JUDY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BUFFALO, NY. SHE FIRST STARTED BOWLING WITH HER MOM AND AUNT ON A MORNING LADIES LEAGUE. SHE HAD HER VERY OWN K-MART BALL, BAG, AND SHOES. HER DAUGHTER, SHELLY WENT ALONG IN A STROLLER. SHE MOVED TO TEXAS IN FEBRUARY 1975 WHEN HER HUSBAND, DICK WAS OFFERED A POSITION AS A PILOT FOR TRANSCO.

SHE LIVED IN THE YOUNG STREET TOWNHOUSES WHERE HER NEIGHBOR WAS SHIRLEY (SAM) ANDREWS. SAM WAS AN AVID BOWLER AND INVITED JUDY TO JOIN A LADIES LEAGUE AT FAIR LANES. THAT WAS THE BEGINNING. SAM WAS ALSO A DIRECTOR IN THE PASADENA WOMEN’S BOWLING ASSOCIATION.

SHE ALSO GOT JUDY INTERESTED IN THE ASSOCIATION. FROM THERE IT WAS DIRECTOR AND THEN SHE WAS ELECTED TREASURER, A POSITION WHICH SHE HELD FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. SHE GOT HER DAUGHTER, SHELLY, INVOLVED IN THE JUNIOR PROGRAM, YABA.

AS A RESULT HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE YABA, SHE WAS ELECTED SECRETARY/TREASURER OF THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION, A POSITION SHE HELD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AT THAT TIME, KEITH HALL OFFERED HER A JOB AS BARTENDER AT HURRICANE LANES WHICH SHE DID FOR TEN YEARS.

THIS INTRODUCED HER TO THE BUSINESS END OF BOWLING. SHE IS NOW LEAGUE COORDINATOR AND COMPUTER OPERATOR FOR DIAMOND LANES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JIMMY YOUNG. IN ADDITION TO HER PART-TIME JOB AT DIAMOND, SHE IS EMPLOYED BY WALGREEN’S AS SHE HAS BEEN FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS.