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2024-25 Women's Bowling Roster

11 Ranelle Ulanday

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Union, Ky.
  • High School Randall K. Cooper
  • Hand Right

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • 2025 All-Northeast Conference (NEC) First Team
  • 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® At-Large Team
  • 2023 All-NEC Second Team
  • Four-time National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Four-time member of NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Four-time member of NEC Winter Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Inside The Numbers
  • Four-year letterwinner for the Dukes, twice appearing in the NCAA Championship.
  • Concluded career with average score of 197.2 over 105 traditional games (20,710 total pins).
  • Became fifth member of program to eclipse 20,000 career total pins in final season.
  • Finished with three more total pins than classmate Morgan Brookover (20,710-to-20,707).
  • Capped career ranked fifth in record book for traditional game scoring average.
As a Senior (2024-25)
  • Over 34 traditional games knocked down 6,639 total pins (195.3 average).
  • Completed 1,065 frames and averaged 19.50 to go along with an 8.91 on her first ball.
  • Posted a 48 percent (518-of-1,079) strike percentage as well as an 82.9 overall fill percentage.
  • Finished third for the Dukes in strikes (518) and averaged 18.28 in the 10th frame as anchor bowler.
  • Opened season by averaging 194.60 in five games of traditional play at Penguin Classic.
  • In first traditional game of year posted a 202 against No. 3 Youngstown State (10/12/24) as part of Penguin Classic.
  • Closed traditional play at the Penguin Classic with a 221 against No. 17 Wichita State (10/12/24).
  • Finished 15th individually at Destination Orlando with an average of 217.20 in five traditional games (1,086 total pins).
  • Fired a 244 in a 984-815 win over Saint Anselm (10/19/24) as part of Destination Orlando.
  • Logged a career-high 268 in a 1,012-998 win over Prairie View A&M (10/19/24) at Destination Orlando.
  • Closed traditional play at Destination Orlando with a 236 to assist Dukes in a 996-945 victory over No. 1 Jacksonville State (10/19/24).
  • Named Northeast Conference (NEC) Bowler of the Week (10/23/24) for her performance at Destination Orlando.
  • Claimed second individually at NEC #1 with 1,167 pins in six games (194.50 average).
  • In a 959-819 win over Mercyhurst (11/15/24) rolled a 213 at NEC #1.
  • Opened Garden State Classic with a 245 in a 979-895 victory over Bryant (11/23/24).
  • Averaged 194.40 over five traditional games at Garden State Classic.
  • In five games of traditional action at Prairie View A&M Invitational totaled 982 pins (196.40).
  • Posted a 208 against No. 10 North Carolina A&T (1/25/25) as part of Prairie View A&M Invite.
  • Finished ninth at NEC #2 with an average of 185.83 (1,115 total pins) in six traditional games.
  • Missed career high by one pin with a 267 in a 1,163-966 triumph over No. 16 Mount St. Mary's (3/1/25) at Stallings Invitational.
  • Over six traditional games of Stallings Invite finished with 1,140 total pins (190.0).
As a Junior (2023-24) 
  • Led the Dukes with a frame average of 204.5 thanks to 4,090 total pins in 20 traditional games.
  • Notched a 19.48 frame average, 83.7 percent overall fill percentage and 426 strikes.
  • Posted a 247 in a 1,179-950 victory over Bryant at the Hawk Classic Invitational.
  • Member of Baker team that finished with first perfect game in program history at the Hawk Classic Invitational.
  • Duquesne earned a 1,100-1,055 win over #19 Central Missouri with perfect 300 score in Baker action.
  • In a 1,174-1,046 win over No. 6 Youngstown State rolled a 216 at the Hawk Classic Invite.
  • Finished fourth individually at the Stallings Invitational to earn All-Tournament Team honors.
  • Averaged 219.20 per game and tallied 1,096 total pins at the Stallings Invite.
  • Rolled a season-high 253 in a 1,082-722 victory over Belmont Abbey (2/23/24) at the Stallings Invitational.
  • In a 1,101-1,037 triumph over #4 North Carolina A&T at the Stallings Invite fired a 245.
  • Notched a 215 in a 940-935 victory over Saint Francis U (1/26/24) at the Red Flash Invitational.
As a Sophomore (2022-23)
  • Ranked eighth with a 19.92 frame average in earning All-NEC Second Team honors.
  • Had an .863 fill percentage in conference play.
  • Posted a 192.9 average in 40 games.
  • Topped the 230 pin mark with high games of 247 vs. No. 4 Nebraska at the Northeast Classic and 245 vs. Merrimack at the NEC Championship.
  • Placed second at the Red Flash Classic with a 205.4 average in five games.
  • Earned an NCBCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
  • Member of the NTCA All-Academic Team.
  • Named to both the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll and NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a Freshman (2021-22)
  • Averaged 205.7 in 11 games.
  • Earned NEC Bowler and Rookie of the Week (2/16/22) after placing first at the James Brown Invitational.
  • Recorded a five-game traditional average of 222.2 (high games of 265 vs. Chestnut Hill and 258 vs. St. Aloysius) at the James Brown Invite.
  • Posted a 22.22 average frame in the traditional round and had a 22.84 average frame in baker games at James Brown Invitational.
  • Became the fourth bowler in program history to be named both NEC Bowler & Rookie of the Week in the same week.
  • Rolled a 258 vs. LIU and 227 vs. Mount St. Mary's at the NEC Championship.
  • Selected NEC Rookie of the Week honor (co-) (3/17/22) after posting a 19.46 baker average at the Intercollegiate Singles Sectional Qualifier in Addison, Ill. 
  • Named to the NTCA All-Academic Team.
  • NCBCA Scholar-Athlete Award winner.
  • Named to both the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll and NEC Academic Honor Roll.
  • Placed eighth in advancing to the 16-woman match play bracket at the 2022 U20 Junior Gold Championships at Grand Rapids, Mich., in July.
Before Duquesne
  • Posted a high game of 300 and high series of 729.
  • Placed second at the 2021 Kentucky State Pepsi U18 Championship.
  • Was the 2021 Greater Cincinnati USBC Catherine Burling Queens Champion.
  • 2021 KHSAA Region 6 Singles Champion.
  • Placed 49th out of 446 bowlers at the 2019 Junior Gold U17 Championships.
High School  
  • Named Northern Kentucky co-Bowler of the Year.
  • Earned a spot on the Northwest Indiana Junior Tournament Players Association (NWIJTPA) and Kentucky All-Star Teams.
  • Was the state individual runner-up in leading Cooper to the school's first Kentucky High School Athletics Association state championship in 2021.
  • Helped the team to a runner-up finish at 2020 KHSAA states.
  • Added two more Top 5 finishes at KHSAA state singles (5th place 2020 and 3rd place 2019).
  • Was the 2020 & 2021 regional singles champion and 2019 regional singles runner-up.
Personal
  • Is the youngest of three with older brothers Ryelle and Reiley.
  • Reiley bowls at Union College.
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.5 weighted GPA.
  • Was a member of Cooper CAN, a club organized to serve the impoverished in Northern Kentucky.
  • Played piano for six years (through 2018).
  • Major is chemistry.
  • Born March 22, 2003, in West Hills, Calif.

Historical Player Information

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    2022-23Sophomore

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    2023-24Junior

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    2024-25Senior

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