Jim Pencak

Jim Pencak, of Parma, Ohio, is a former professional ten-pin bowler who was a member of the Professional Bowlers Association and bowled on the PBA Tour for eleven years. He collected four titles, one of them a major, with three runner-up finishes and ten more top-five appearances. All of his tour victories came in 1989 and 1990 and include his record winning streak of 16 consecutive televised final matches, which is still a PBA record. The streak began at the 1989 La Mode Classic in Green Bay, where he took his first title by winning four matches including a 231-218 victory over Dave Ferraro, and it ended at the same event in 1991, when Tony Westlake beat him 223-195 in the semifinal. His lone major was the 1990 PBA National Championship, where as the fourth seed he won all four stepladder matches, finishing with a 223-214 win over Chris Warren. He is a member of both the Greater Cleveland Bowling and Ohio State Bowling Halls of Fame.