Ryan Barnes hadn’t bowled competitively since he was 12 – even though both of his parents were professional bowlers. The emergence of COVID-19 made him give bowling a shot.
Ryan played basketball throughout high school and was looking to play Division-II or Division-III basketball but the pandemic made it more difficult to visit schools. Barnes’ father, Chris, similarly played basketball in high school before starting his bowling career.
“I was a basketball player and I could’ve gone to a D-II or D-III and grinded out a couple years,” Ryan said. “My dad said ‘why don’t you give this a shot?