Marshall Kent (born September 21, 1992) is an American ten-pin bowler from Yakima, Washington now residing in Clarkston, Michigan.
He was a two-time Collegiate Player of the Year (2011–12 and 2012–13) bowling for Robert Morris University in Chicago, Illinois,[1] where he also earned a degree in Business Administration.
[2] Kent won a gold medal in trios at the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships, and was the 2012 Russian Open Champion.
[1] Shortly after his Brunswick Euro Challenge win in March 2014, Kent joined the Professional Bowlers Association.
[1] Despite a career-high five championship round appearances, Kent failed to win a title in the 2018 PBA Tour season.
[6] Kent won his fifth PBA Tour title on March 6, 2022 in the Roth-Holman Doubles Championship, as he and partner E. J. Tackett climbed the ladder from the #4 seed.
The win moved Kent up to second place on the PBA points list through the end of the spring season, behind only Tackett.
He went on to face Group 2 winner Anthony Simonsen, whom he had defeated in the title match of the Tournament of Champions earlier this season.
His current girlfriend, Cassandra, was in the audience for Kent's 2024 PBA Tournament of Champions win, sitting next to his mother.