Overview

Mark Lewis is the Director of Shocker Bowling in the Rhatigan Student Center at Wichita State University.

Collegiate & Competitive Background

  • United States Amateur Champion (1988)

  • Olympian – 1988 Summer Olympic Games, Seoul, Korea (Exhibition Sport; 6th place individual finish)

  • Four-time USBC Open Championship titleholder

  • Wichita State Bowling Team Member (1978–1981)

  • Member of Wichita State’s first Men’s National Championship team (1980)

Coaching Career

  • Volunteer Assistant Coach, Wichita State Bowling (1985)

  • Coached internationally in the United Arab Emirates (two years)

  • Assistant Coach, Wichita State Bowling (1999)

  • Named Director of Shocker Bowling (2019)

Program Achievements Under Lewis

  • All-Americans: 117

  • Academic All-Americans: 295

  • Regular Season Tournament Wins: 256

  • National Team Members: 81

  • Rookies of the Year: 5

  • Players of the Year: 13

  • PWBA Champions: 5 athletes, 12 combined event wins

  • National Championships: 13

  • National Finals Appearances: 21

  • National Semifinalists: 36

  • Singles National Champions: 8

Honors & Recognitions

  • United States Bowling Congress National Hall of Fame

  • Great Plains USBC Hall of Fame

  • Kansas State USBC Hall of Fame

  • Wichita Sports Hall of Fame

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Areas of Service

Shocker Bowling

Wichita State University is home to the most accomplished collegiate bowling program in the nation with a record of 24 men's and women's national championships. Since 1975, over 50 Shocker bowlers have competed for the U.S. National Team.