August 22, 2025 Nolan Hughes

The 2025 PBA50 Tour season included 13 title events, plus four PBA60 title events including the inaugural Wayne Webb’s PBA60 World Series of Bowling.

Three players who led their respective category in competition points received awards for their achievements on the lanes.

The race for the tour’s most prestigious award came down to the final event. Eight players entered the Johnny Petraglia BVL PBA50 Tournament of Champions pres. by Pleasant Day Schools with a chance to become the Player of the Year.

John Janawicz, who led the tour in points entering the season finale, didn’t give the other contenders a chance to pass him. He finished each round of the TOC in no lower than second place en route to earning the top seed, winning the title and claiming his second consecutive PBA50 Player of the Year honor.

Tom Daugherty, who celebrated his 50th birthday in February, won the USBC Senior Masters en route to winning Rookie of the Year honors.

The PBA60 Player of the Year award went to 62-year-old Parker Bohn III, marking his first time winning that award in his Hall of Fame career.

The winner of the Dick Weber Sportsmanship award, given to the player who best represented Dick Weber’s class and sportsmanship, is determined by a vote among touring players and will be announced at a later date.

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John Janawicz — PBA50 Player of the Year

Janawicz led all players with 29,395 points, $54,900 in earnings, five top-three finishes and seven top-five finishes. He cashed in all 13 title events and only missed consecutive championship rounds once.

Capping the season off with a second career TOC title was the cherry on top of a stellar 2025 campaign.

“That's definitely how you dream of ending a season, that's for sure,” Janawicz said. “It was pretty special to win. I’ve had kind of a weird relationship with the TOC the last few years, where I’ve won two of them but I didn't even cash last year.”

Janawicz became the ninth player to win multiple PBA50 Player of the Year awards, joining Tom Baker (four), Walter Ray Williams Jr., Bob Glass, Gary Dickinson, John Handegard (three), Pete Weber and Ron Mohr (two).

This season, Janawicz won two titles — the PBA50 Monacelli Championship and PBA50 TOC — compared to five in 2024. But he said that his 2024 POY campaign was an anomaly.

“With the talent that's out there, this year was a lot more realistic in terms of how things are probably going to be from a year-to-year standpoint,” he said. “I cashed in every event and I think I qualified higher all the way around compared to the last two years. Overall, in the big picture, I thought (this season) was still very good. But like anything, there is always room to improve.”

Through his three PBA50 Tour seasons, in which he won Rookie of the Year then back-to-back Player of the Year awards, the 52-year-old has compiled nine titles with five major championships.

“Honestly, if you would have told me I was going to win nine titles in three years, I probably would have laughed at you,” Janawicz said. “I understand how hard it is to win at this level. You have to bowl well obviously, but you still have to have a lot of things go in your favor for you to win. I'm very, very thrilled with how things have gone.”

Janawicz said he doesn’t tend to have specific goals, believing that you can plan for the future but you still have to live in the moment. Walter Ray Williams Jr.’s record of 16 PBA50 Tour titles is nonetheless on his mind.

“That would be a great goal,” he said, “but I’m just trying to do my best to prepare and, God willing, get the opportunity in the coming years to continue to keep doing this.”

Brad Angelo finished second in the Player of the Year race with 23,945 points and five top-five finishes. Angelo and Chris Barnes were the only other players to win multiple titles this season.

Tom Daugherty — PBA50 Rookie of the Year

Daugherty led all first-year players with 21,805 points. He ranked third overall in PBA50 Tour points and second with $41,650 in earnings, competing in 12 title events.

It took Daugherty just four events to enter the winner’s circle as he captured the USBC Senior Masters crown in June. He tallied four top-five finishes, including three in the PBA50 WSOB, in his maiden PBA50 season.

The four-time PBA Tour champion ranked 17th on the PBA Tour in points this season, which helped him begin the PBA50 Tour in midseason form.

Mark Clark, who won the PBA50 World Championship in dramatic fashion, finished second among first-year players with 16,630 points.

Parker Bohn III — PBA60 Player of the Year

Bohn led all players aged-60-and-over with 24,966 points and $46,100 in earnings between PBA50 and PBA60 title events. Pete Weber ranked second with 20,033 points.

Bohn came close to winning this award last year, but Williams passed Bohn when Bohn missed the season’s final tournament to help his daughter move into college.

This year, Bohn got the job done and joined Williams as the two players have been named Player of the Year at the PBA, PBA50 and PBA60 levels.

“That's like hitting the trifecta,” Bohn said. “Players only dream of accomplishing some of those things. You don't plan for it, it happens on its own at the culmination of an entire season.”

In the four PBA60 title events, Bohn finished fourth, first, second and sixth. Bohn brought home his first PBA60 title during the inaugural Wayne Webb’s PBA60 World Series of Bowling, hoisting the PBA60 Webb Championship trophy.

But his success was not limited to PBA60 events. He tied Barnes and Daugherty with four top-five finishes in PBA50 title events, trailing only Janawicz and Angelo.

He credited his success this season to good health and the support of his wife, Leslie.

“I felt like it was a pretty solid year,” Bohn said. “If you can pencil me in that many top fives, I'll take my opportunities again next year and hope I can turn a few more coin flips and walk away with a couple more victories.”

TO BE DETERMINED — Dick Weber Sportsmanship Award

The winner of the Dick Weber Sportsmanship award, given to the player who best represented Dick Weber’s class and sportsmanship, is determined by a vote among touring players and will be announced at a later date.