Quebec City’s Francois Lavoie up for ESPY Best Bowler Award
TORONTO — Quebec City’s Francois Lavoie is one of three nominees for the 2017 Best Bowler ESPY Award.
The 24-year-old Lavoie, named PBA Tour rookie of the year in 2016, is up against E.J. Tackett, the reigning GEICO Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year, and three-time player of the year Jason Belmonte.
Coming off a breakthrough 2016 season, Lavoie is the first Canadian to earn PBA Tour rookie of the year honours and the second Canadian to win a PBA Tour title.
He was the first player in U.S. Open history to bowl a nationally televised 300 en route to the title. Lavoie also won the 2016 PBA Shark Open and the 2017 PBA Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open.