Michelle Carcagente Crews, a former two-time collegiate All-American and member of the USA Junior National Team, was named head bowling coach at UAB in June 2011.
Crews becomes the first head coach for the UAB bowling program and will lead the Blazers into their inaugural season when they begin competition in 2011-12.
Crews earned All-America recognition as a member of UCF's club team in both 2006 and 2007 and she helped lead her team to a national collegiate runner-up finish in 2006. She also qualified that year for the collegiate singles championship where she tied for fifth place individually and was the only bowler in the field to post a 300 in the sport condition competition.
Crews qualified in 2008 for the Team USA junior squad after competing at the National Junior Gold Tournament. She trained at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. in 2008.
Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Crews helped start the bowling program as a junior at Flagler Palm Coast (Fla.) High School.
Crews is a 2009 graduate of the University of Central Florida with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Education, Behavioral and Social Sciences.
