06/12/2010--The 2010 MSUSBC Showcase Gala culminated with the induction of four new members to the Missouri State USBC Hall of Fame, and the chance to honor each one individually.  Two members enter under the Meritorious Service category, and two under Superior Performance.

Ionia Mae "Toni" Deulen was inducted posthumously in the Meritorious Service category.  Toni made her life in Springfield, MO, and had her hand on the pulse of bowling there for over 65 years.  Her son Steve and daughter Debbie Foster were on hand to accept the award, honoring their mother.

• "Toni" Deulen Hall of Fame Photo Gallery

Toni served the Springfield Women's Bowling Association for over 12 years, including two years as Vice President.  She was extensively involved in Junior Bowling, serving as Secretary-Treasurer for the Greater Springfield Junior Bowling program and Tournament Director for 36 years, and in the same capacities for the Missouri State Junior Bowling Association for 18 years.

As a bowler, she won SWBA City Tournament Championships in Doubles (1938), Singles (1959), and Team (1950, 1952, and 1962).  Toni bowled in league until the age of 86, and was one of six women inducted in the first SWBA Hall of Fame in 1986.

Toni was most proud of her "Distinguished Service Award," which was given in recognition of her outstanding service and contributions to the young bowlers of the State of Missouri.  She was only the third person in history to receive this award from the Missouri State WBA in 1987.

Charlene Wood of Kansas City joins the MSUSBC Hall in the Meritorious Service category as well.  Charlene's service spans many levels, from local all the way to national.

• Charlene Wood Hall of Fame Photo Gallery

Charlene was a Director on the Missouri State Women's Bowling Association board for 15 years, serving on just about every committee possible.  She was also a Director and served in several positions for the Greater Kansas City board. She's held every league office possible throughout her 40 years of bowling.

She's also a member of the state and national Women's Bowling Writers associations, as well as the Missouri State 500 and 600 Clubs, and the Greater Kansas City 500 and 600 Clubs.  She attended 22 WIBC National Annual Meetings, and serced as a delegate from the Greater Kansas City WBA for 17 years.

Charlene is a member of the Greater Kansas City USBC Hall of Fame, and is a life member of USBC.  She was a WIBC permanent member.  Charlene received the Missouri Women Bowling Writers Helen Ferrell Flowers for the Living Award.

Anthony (Tony) Tyson was inducted into the MSUSBC Hall of Fame in the Superior Performance category.  Tony is from St. Louis, MO, and began bowling in the Tower Bowl Junior League in 1979.  He participated in the Junior Archway Program before advancing to the collegiate level, competing for the Florissant Valley Community College team.

• Anthony (Tony) Tyson Hall of Fame Photo Gallery

Tony has been an active member of the St. Louis USBC for 29 years.  He has seventy-one 300 games and twenty-three 800 series', with a high of 856.  He's also had 17-299 games and 1-298.  He's averaged over 215 every year, and has a composite 225 for the past 17 years.  He's bowled in the St. Louis Masters League for 18 years, and elected team captain several times, as well as qualifying for the league's All-Star Team.

He's been an active member of The National Bowling Association (TNBA) for more than 20 years.  He was St. Louis Senate Bowler of the Year in 1989 and 1995, and was awarded St. Louis Senate Life Membership for achievement in 2002.  Tony was inducted into the St. Louis USBC Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Bowling Senate (TNBA) Hall of Fame in 2003.

Tony was a member of a mixed trio team in St. Louis that had high score in the nation (2 men and 1 woman) in 2009.

Longtown's Dennis Hacker is the final inductee in 2010, also in the Superior Performance category.  Dennis began bowling competitively in a college intramural league at Southeast Missouri State University in 1977.  At the time, he also got involved in management, running the K. of C. Bowling Center in Perryville for two years before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1981.

• Dennis Hacker Hall of Fame Photo Gallery

Five years after joining the Navy, Dennis won his first of four All-Navy Championships.  Competition at the All-Armed Forces level allowed him to advance to represent the Navy and the Armed Forces at a number of national events, including the ABC Masters and the Team USA National Finals in 1987.  In Detroit, bowling to make Team USA, he qualified 15th after 24 games, and moved all the way up to 7th, the 1st Alternate Spot for Team USA 1988 after Match Play.

Dennis was the 1986 Bowlers Journal National Champion in the Open Singles Division, shooting 1255 for five games, including a 300 finish at the Showboat Lanes in Las Vegas, Nevada.  As a result of being in the military, he's bowled as a member of fifteen different local associations in his lifetime, and has Association Titles in seven of them.  He won the New York State Amateur Championship in 1999 at the age of 40, qualifying him for another trip to the Team USA National Finals, this time at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.  Dennis has a New York State Team Championship, six Northern Bowlers Association titles in Upstate New York, and four Southeast Missouri Bowlers Association titles.

In his thirty-three year career, Dennis has had sixty 300 games and twenty-three 800 series', with a high of 855.  He still bowls out of the Cape Girardeau USBC BA.

Congratulations to the 2010 MSUSBC Hall of Fame Class!