François Lavoie


François Lavoie is a Canadian ten-pin bowler from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, now making his home in Wichita, Kansas. He is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association, and has been a member of Team Canada. Lavoie has won four PBA Tour titles, including two major championships.

Amateur career

Lavoie won the 2013 World Bowling Championships trios gold medal.
In 2014, Lavoie won the Intercollegiate Singles Championship with Wichita State University.
In 2015, Lavoie won the Intercollegiate Team Championship with Wichita State University, and the Pan Am Games doubles gold medal in Toronto.
Lavoie was a four-time member of Youth Team Canada, and has been a four-time member of adult Team Canada.
In 2019, Lavoie was named to Canada's 2019 Pan American Games team.

Professional bowling career

Lavoie joined the Professional Bowlers Association in 2015. He was the 2016 Harry Golden Rookie of the Year and 2016 Southwest Region Rookie of the Year. Through the 2019 U.S. Open, Lavoie's PBA earnings totaled over US$270,000. He has rolled six 300 games in PBA competition. Among these perfect games, Lavoie recorded the PBA's 26th televised 300 game in the semifinal match of the 2016 U.S. Open. This was just the sixth televised perfect game in a major tournament, and the first ever in the U.S. Open finals.

PBA Tour wins

Major titles in bold type.
  1. 2016 U.S. Open.
  2. 2016 Shark Championship
  3. 2017 Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open
  4. 2019 U.S. Open
Lavoie also owns eight PBA Regional titles, and he won the PBA Regional Challenge at the 2017 World Series of Bowling in Reno, NV.

Career statistics

SeasonEventsCashesMatch PlayCRA+PBA Tour TitlesRegional TitlesAverageEarnings
201617118522222.7979,920
2017251811113222.8957,035
201827179102214.5442,633
201926128111215.5549,722

+CRA = Championship Round Appearances

Personal

Lavoie graduated from Wichita State University with a degree in business administration.