Ottawa University

2024-25

• Earned Second Team All-KCAC honors as a junior.
• Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Jayhawk Collegiate Challenge.
• Played in 10 events, finishing with a 181.540 average. 
• Placed in the top 5 twice in Tier 2 Events.
• Averaged 185.750 in four Tier 1 Events.
• Had a 177.654 average in six Tier 2 Events. 

2023-24

• Was named KCAC Player of the Year and earned First Team All-KCAC honors.
• Won the Eagle Invitational and the NAIA West Tournament.
• Named to three All-Tournament Teams.
• Finished the season with a 184.274 average, three top five finishes, two top 10 finishes, and one top 25 finish.
• Had a 175.458 in four Tier 1 Events and a 189.842 average in seven Tier 2 Events.
• Finished the NAIA West Sunday Tournament with a season’s best average of 198.571.

2022-23

• Earned KCAC Newcomer of the Year honors.
• Was named Second Team All-KCAC
• In nine events in 2022-23, five Tier 1 and four Tier 2 Events, had a 177.735 average.
• She had a 177.5 average in Tier 1 Events and a 178.0 average in Tier 2 Events.
• Finished seventh at the Jayhawk Collegiate Challenge with a 185 average.
• Had a season best 189.5 average at the Leatherneck Classic.
• Placed 15^th at the Eagle Invitational.

High School: Bridges has many accolades in her career as a bowler. She has attended the state tournament in all of her three years of her high school career. In 2021, Bridges made First Team All-State and was named WAC Player of the Year. At the state tournaments, she placed 19^th in 2019, 17^th in 2020 and sixth in 2021. Also, she had the fifth highest average in class 6A Kansas, the 11^th highest game and first highest series in 2021.
At the Storm Youth Championships in 2019, she was the Medium Pattern winner, placed ninth overall. In 2021 at the Storm Youth Championships, Bridges placed third in short pattern and third overall. She was a seven-time top eight finalist and a four-time top four finalist at the Youth Scratch Masters Tour in 2020. Also at the Youth Scratch Masters Tour, she was a two-time second place finisher and a champion in 2020. In 2021, Bridges was an 11 time top eight finalist, six-time top four finalist and a second place finisher at the Masters Tour. Bridges placed third overall at the Masters and Queens and the Pepsi Championship in 2019. At the Junior PBA in 2021, she was a final four finalist. Bridges placed second, third and fourth at the Southwest Gold also in 2021.

Personal: Daughter of Nathan and Leslie Bridges … biology major. Bridges competed at the Team USA trials in January of 2022. Also, she placed in the Top 12 for females at the 2021 Junior Gold Championships.