#24 Adel Wahner
Height
5-4
Class
Senior
Hometown
Las Cruces, N.M.
High School
Mayfield HS
As a Junior (2018-19):
- Third team All-American in 2019
- Member of Junior Team USA
- Normally third in Vandy rotation
- Led NCAA in makeable spares with 89.3% and 4th in filled frames (87.6%)
- Made two all-tournament teams during the season
- Consistency is her key
- Dean’s List member
As a Sophomore (2017-18)
- Earned a position on Junior Team USA after seventh place finish at Junior Gold Tournament in a field of 855
- Arkansas State Mid-Winter Classic All-Tournament Team selection
- Averaged 19.52 over 353 frames
- NTCA Honor Roll selection
- SEC Academic Honor Roll selection
As a Freshman (2016-17)
- Broke into lineup early in season
- Fifth nationally in spare conversions including splits (75.5 percent)
- Frame averages of 19.52 (team) and 19.28 (baker)
Junior Highlights
- Entered first competitive scratch tournament at age 10
- Finished 21 of 763 competitors at 2015 U20 Junior Gold
- Won 30 womens’ series titles
- New Mexico-Texas Conference Bowler of the Year (2015)
- Girls Scratch Champion at Main Event (2014)
- USBC New Mexico U20 champion (2013)
Academic Highlights
- Ranked sixth in high school class of 241
- Honored by Mayfield High for academic excellence in math, science, English, history and German
- Member of National Honor Society
- Attended National Young Leaders State Conference
- Attended Texas Lone Star Leadership Conference
The Wahner File
- Volunteered in Teen Masters Special Olympics for two years
- Volunteered in the Unguez Laboratory at New Mexico State helping create a database to catalog data samples