Bowling Adds Three To 2024-25 Roster
Aug 9, 2024 | Women's Bowling
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane's head bowling coach Hayley Veitch announced the addition of three newcomers to the 2024-25 roster on Friday.
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The three additions are graduate student Blanca Fraticelli, freshman Emma Figert and graduate student Nancy Kohut.
"We are excited to welcome Nancy and Blanca to the team for their fifth collegiate season," Coach Veitch explained "They both will bring a vast amount of prior NCAA experience, solid fundamental physical games, positive attitudes, competitive nature and fit right in with the culture of the team and the athletics department. Emma is an extremely hardworking individual on and off the lanes. She will be a great asset with her dedicated work ethic, lovely demeanor and determination to be a contributor during her time here. We are looking forward to watching these ladies succeed and have a big impact helping us reach our team bowling goals."Â Â Â
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Fraticelli will head to Uptown after having spent the last four years at Adelphi University. Last season, as one of the team's three captains, she led the squad with a 180.6 baker average and a 181.5 traditional average to earn Second Team All-East Coast Conference (ECC) recognition. She also ranked in the top-10 in the ECC in spare-and split-conversion rate. She registered a career-high 264 individual game at the Dezy Strong Classic. As a sophomore in 2022-23 she served in a lead-off role in baker matches for her squad. As a freshman in 2021-22 she ranked among the top-five among traditional bowlers in the ECC in nearly every statistical category including putting up a 192.5 traditional average. She graduated from at Colegio Puertorriqueno de Ninas where she was a four-year starter for the Blue Jays. She led her team to four consecutive second place finishes at the Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance Championship and was named the Bowler of the Year in 2018. She earned as high as a No. 2 national ranking with the Federacion de Boles de Puerto Rico, a national youth league in Puerto Rico. She competed at the 2018 and the 2019 CONCECABOL Youth Championship and won gold in the U16 Girls' Singles Tournament with a 200.1 average at the 2018 CONCECABOL Youth Championship. She captured one gold medal, four silver medals and a bronze medal between her two appearances at CONCECABOL Youth Championship. She was a bronze medal recipient with the Puerto Rico National Team at the 2023 Panamerican Youth Championships. She is the daughter of Ivan Fraticelli and Blanca Alvarez.
Figert joins Tulane after graduating from Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville in 2024. She is originally from LaGrange, Kentucky. She bowled all four years of high school. Her high individual game is a 237. Her best three-game series is a 620 (181, 202 and 237). Her top six-game series was a 1159 (237, 148, 167, 152, 220, 235). Figert was voted as the most improved bowler in the region in 2023, elected team captain in each of the last three years (2022, 2023 and 2024), was First Team All-Region in both 2022 and 2023, named Most Valuable Player in 2024, earned the Rookie of the Year award in 2021 and was All-State Academic in 2021 through 2024. She participated in Junior Gold in 2023. She is the daughter of Patricia and Dan Figert and has two older sisters in Sarah and Anna.
Kohut arrives at Tulane after spending the last three years at Sacred Heart University. She was part of the NTCA's All-Academic Team in each of the last three seasons. She aided the program to the ITC Nationals in 2024. Kohut was named the Northeast Conference (NEC) Bowler of the Week on Feb. 21, 2024. She also was previously named the NEC Bowler of the Week on March 2022. She was named to the NEC First Team All-Rookie team her freshman season and was a five-time NEC Rookie of the Year in 2021-22. She has been bowling for over 10 years including for her high school team in both seventh and eighth grade. She graduated from North Rockland High School in 2021 and is a native of Garnerville, New York. Her highest individual game was a 300. Her best three-game series was a 793. She participated in Junior Gold twice in 2017 and in 2019. She is the daughter of Tina and Dennis Kohut and has an older brother, Von, and a younger sister, Oliva.
All three will arrive in New Orleans on campus in the fall of 2024.
Tulane finished the 2023-24 season with an overall record of 63-43 (59.4 winning percentage) and ranked No. 15 in the final National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) poll. The team qualified and competed in the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Intercollegiate Team Championships from April 18-19 in Kentucky. The program also saw Morgan Gitlitz competed in the Intercollegiate Singles Championships during the 2023-24 season.
Last year Mia Stolakis became the first Tulane bowler to ever qualify for the Junior USA Team with her performance at US Team Trials. Kristen Derr became the seventh Tulane player to ever earn NTCA All-American accolades with her honorable mention selection during the spring.
The 2024-25 roster includes returners Stolakis, Cassidy Williams, Juanelyz Solla, Emma Fetterman, Linnea Holcomb plus newcomers Paige Matiasek, Bianca Fraticelli, Emma Figert and Nancy Kohut.
