Professional Bowlers Association

2011-12 Rank: 48
Career PBA 300 Games: 93

Personal: Resides in Ocala with wife Paige Pennington and daughter Rebecca…Nickname is "Deadeye" for his accuracy in bowling and horseshoes…Six-time world horseshoe pitching champion and member of the National Horseshoe Pitching Association Hall of Fame…Graduated from Cal-Poly Pomona in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in physics…Has his own fan club, Dead-Eye Diehards, and website, www.walterray.com… Likes to play chess and golf…Has a 3 handicap in golf…Member of "Dream Team" Team USA…Four-time Team USA member including 2011...Won team and doubles gold and trios silver in 2011 PABCON Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico...Became first PBA member ever to represent the United States in QubicaAMF World Cup in 2009.

2012-13: Finished third in Chameleon Championship marking a return to a TV final for the first time in more than a season. Lost to eventual winner Scott Norton in semifinal match 236-195.

Career: In 2011-12 season failed to make a TV final breaking record streak of 26 seasons making at least one TV show...Rebounded on 2012 Senior Tour season winning Don Carter Memorial Senior Tour title...Streak of record 17 consecutive seasons with at least one title ended in 2010-11 season...In 2009-10 season at age of 50, made a sweep of every major statistical category during the 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season en route to a record seventh Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year honor. Earned a record eighth Harry Smith Point Leader award…Won two titles — Motor City Open and his second USBC Masters to extend his all-time career titles record to 47…Masters title was his eighth major…Led Tour in earnings for record seventh time with $152,670…Won George Young Memorial High Average Award for a record eighth time with 222.89…Is a Tournament of Champions title away from joining Mike Aulby as the only bowlers to complete the “Super Slam,” a win in all five PBA majors…Holds both the single-season earnings record with $419,700 in 2002-03…Holds career earnings record as the first and only player to surpass the $4 million milestone with $4.4 million overall and $4.1 million on Tour)…Has won the PBA Player of the Year a record seven times (1986, ’93, ’96, ’97, ’98, 2003, 2009-10) and has won the George Young High Average Award and the Harry Smith Point Leader Award eight times each, both PBA records …Has won the PBA National/World Championship three times (2001, ’03 and ‘06), the U.S. Open twice (1998, 2003), the 1994 Touring Players Championship and 2004 and 2010 USBC Masters titles…Had a 10-match winning streak on TV over four events between Feb. 23-May 5, 1996…Owns 31 PBA Regional titles and three PBA50 Regional titles…Owns five PBA50 Tour titles...Won his first PBA50 Tour title in his debut event as a Senior (Mooresville Miller High Life Senior Classic, May 2010)...Won two titles in 2012 on his way to first PBA50 Player of the Year crown...Selected 2010 PBA50 Rookie of the Year.

Career Standard Titles (39): 1986 - Peoria, Ill.; Baltimore, Md.; Edmond, Okla.; 1987 - Miami, Fla.; Edmond, Okla.; 1991 - Tokyo, Japan; 1993 - Erie, Pa.; San Antonio, Texas; Kennewick, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; Tucson, Ariz.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Homestead, Fla.; 1994 - Las Vegas, Nev.; 1995 - Rochester, N.Y.; 1996 - Kennewick, Wash.; Las Vegas, Nev.; N. Brunswick, N.J.; Rochester, N.Y; Mechanicsburg, Pa.; 1997 - Austin, Texas; N. Brunswick, N.J.; Fairview Heights, Ill.; 1998 - Erie, Pa.; Coram, N.Y.; Bay City, Mich.; Indianapolis, Ind.; 1999 - Tucson, Ariz.; 2000 - Canandaigua, N.Y.; N. Brunswick, N.J.; 2001-02 - Erlanger, Ky.; 2002-03 - Taylor, Mich.; 2003-04 - Tacoma, Wash.; 2004-05 - Wickliffe, Ohio; 2006-07 - Tokyo, Japan; 2007-08 - Taylor, Mich.; Wyoming, Mich.; 2008-09 - Lake County, Ind.; 2009-10 - Allen Park, Mich. (Motor City Open).

Career Major Titles (8): 1994 Touring Players Championship, Indianapolis, Ind.; 1998 BPAA U.S. Open, Milford, Conn.; 2001 PBA National Championship, Toledo, Ohio; 2003 U.S. Open, Fountain Valley, Calif.; 2003 PBA World Championship, Taylor, Mich.; 2004 Masters, Reno, Nev.; 2006 Denny's World Championship, Indianapolis, Ind.; 2010 - USBC Masters, Reno, Nev.

Career Standard PBA50 Tour Titles (5): 2010 – Mooresville, N.C.; 2011 - Allentown, Pa.; 2012 - Winter Garden, Fla.; Brentwood, Calif. 2013 - Sun Bowl In The Villages, The Villages, Fla.

Awards: PBA Player of the Year (1986, '93, '96, '97, '98, 2002-03, 2009-10)… Harry Smith Point Leader Award (1993, '94, '96, '97, '98, 2002-03, 2007-08, 2009-10)… George Young High Average Award (1993, '96, '97, '98, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2007-08, 2009-10)… PBA President (1995-96 and 2001-02)… PBA Hall of Fame (1995)... USBC Hall of Fame (2005)...Ranked second to Earl Anthony on list of 50 Greatest Players in PBA History (2009)...2010 PBA50 Rookie of the Year...2012 PBA50 Player of the Year...Seven-time Bowling ESPY Award winner.

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