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- Born: September, 1967, Springfield,
Massachusetts as Kimberly Kahrman. Raised in West Springfield,
Massachusetts, and graduated from East Longmeadow High School in
1985.
- 1st Bowling Center Appearance:
candlepin bowling in front of Riverside Amusement Park, 5 years
old
- 1st tenpin bowling league: Shaker
Bowl Pee Wees, 6 years old
- Junior Leagues: Shaker Bowl, East
Longmeadow, Massachusetts
- 1st statement to become a
professional bowler: Mrs. Miron's 3rd grade homeroom (average
at nine:153)
- Frequented Western Massachusetts
bowling centers: Shaker Bowl, Bradley Bowl (CT), Wilbraham Ten
Pin, Riverdale Lanes, Chicopee Lanes, Northamptom Ten Pin
- Quit college to pursue bowling in
1986
- Took a job at 18 at Shaker Bowl
running the front service desk at night in order to practice for
free.
- Worked at Bradley Bowling Center
(Windsor Locks, CT) as a League Coordinator full time to practice
for free.
- Met coach and first husband PBA
member Pete Couture during league bowling at Bradley Bowl in 1987
through mutual friend Mike Triggs.
- turned professional upon husband
Pete's encouragement in December, 1990 after winning first
Women's All Star Association Title with Mike Tryniski in Atlantic
City, NJ
- First-ever autograph request
received as a professional: from DoriLynn Fogg,
Okeechobee, Florida
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