ANGELA (ANGIE) WENDELL WAS BORN AUGUST 3, 1961 IN BAYTOWN, TX. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM B. (BRAD) WENDELL ON FEBRUARY 19, 1988. (TODAY IS THEIR 17TH ANNIVERSARY). THEY HAVE 2 CHILDREN, BRITTANY AND ZACHARY.

HER PARENTS ARE MELVYN COCHRAN AND JUDY FOSTER. SHE HAS 3 BROTHERS, BRENT, TOMMY AND JOEY, AND 1 SISTER, SHELIA. ONE SISTER, TINA IS DECEASED. EVEN THOUGH HER PARENTS WERE BOTH BOWLERS, AND IN FACT HER DAD HAS BOWLED THE SAME MEN’S LEAGUE IN BAYTOWN FOR 40+ YEARS, ANGIE ONLY BOWLED 1 YEAR IN YOUTH LEAGUES IN 1970, THEN MOVED TO WIMBERLEY, TX FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SHE GRADUATED FROM JACK C. HAYS HIGH SCHOOL IN BUDA, TX WHICH WAS THE CLOSEST TO HER HOME, A 50+ MILE ROUND TRIP TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, IN 1979. SHE MOVED BACK TO THE AREA SOON AFTER, BEGAN BOWLING A LEAGUE IN BAYTOWN, AND SHE SOON DISCOVERED HER OWN LOVE FOR BOWLING.

 SHE HAS BEEN AT IT NON-STOP EVER SINCE. ANGIE’S HIGH SERIES IS 740. SHE HAS BOWLED TWO 300 GAMES. HER FIRST WAS AT DIAMOND LANES IN 1997. ANGIE BOWLED HER SECOND IN BAYTOWN IN 2000 AND SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS, BUT EXTRA PROUD BECAUSE HER DAD AND BRAD WERE BOWLING THE SAME NIGHT IN THEIR LEAGUE.

SHE HAS BOWLED SIX 700 SERIES. ANGIE HAS COMPETED IN PROFESSIONAL REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS. SHE WAS ON THE WINNING TEAM IN THE PBA/PWBA MIXED CITY TOURNAMENT IN 1990 AND WAS PASADENA QUEENS CHAMPION IN 1995.

SHE HAS CARRIED A CONSISTENT 190+ AVERAGE FOR OVER 15 YEARS. THE COMPETITIVENESS, SPORTSMANSHIP AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER SHE DISPLAYS ON THE LANES, TRANSLATES INTO EVERY ASPECT OF HER LIFE, AS SHE HAS STRUGGLED WITH HEALTH ISSUES FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. ANGIE IS NEVER WITHOUT A SMILE AND A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TEAMMATES AND COMPETITORS ALIKE.