Carol Kibbe

Carol Kibbe

2026 Hall of Fame Inductee

Carol Kibbe was a member of the women’s association 600 Club and won the women’s Bowler of Year Tournament in 1973.  With a career high series of 622 and a career high game of 256, Kibbe achieved her career high average of 189 during the 1970s.  Carol won two Bowler of the Week titles, and in 1973, received the Presidential Bowling Award, a certificate signed by then President Richard Nixon.

Carol started her bowling career in the late 1950’s at the age of 14.  By the time she finished High School in the early 1960s, Kibbe’s team had won the Jersey Shore High School League championship and she made the Jersey Shore High School #1 traveling team where she had high single for the season.

During her adult career, Kibbe had two all-spare games and two triplicate awards.  In 1965, Carol won her first of many league high series trophies.  She said that she met some super people while bowling, and especially enjoyed bowling in the Tuesday Night Peterson Point League at Harvest Moon, where bowling against higher averaged bowlers taught her to concentrate more enabling her to bowl better.

Kibbe served on the Executive Board and as a lane representative when she was on the women’s association Board of Directors.