Tish Johnson's birth date is 6/6/62.  She started bowling at a very young age in Hayward, where her father, Roy Johnson managed the center.  Playing with bowling balls at the age of 2, her interest in the game continued to grow as the years rolled by and she loves the game to this very day.  She started bowling sanctioned leagues at the age of 6 and later won the 1980 Albert E. Crowe Star of Tomorrow Award as the sports most promising female newcomer.  A tremendous athlete, Tish turned down 3 bowling scholarships to pursue a Collegiate basketball career.  She suffered a major knee injury, then turned all her focus back to her bowling career.  From the start of her professional career her talent was visible to all, her competition felt it the most.  She is known for being one of the most fierce competitors on the women's tour and even competed in Regional Tournaments with the men after the women's tour stopped in 2002.  In 1996 she won the Super Hoinke Tournament and was the first women to ever win a Mega Bucks tournament.  She has won a combined 53 titles in all and is still striking regularly.  Tish missed only 1 tournament during her stellar career, competing in a record 236 consecutive tournaments.  As a result of her competitive endurance in a very physically demanding sport, she has earned the reputation of being the 'Iron Woman'.

Her professional career started in 1982 where she carried the National High Average for the WIBC (Women's International Bowling Congress) at 224.  Her list of achievements are numerous and remarkable;

* Inducted into the PWBA and WIBC Hall of Fame

* 3 Time BWAA Bowler of the Year (1990, 1992, and 1995) Bowlers Writers Assn. of America

* 2 Time PWBA Bowler of the Year (1992 and 1995) Professional Women's Bowling Assn.

* Winning 25 career LPBT/PWBA National Titles

* Winning 28 career LPBT/PWBA Regional Titles

* 32 career 800 series with her high series being 837

* 78 career 300 games

* First Women to win the Super Hoinke Mega Bucks Tournament in 1996

* Third Women to eclipse the $1,000,000.00 mark in Career Earnings

Currently living in Colorado Springs, Co., Tish Johnson owns and operates four Pro Shops with her best friend and business partner.  She is sponsored by Storm on their Regional Staff.  She competes, enjoys working with bowlers on their games and services them in there needs with equipment. 

Tish can be reached at: tnmsProShop@gmail.com

Tish - 719-659-4490 

www.tnmsProShop.com

Jamie Coy says:

"Of Tish Johnson, what was overwhelming to me in watching Tish compete was that she was going to win; a fierce competitor.  She was the most dominating player in her sport.  She simply over-powered the competition both physically and mentally.  She competes at a different level. Tish has a drive to win, very few ever experience and she was consistent in that.  She has sustained that drive throughout her career and is still going strong.  She is very athletic, driven and always growing in knowledge; a pleasure to watch.  An 'Iron Woman', Oooh Yes; and a beautiful pillar in the history of the game we love, fully exhibiting the art within the game of Bowling!"