HE EARNED NUMEROUS AWARDS IN THE JUNIOR PROGRAM. AFTER GRADUATING FROM ST. PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL, KRIS WORKED 10 YEARS AT THE ASTRODOME, 1½ YEARS AT TICKETTRON, & 4 YEARS AT CENTRAL PARKING SYSTEM. HE IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN THE AIRPORT SYSTEM DEPARTMENT AS A SUPERVISOR @ BUSH IAH. AT THE AGE OF 18, HE BECAME A KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS (KC) MEMBER AND JOINED HIS COUNCIL’S LEAGUE IN 1980.

ON APRIL 25, 1985, KRIS SHOT HIS FIRST 300 GAME. IT WAS THE FIRST 300 EVER SHOT IN THE LEAGUE’S 40+ YEARS OF EXISTENCE. IN FACT, FOR THE LEAGUE’S ENTIRE HISTORY, KRIS IS THE ONLY BOWLER TO EVER SHOOT 300 &/ OR 800. IN 1990, KRIS STARTED BOWLING IN PASADENA. KRIS HAS THE FOLLOWING HONOR SCORES TO HIS CREDIT, 23-300’S, 7-299’S, 2-298’S, & 8-800’S (824 HIGH).

THESE HONOR SCORES ARE SCATTERED AMONG TEN DIFFERENT BOWLING CENTERS, INCLUDING ALL 3 HOUSES IN PASADENA, 4 HOUSES IN HOUSTON, ALSO IN PORT ARTHUR, PLANO AND SOUTH BEND, IN. IN 2002, HE SHOT HIS HIGHEST 9-GAME ALL-EVENTS SCORE, 2244 SCRATCH IN SOUTH BEND AT THE KC INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT. HE HAS CARRIED A 220+ AVERAGE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS WITH A HIGH AVERAGE OF 235.

HE HAS MANY TOURNAMENT WINS TO HIS CREDIT INCLUDING THE 1995 PASADENA MIXED ALL-EVENTS TITLE, 3- KC STATE TEAM TITLES, 3- KC STATE MIXED DOUBLES TITLE W/SISTER (1 LEFT HANDED), 1- KC STATE SINGLES TITLE, 1- KC STATE DOUBLES TITLE, 2- KC STATE ALL-EVENTS TITLE, & 1- KC INTERNATIONAL TEAM TITLE. KRIS IS CURRENTLY A DIRECTOR FOR THE KC STATE MIXED TOURNAMENT, THE SEC/TREAS. OF HIS KC LEAGUE AND A DIRECTOR WITH THE PASADENA BOWLING ASSOCIATION.