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QUniverse Spring 2020
The Quincy University Athletic Department is pleased to announce the addition of men’s and women’s bowling as the 20th and 21st varsity sports offered at QU. Both will begin athletic competition in the 2020-21 academic year.
“Based on the popularity of the sport in our region and the growth of the sport nationally, we felt this was an opportune time to successfully begin both programs,” said Marty Bell, vice president for intercollegiate athletics.
Similar to the approach the Athletic Department utilized for the lacrosse programs, the head coach, who will lead both programs, will recruit during the 2019-20 academic year and build both teams.
“We feel that men’s and women’s bowling will complement the university’s growth initiatives and push QU into new markets to recruit, ultimately enhancing all university recruitment efforts,” said Bell.
The addition of the bowling program gives Hawk fans another competitive sport they can get behind and support, while also bringing new revenues to the business community through visiting teams traveling to compete in Quincy.
Nicholas Bohanan was named the head bowling coach in November. Bohanan joins Quincy University after serving three seasons as a bowling coach at the Hong Kong Sports Institute Limited.
During his time in Hong Kong, Bohanan was responsible for the design and implementation of training programs, monitoring athlete performance through video and data analysis, and developing training tools and drills to improve physical game performance.
Before Hong Kong, Bohanan spent two years as the facility manager and sports performance specialist at the Bowling International Training & Research Center in Arlington,Texas. While there, he served as the athletic trainer for Team USA and head researcher of the bowling biomechanics program. He spent the first six years of his career as a sports performance specialist at the United States Bowling Congress. Originally from St. Joseph, Missouri, Bohanan earned bachelor's degrees in athletic training and exercise science from Wichita State and graduated with his master's in kinesiology in 2008.
