Jeremy Sonnenfeld

(1977- ) lived in Lincoln. Athlete, he is known as the first person in 101 years of bowling, amateur or professional, to score an American Bowling Congress-sanctioned 900 series, or 36 consecutive strikes, on February 2, 1997 in Lincoln; he also competed on the national championship bowling team of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1996, and on the Western Illinois University team that won the 1999 Intercollegiate Bowling Championship; recognized as one of South Dakota's top 50 athletes of the century by Sports Illustrated in January 2000. Consult Omaha World Herald, February 6, 1997, pp. 1, 8 and Lincoln Journal Star, February 16, 2000, pp. C-1, C-6 and USA Today, December 4, 2002, pp. C-1, C-2.

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