2009 - Fred McClain

Fred McClain is being inducted into the Michigan State USBC BA Hall of Fame for his superior performance on the lanes

Fred has been bowling in Michigan for over 35 years and has amassed a very impressive bowling resume’. His career high average is a 233, which was established in the 1998-99 season. While 300 is his high game, he currently boasts 48 of them, the most recent coming in the 2007-2008 season. His high series is 853 and he has 22 other series over 800.

In Michigan state competition he was a member of the Team titlists in 1979 and 1984 with the Bonanza Restaurants team.

In 1987 Fed was a member of the Murdock Machine team, which won the Team All-Events title at the American Bowling Congress Championships in Niagara Falls with a score of 9,185.

In local competition he won the All-Events in 1973 and was a member of the winning team in the Team event in 1974, 1978 and 1979.

He won the Detroit Masters in 1978 and Detroit Senior Masters in 2003.

He was a member of the Detroit All-City Team 13 times from 1974 through 2006 and a member of the Detroit Senior All –City team seven times from 1999 through 2006.

He was inducted into the Detroit Bowling Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Michigan Majors Hall of Fame in 1985. He became the 10th member of the prestigious Michigan Majors Hall of Fame.

He holds four Michigan Majors titles.

In additions to the accomplishments on the lanes, he and his wife Nancy are the proprietors of Belmar Lanes in Lincoln Park.

The Michigan Stae4 USBC BA is proud to welcome Fred McClain into the Michigan State USBC BA Hall of Fame for Superior Performance.