At the Nevada State USBC Hall of Fame and Awards banquet held at the Suncoast Hotel & Casino on Saturday, July 19, 2025, one new recipient of the Nevada State Above and Beyond Scholarship was recognized for her accomplishments.
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Mackenzie Meiers (2025)
Southern Nevada USBC Association Mackenzie Meiers is a senior soon to graduate from Centennial High School in Las Vegas. With a remarkable 4.75 GPA and a class rank of 37 out of 766, she is on track to receive an Advanced Honors Diploma. Those who know her would say that she is a dedicated individual who loves to help others and have fun doing so. In addition to babysitting, tutoring, and volunteering to help with several school events. She is a part of my school’s National Honor Society chapter, where she brings these skills to fruition for the benefit of her fellow students and community members. She is also a member of Centennial’s marching band as a clarinetist. Before she became deeply involved in these activities she found a love for bowling. Mackenzie is still learning the intricacies of bowling but has dived in to the activity from the first time she picked up a ball. Mackenzie claims to not being a very athletic person, meaning most sports listed on the website didn’t interest her, except for one: girl’s bowling. Having only bowled only bowled a few times in my life before this point, she thought it would be a fun activity to try out for so in 2021 she made the decision to try out for the team and has been steadily improving her game to the point where she can legitimately compete. 2023/24 Nevada State Championships – 2nd Nevada State Pepsi 2024 – Scratch Girls U18 – 9th JAGOP (9-Pin No-Tap) – 6th SNUSBCA Youth Masters (Girls 170 & above) – 3rd LVYBT Jr./Adult Doubles (170 & above) – 4th 2024/25 1st Round of State Championship bowl offs State Individuals – 21st SNUSBCA High School MVPs – 18th In the fall. Mackenzie will be headed north to the University of Nevada Reno where she will major in Secondary Education for Mathematics with the goal of becoming a middle school algebra teacher. She will also be working on a second major in the field of speech and language pathology. Even with all of the prep she is doing for her educational goals she still managed to find the nearest bowing center to campus and plans to find a league that she can bowl in.
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