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Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes, and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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The three additions are graduate student Blanca Fraticelli, freshman Emma Figert and graduate student Nancy Kohut.
"We are excited to welcome Nancy and Blanca to the team for their fifth collegiate season," Coach Veitch explained "They both will bring a vast amount of prior NCAA experience, solid fundamental physical games, positive attitudes, competitive nature and fit right in with the culture of the team and the athletics department. Emma is an extremely hardworking individual on and off the lanes. She will be a great asset with her dedicated work ethic, lovely demeanor and determination to be a contributor during her time here. We are looking forward to watching these ladies succeed and have a big impact helping us reach our team bowling goals."Â Â Â
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Fraticelli will head to Uptown after having spent the last four years at Adelphi University. Last season, as one of the team's three captains, she led the squad with a 180.6 baker average and a 181.5 traditional average to earn Second Team All-East Coast Conference (ECC) recognition. She also ranked in the top-10 in the ECC in spare-and split-conversion rate. She registered a career-high 264 individual game at the Dezy Strong Classic. As a sophomore in 2022-23 she served in a lead-off role in baker matches for her squad. As a freshman in 2021-22 she ranked among the top-five among traditional bowlers in the ECC in nearly every statistical category including putting up a 192.5 traditional average. She graduated from at Colegio Puertorriqueno de Ninas where she was a four-year starter for the Blue Jays. She led her team to four consecutive second place finishes at the Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance Championship and was named the Bowler of the Year in 2018. She earned as high as a No. 2 national ranking with the Federacion de Boles de Puerto Rico, a national youth league in Puerto Rico. She competed at the 2018 and the 2019 CONCECABOL Youth Championship and won gold in the U16 Girls' Singles Tournament with a 200.1 average at the 2018 CONCECABOL Youth Championship. She captured one gold medal, four silver medals and a bronze medal between her two appearances at CONCECABOL Youth Championship. She was a bronze medal recipient with the Puerto Rico National Team at the 2023 Panamerican Youth Championships. She is the daughter of Ivan Fraticelli and Blanca Alvarez.
Figert joins Tulane after graduating from Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville in 2024. She is originally from LaGrange, Kentucky. She bowled all four years of high school. Her high individual game is a 237. Her best three-game series is a 620 (181, 202 and 237). Her top six-game series was a 1159 (237, 148, 167, 152, 220, 235). Figert was voted as the most improved bowler in the region in 2023, elected team captain in each of the last three years (2022, 2023 and 2024), was First Team All-Region in both 2022 and 2023, named Most Valuable Player in 2024, earned the Rookie of the Year award in 2021 and was All-State Academic in 2021 through 2024. She participated in Junior Gold in 2023. She is the daughter of Patricia and Dan Figert and has two older sisters in Sarah and Anna.
Kohut arrives at Tulane after spending the last three years at Sacred Heart University. She was part of the NTCA's All-Academic Team in each of the last three seasons. She aided the program to the ITC Nationals in 2024. Kohut was named the Northeast Conference (NEC) Bowler of the Week on Feb. 21, 2024. She also was previously named the NEC Bowler of the Week on March 2022. She was named to the NEC First Team All-Rookie team her freshman season and was a five-time NEC Rookie of the Year in 2021-22. She has been bowling for over 10 years including for her high school team in both seventh and eighth grade. She graduated from North Rockland High School in 2021 and is a native of Garnerville, New York. Her highest individual game was a 300. Her best three-game series was a 793. She participated in Junior Gold twice in 2017 and in 2019. She is the daughter of Tina and Dennis Kohut and has an older brother, Von, and a younger sister, Oliva.
All three will arrive in New Orleans on campus in the fall of 2024.
Tulane finished the 2023-24 season with an overall record of 63-43 (59.4 winning percentage) and ranked No. 15 in the final National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) poll. The team qualified and competed in the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Intercollegiate Team Championships from April 18-19 in Kentucky. The program also saw Morgan Gitlitz competed in the Intercollegiate Singles Championships during the 2023-24 season.
Last year Mia Stolakis became the first Tulane bowler to ever qualify for the Junior USA Team with her performance at US Team Trials. Kristen Derr became the seventh Tulane player to ever earn NTCA All-American accolades with her honorable mention selection during the spring.
The 2024-25 roster includes returners Stolakis, Cassidy Williams, Juanelyz Solla, Emma Fetterman, Linnea Holcomb plus newcomers Paige Matiasek, Bianca Fraticelli, Emma Figert and Nancy Kohut.
Follow Tulane bowling on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram. Follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes, and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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                                                   ---TulaneGreenWave.com---
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