2014-15 (Senior Year): Competed in 30 games on the year … Averaged a team-best 181.2, the second-best average of her four-year career, while knocking down 5,435 total pins … Also took part in 39 Baker games … Rolled eight 200 games throughout the year … Tallied a season-best 205.2 average in six games at the Red Flash Invitational on Jan. 31 … Rolled a 232 as well as games of 217 and 210 during the day … Had the highest average at the tournament by almost 10 pins per game … In her previous tournament on Jan. 17, averaged 201.2 in five games at the Fred Underwood Classic … Bowled a season-high 235 … Also had a pair of 200 games and averaged 178.8 in five games at the MEAC Championship on March 20 … Named to the MEAC All-Tournament team after leading NSU to the championship match.
2013-14 (Junior Year): Competed in 35 games and averaged 178.9 … Knocked down 6,260 total pins on the year … Also competed in 40 Baker games … Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Had eight 200 games on the season … Bowled a season-high 223 during the MEAC Championship on March 21 … Had her best tournament of the season on Jan. 25 at the Kutztown Invitational, averaging 197.3 in six games … Posted a 187.0 average in five games at the MEAC Southern Divisional on Dec. 7 … Finished with a 182.0 average in five games at the UMES Hawk Classic on Nov. 16.
2012-13 (Sophomore Year): Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Bowled in 31 games and averaged 182.4 pins per game … Knocked down 5,653 pins on the year … Had eight 200 games, including a career-high 242 at the Kutztown Invitational on Jan. 26 … Also competed in 25 Baker games … Had her best tournament of the year Dec. 1 in the MEAC Southern Divisional, averaging a career-high 220.0 in four games … In the previous tournament, the UMES Hawk Classic on Nov. 17, averaged 192.0 in five games … Thanks to her career-best 242, rolled a 184.2 average in six games at Kutztown.
2011-12 (Freshman Year): Competed in 34 games and rolled a 170.7 average, knocking down 5,805 pins total on the season … Bowled better than 180 in four tournaments, including by far her best of the year, a 189.6 average in five games at the Capital Classic Feb. 11 … Tallied a season-high 220 on the day as well … Rolled three 200 games overall … Also competed in 60 Baker games … Averaged 184.0 in five games with a high of 209 at the Lady Bulldog Classic Jan. 20 … Also posted a 184.3 average in three games at the Kutztown Invitational Jan. 28.
High School: Named to the All-State Second Team for New Jersey by the
Star Ledger her senior year at Piscataway High … Also earned first-team All-Central Jersey honors … Won the Central Jersey sectional meet and finished 19
th at the state championships … Had a 212 average or better in five of seven matches her senior year, with a high game of 265 and a high series of 724 … Carried a 196 average as a junior on the way to being named second team all-state … Also earned first-team all-conference honors … Placed seventh at the sectional meet and 15
th at the state championships junior year … Finished 17
th and 28
th, respectively, at the sectional and state meets sophomore year … Placed 15
th and 27
th at those respective meets freshman year.
Personal: Full name is Delilah Monica Bethel … Born on May 31, 1993 … Daughter of Donna Younker and Vaughn Bethel … Has one younger sister, Demetria … Majoring in biology … Wants to eventually become a zoologist … Enjoys watching Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel.
Bethel's Career StatisticsYEAR | Pinfall | GP | Avg. | High |
2011-12 | 5,805 | 34 | 170.7 | 220 |
2012-13 | 5,653 | 31 | 182.4 | 242 |
2013-14 | 6,260 | 35 | 178.9 | 223 |
2014-15 | 5,435 | 30 | 181.2 | 235 |
Totals | 23,153 | 130 | 178.1 | 242 |
BakerYEAR | GP |
2011-12 | 60 |
2012-13 | 25 |
2013-14 | 40 |
2014-15 | 39 |
Totals | 164 |