Missy began bowling at 2 ½ years of age, the youngest ever to qualify for Team USA Trials in 1996 at age 14. She shot her first 300 game at age 14 and added two more perfect games to her credit that same year. Missy won over $20,000 in youth scholarship money over entire junior bowling career, won the first ever Junior Olympic Gold National Championships at age 16. Missy also earned a spot as a member of Team USA at only 18 years of age, becoming the youngest to ever qualify for the team. She is a four-time member of Junior Team USA and thirteen-time member of Team USA and has won over two dozen international gold medals as a representative of Team USA. Missy anchored the Men’s/Mixed Team at CSU, Fullerton to a 4th place finish in the 2003 Intercollegiate Bowling Championships, the highest finish for a mixed team in the Men’s Division and voted MVP in the Men’s Division and voted to the Men’s All Tournament Team at that same tournament. Additionally, Missy was named Collegiate Bowler of the Year and Most Valuable Player for 2003, became the first woman to join the Professional Bowlers Association in 2004. She became the First Woman to win three PBA Regional Titles, a Career High of 1 Major Title, was ranked one of the Top 3 Female Bowlers in the World from 2011-2015, has an 869 high series (279, 300, 290) to her credit (fourth-highest certified series by a female in history), Career High of 30 – 300 games… USBC Silver level certified coach, voted one of the top 100 bowling coaches in the world by Bowlers Journal International in 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Missy owns 10 Pro Shops with husband Drew Parkin – Parkin’s Bowling Supply in the Southern California area. She is owner of Mira Mesa Lanes, a 44-lane bowling center in San Diego, CA, has her own web site, www.missyparkin.com. Missy graduated Summa Cum Laude from California State University-Fullerton in 2004 with a degree in Communications/Public Relations (minor in Spanish).