Gloria Bouvia - Bowling

The name of Gloria Bouvia has long been synonymous with thigh scores and tournament championships. She was inducted into the Women’s International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Oregon State Women’s Bowlers Association Hall of Fame in 1977. Gloria has an impressive list of accomplishments, including WIBC doubles titles in 1969 and 1970 and the 1967 Bowling Proprietors Association National All-Star Tournament (U.S. Open). She was outstanding in 1963 winning the Oregon WBA team title, all-events title (with a 1768 series), and runner-up honors in doubles and singles. As a member of the Women’s Bowlers Association, Gloria captured consecutive tournament wins in 1966 – the first woman to win back-to-back PWBA sanctioned events. She has a high series of 770 and high game of 289. In 1967 Gloria was awarded the GPWBA Inspirational Award.