ALL-NWADG BOWLING
Girls Bowler of the Year
KYNZI EICHLER
SCHOOL Bentonville High
CLASS Senior
THE SCOOP All-state bowler who won Class 6A state championship at Jonesboro with a 675 series for three games, including a career-high score of 256. ... Led Bentonville to a second-place team finish at state behind Cabot and in front of Rogers Heritage. ... Eichler's total surpassed the boys' winner and her Bentonville teammate, Lindsey Gann, rolled a 587 series to finish second in the girls division. ... Kynzi is a year-round bowler who bowls in the summer with a team called Split Happens. ... Began bowling for Bentonville as a freshman. ... Following graduation, hopes to enroll at Paul Mitchell School of Cosmetology and train to become a hair stylist. ... Also weighing an option of attending college and continuing her bowling career. ... Works for her dad, Bobby Eichler, at Game Gear Pro Shop, which sells bowling merchandise and offers lessons for bowlers.
DID YOU KNOW Kynzi comes from a bowling family that includes four brothers. She is the youngest and only girl in the family.
QUOTABLE "I was born into a bowling family and started bowling when I was 3 years old. Bowling is something that relaxes me but also frustrates me at times. I'm always going to make time for bowling the rest of my life, hopefully, no matter what I'm doing at the time."
-- Rick Fires @NWARick
All-NWADG Athletes of the Year
Wrestling
Wrestler of the Year - Jake Turner
Wrestling Newcomer of the Year - Tristan Stafford
Bowling
Girls Bowler of the Year - Kynzi Eichler
Boys Bowler of the Year - Hunter Maxfield
Swimming and Diving
Girls Newcomer of the Year - Chloe Thompson
Girls Diver of the Year - Josie Matalone
Boys Diver of the Year - Jason Huckaby
Boys Newcomer of the year - Gavin Jernigan
Preps Sports on 03/31/2019