The Best Bowler ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1995 to the best ten-pin bowler, irrespective of gender, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year of those contesting the sport professionally in the United States. To date, the award has only been presented to male bowlers.
Between 1993 and 2004 the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.
Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous.Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
List of winners YearBowlerNation ofcitizenship1995Norm Duke1996Mike Aulby1997Bob Learn Jr.1998Walter Ray Williams, Jr.1999Walter Ray Williams, Jr.2000Parker Bohn III2001Walter Ray Williams, Jr.2002Pete Weber2003Walter Ray Williams, Jr.2004Pete Weber2005Walter Ray Williams, Jr.2006Walter Ray Williams, Jr.2007Norm Duke2008Norm Duke2009Norm Duke2010Walter Ray Williams, Jr.2011Jason Belmonte2012Sean Rash2013Pete Weber2014Pete Weber2015Jason Belmonte2016Jason Belmonte2017Jason Belmonte2018Rhino Page2019Norm Duke2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021Tom Daugherty2022Kyle Troup
See also Professional Bowlers Association Professional Women's Bowling Association United States Bowling Congress
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