Ken Wilson deserves your vote because not only has be bowled (almost) every season from the very beginning — starting out on a team of 2 in early 2000 at a bowling alley that no longer exists — it’s possible that the league would have fizzled and died years ago without him. His recruiting efforts every 6 months have kept the league going strong. There have been times when it seemed the league was on the verge of folding, but his continuous efforts have brought in enough bowlers to save it time and time again. Not to mention the fact that he’s one of the league’s best bowlers.

1. Scott “Scooter J” Murdock
Although Scoot doesn’t hold any of the top personal bowling records (outside of earning more 1st place finishes than all but two people throughout the league’s history), this man has given up countless hours to initially develop and continually improve GutterAlley.com since 2003. He’s been the league’s secretary and treasurer season after season and helps keep everything running smoothly. That alone should earn him your vote.

2. Angela Bradford
AB holds the #1 spot on e-v-e-r-y single individual record for women (don’t believe me? Check it out at http://www.gutteralley.com/records ) and was the mad scientist behind forming the very first VML bowling league back in the Spring of 2000. If not for AB, *none* of us would equate Tuesday nights with bowling. For that, I thank her dearly.

3. Carl Goetz
Carl is a competitor, pure and simple. His ability to come through in the 10th frame when the game is on the line — with his determined and extremely focused demeanor — has always been something I have loved watching time and time again. Carl’s bowling accomplishments over the years have earned him spots in the top 5 for men’s high series/game both scratch and handicap. There’s no one else in the league’s history that I’d rather have on my team than Carl.

4. Freda Schroeder
Freda has done it all…including giving birth to half the people on my four top candidates list. She was the league’s first statistician, keeping weekly spreadsheets with the scores and standings for those of us that craved that kind of data in the pre-web site era. She’s been responsible for bringing in dozens of bowlers when the league needed new recruits the most. She’s won titles. She’s the only woman in the league’s history to finish the season as the cumulative #1 Power Ranked bowler. And, like Carl on the men’s side, Freda sits in the top 5 for women’s high series/game both scratch and handicap. Freda deserves to be in the inaugural class.

And that’s my two cents. Vote ‘em up, people!