Daria Pająk

Daria Pająk (born 11 January 1993), a professional bowling player from Poland, is an athlete on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour in the United States. She moved from Poland to US in 2012 to go to the Webber International bowling program at Webber International University. In 2017 she went professional and won her first PWBA title in the same year and was awarded as the Rookie of the year 2017.

She's currently a pro staff member for 900 Global, Turbo Grips and Logo Infusion.

Bowling career

Daria was 6 years old when the first bowling centre opened in Poznań, Poland in 1999.^[1] At the age of 11 she won her first National Youth Championship and was selected to represent Poland in the European Youth Championship.

When she was 16 she won every Major Championships in Poland, both youth and adult. Outside of Poland she had some struggles on the lanes but thanks to hard work from coach Costas Mitsingas she took some major steps. They worked together for a few years and in 2012 Daria went to Webber International University in Florida, US. In 4 years of college she was a part of a team who won NAIA twice and the Intercollegiate Team Championships,^[2] the biggest title of college bowling.

After the college she played a few tournaments on the PWBA tour and PBA tour. Daria did very great from the beginning and some bowling companies signed her as a staff player. She qualified 2nd for USBC Queens, top 24 at the US Open and finished top 8 at the World Series of Bowling Cheetah.

With a great start after college she decided to apply for a pro card and bowl the tour professionally. She won her first PWBA title in 2017^[3] and finished 2nd after USBC Hall of Fame Liz Johnson in the US Open.^[4]

She was awarded as PWBA Rookie of the Year in 2017.^[5]

In 2018 she will continue the PWBA tour in USA, and have also appeared in some European Bowling Tour tournaments.

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