Wes Malott

Wesley Clint Malott, known as Big Nasty and born in 1976, is an American professional ten-pin bowler and a member of the Professional Bowlers Association. Originally from Pflugerville, Texas, he now lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has won ten PBA Tour titles and was the 2008-09 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year. His lone major was the 2012-13 U.S. Open, and he has finished runner-up in five other majors. He won the 2006-07 Showplace Lanes Megabucks Shootout, which was not a PBA Tour event, and the non-title PBA King of Bowling in 2009, defending that position eight times in a row through 2018. He also owns 18 PBA Regional Tour titles, had topped 1.3 million dollars in PBA Tour earnings through 2019 and has rolled 41 perfect 300 games in PBA Tour events, including two televised 300 games at the 2009 King of Bowling. He was unanimously elected to the PBA Hall of Fame in January 2022 and inducted on February 26 that year.