Bill Hoffman

Throws: Right
College: Ohio State University
Family status: Single
Notable: Serves on the USBC Board of Directors ... USBC Bronze coach ... Graduated from Ohio State in 1998 with degrees in International Relations and Political Science

Years on Team USA (9): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Team USA
- 2007 QubicaAMF World Cup champion (first American man to win the title since 1995)
- Gold medal (team) at 2007 Men's American Zone Championships
- Gold medal (team) at 2006 Men's World Championships (rolled 300 in Game 5 of six-game event)
- Gold medal at 2004 World Tenpin Team Cup
- Gold (trios) and silver (team) medals at 2003 World Championships
- Gold (doubles) and bronze (singles) medals at 2003 Pan American Games
- 9th in 2003 World Tenpin Team Cup
- Semifinalist at 2003 AMF World Cup
- 2nd at 2003 World Ranking Masters
- Four gold medals (team, doubles, all-events, national all-events), one silver (mixed doubles) and one bronze (singles) at 2002 Tournament of the Americas
- Three gold medals (team, doubles, trios) and one silver (all-events) at 2001 American Zone Championships
- Two gold medals (team, national all-events) at 2001 Tournament of the Americas
- Gold medal at 2000 World Tenpin Team Cup
- Three gold (doubles, team, national all-events), one silver (singles) and two bronze medals (mixed doubles, all-events) in 2000 Tournament of the Americas
- Silver medal (team) at 1999 World Championships

Other
- Member of winning United States team vs. Europe in the 2007 Weber Cup
- 1999 and 2003 U.S. Amateur champion
- Semifinalist at 2003 Sweden Super Six Tour Championship
- Won 2002 ABC World Team Challenge Grand Championship
- Won 2000 Europe vs. USA Challenge
- 1999 Malta Open champion
- Two gold medals in 1999 Swedish Super Six Tour Stop #1
- 1998 Barcelona singles champion
- 1998 Dayton Storm Open champion
- 1997 ABC World Team Challenge Grand Champion

AWARDS

- 2006 Bowlers Journal International Amateur of the Year
- 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2006 Bowling Writers Association of America Amateur of the Year
- 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association All-America second team
- 1992-93 Bowling Writers Association of America Collegiate Player of the Year
- 1992-93 National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association All-America first team