
Nation said the team would be particularly excited about traveling to Asia because bowling is as important there as football is here in the U.S.
Nation has bowled with Team USA in Germany, Guam and Mexico.
Nation knows how fortunate she is to be living her dream and she said that she has done a lot more than other people her age.
Currently, Nation is an event coordinator at Boardwalk Bowl. She is on staff with Brunswick, a ball manufacturer and Vise, which supplies accessories for bowlers. She is also an assistant coach to Costello along with her former undergraduate teammate Kayla Lehman.
"She's [Nation] an amazing person, very driven," Lehman said. "She gets what she wants by working hard and doesn't take anything for granted - definitely one of the best teammates I have ever had."
Lehman and Nation bowled together through four years of undergraduate school.
Nation is currently working on her master's degree in communications. She also works full time, competes, practices and occasionally finds time to have some fun.
Her life outside of bowling, Nation said, "is not as social as most college students."
She says that the team practices very hard but that members also realize the importance of having a well-balanced life.
Costello said that Nation is an ideal bowler.
"There's always that one special athlete that every coach wishes to have," Costello said, "not only because of their talent but also because of their positive attitude, and Stefanie was that one athlete for me. I've never had another like her."
Nation said the team would be particularly excited about traveling to Asia because bowling is as important there as football is here in the U.S.
Nation has bowled with Team USA in Germany, Guam and Mexico.
Nation knows how fortunate she is to be living her dream and she said that she has done a lot more than other people her age.
Currently, Nation is an event coordinator at Boardwalk Bowl. She is on staff with Brunswick, a ball manufacturer and Vise, which supplies accessories for bowlers. She is also an assistant coach to Costello along with her former undergraduate teammate Kayla Lehman.
"She's [Nation] an amazing person, very driven," Lehman said. "She gets what she wants by working hard and doesn't take anything for granted - definitely one of the best teammates I have ever had."
Lehman and Nation bowled together through four years of undergraduate school.
Nation is currently working on her master's degree in communications. She also works full time, competes, practices and occasionally finds time to have some fun.
Her life outside of bowling, Nation said, "is not as social as most college students."
She says that the team practices very hard but that members also realize the importance of having a well-balanced life.
Costello said that Nation is an ideal bowler.
"There's always that one special athlete that every coach wishes to have," Costello said, "not only because of their talent but also because of their positive attitude, and Stefanie was that one athlete for me. I've never had another like her."