🎠🎳 10-year-old Spokane Bowling 'Phenomenon'
Gleason Garske of Spokane is a 10-year-old Bowling Phenomenon.
Gleason said he is "obsessed with seeing pins fall," He has a 300 game to his credit (March 3, 2023), and also has recorded scores of 811 (three-game series) and 1,038 (four-game series). Those are per-game averages of 270 and 259, respectively.
"He's going to be a phenomenon someday if he keeps bowling like he is," said 80-year-old Jim Frazier, the only person from Spokane to have won a Professional Bowlers Association tournament title. "He has a great background with his mom and dad helping him and taking him to all these tournaments. He's going to be a great bowler if he keeps at it."
It's always cool to see a gifted young athlete take to a sport like this and excel at such a young age, particularly when it comes from a place of intrinsic motivation. It sounds like Gleason1 has a good head on his shoulders and enjoys a lot of other sports like basketball and flag football as well. Perhaps most importantly, his parents have a really good down-to-earth mindset about him being the driver on what he wants to do with this sport or any other. They're saying all the right things at this point and even if he never becomes a pro bowler I hope he's able to maintain his love for the game throughout his life.
Named for WSU Cougar alum, former New Orleans Saint, and ALS survivor Steve Gleason.↩