Tim Criss

Tim Criss of Bel Air, Maryland, is a retired professional ten-pin bowler who belonged to the Professional Bowlers Association and bowled on both the eastern regional tour and the national PBA Tour. On the national tour he captured five victories, including one major, finished runner-up four times and made nineteen more top-five appearances, with his wins and runner-up finishes all coming between 1997 and 1999. His major was the 1999 PBA National Championship, where he qualified as the top seed and beat Dave Arnold 238-161 in the title match. He also won twenty-two regional titles, earned the nickname Turtle for his slow, deliberate delivery, and received the PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award in 1998 and 2004.