Melanie A Vizenor

PROFILE
TEAM USA EVENTS:
2019 Asia Pacific Championships (Gold Coast, AUS)
2018 North American Challenge (Laguna Woods, CA)
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POSITIONS:
Skip, Pairs / 3rd, Fours (AP)
Skip, Triples / Vice Skip, Fours (NAC)
DOB
August 21
HOMETOWN
San Diego, CA
PROFESSION
Court Reporter
HOME CLUB
San Diego LBC
​(Southwest Division)
YEARS BOWLING
Knew of the sport because my mother was a bowler.  Picked it up in Pittsburgh, PA, in 2004, when I walked by the Frick Park LBC.
BOWLS USED
Vector VS, Size 4
  • Accomplishments in Bowls
  • Fun Facts
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International results

2018 North American Challenge - won in Triples & Fours (Jarvis) / overall Team Jarvis
2012 North American Challenge

Domestic results

2018 Southwest Division Open Silver in Fours
2017 Southwest Division Open Silver in Singles; Bronze in Pairs
2014 US Open 4th Singles Championship Flight
2012 US Open Silver Pairs
2011 US Open 4th Pairs Championship flight
2011 Bowler of the Tournament Southwest Division Open Bronze in Singles Pairs Silver in Triples all in the Championship Flight
2010 US Open Silver Pairs
2010 Northeast Division Open Silver Pairs**
2008 US Open Bronze Pairs
2008 Southwest Division Playdowns Winner of Stars Division
** the Northeast Division Open is not segregated into men and women
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  • ​Family members who bowl: Mother, Jean C Haigler
  • Greatest influence in bowls and why: My mother -- who told me never complain about the greens and to be an umpire.
  • Best player competed against and why: Too many to name one, but what I learned was to follow my mother’s advice.
  • Goals/Aspirations for personal bowls career: To be a bowler that my competitors see as a worthy opponent.
  • Goals/Aspirations outside of bowls: When I asked my husband how to answer this, he said, “To eat more chicken” -- that’s because I love chicken, and nobody grills chicken better than he does.
  • Greatest bowls achievement: Skip of the fours team, where we took Gold at the 2017 US Open.
  • Random fact about you: As a teenager, I competed in barrel racing at the Sky-Hi Stampede Rodeo in Monte Vista, Colorado, which was part of the professional rodeo circuit.  Yee-haw!