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Mar 03, 2010

SEATTLE, Wash. (March 3, 2010) - Kelly Kulick, the first woman to win a Professional Bowlers Association Tour title, has accepted an invitation to visit the White House for a reception to be hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The event, on Monday, March 8 at 4 p.m. Eastern, is in celebration of Women’s History Month.

Kulick won the PBA Tournament of Champions – the PBA’s signature event and one of the Tour’s four major events – on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas.

Details of the reception activities and others invited to the event were not disclosed but more than 350 women including those serving in the U.S. Congress are expected to be in attendance.

“It’s a tremendous privilege and honor to be invited to the White House and to meet the President and First Lady,” said Kulick. “I see this as not only as something that honors my accomplishment but provides recognition for the sport of bowling as well.”

About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events and awarded more than $4.3 million in prize money during the 2008-09 Lumber Liquidators PBA National Tour. The organization has more than 4,000 members spanning 13 countries, and nearly one million viewers tune-in to watch the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour every Sunday on ESPN throughout the season. PBA sponsors include Barbasol, Bayer, Brunswick, Etonic, Flomax, GEICO, Go RVing, H&R Block, Lumber Liquidators, One A Day Men’s 50+ Multivitamin, Pepsi-Cola, and the USBC, among others. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com