January 19, 2021 3:06 pm
The year 2020 proved to be one of upheaval for all of us, but for four-time PBA Tour champion Marshall Kent, the upheaval was particularly personal.
The death of his dad Jim on Sept. 27 generated an outpouring of tributes across social media by a multitude of players, coaches and executives who either themselves were beneficiaries of Jim’s help as a coach and ball driller, or were aware of the sizable impact those efforts had on pros and youth bowlers alike.
A few months later, another longstanding relationship in Kent s life hit a transition point, as Kent made the decision to leave Storm, the ball company he represented for eight years. His new company? A startup group called Big Bowling, headquartered in Kent s home state of Washington.