Shannon O'Keefe (née Rondeau,[3] born January 27, 1979) is an American professional bowler and bowling coach now living in Jacksonville, Alabama.
[7][8][9] In November 2024, Shannon was elected to the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Hall of Fame, and she will be officially inducted with the 2025 class.
She earned a spot on Team USA in her first attempt in 2005, and was a member for 18 years before retiring from international play in 2022.
O'Keefe has won numerous gold, silver and bronze medals in international competition as a member of Team USA.
She was an exempt bowler in 2009 in the PBA Women's Series, which was sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC).
[12] O'Keefe announced early in 2022 that she would be retiring as a Team USA member, after 18 consecutive years representing her country in international competition.
[16] On August 2, 2015, Shannon won her first PWBA title in the Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles championship, teaming with PBA player Bill O'Neill to take the top prize.
[17] In the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, O'Keefe qualified as the #1 seed but had to settle for her second runner-up finish in this tournament, as she was defeated by Liz Johnson in the September 6 final by a single pin, 190–189.
Qualifying as the #2 seed, she defeated Singapore's New Hui Fen in the semifinal match before besting Kelly Kulick in the finals.
[21] On August 6, 2017, O'Keefe won her fifth PWBA title in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Open, defeating Colombia's Clara Guerrero in the final match.
[22] The win qualified O'Keefe for the season-ending Smithfield PWBA Tour Championship, which she subsequently won on September 6 by defeating Kelly Kulick in the final match.
[16] On May 22, O'Keefe won her eighth PWBA title and second career major at the USBC Queens in Reno, NV.
[7] On November 10, 2018, O'Keefe won the QubicaAMF World Cup (a worldwide, non-PWBA Tour event), defeating Sin Li Jane from Malaysia in Sams Town bowling center, Las Vegas.
However, Shannon's second-place finish earned her enough points to lock up her second consecutive PWBA Player of the Year award.
She also led the 2019 Tour in earnings ($87,275) and championship round appearances (7), and had the highest average (215.63) among bowlers who participated in at least ten events.
[33] O'Keefe won the season-opening event of the 2021 PWBA Tour season, earning her 14th career title at the Bowlers Journal Classic on January 21.
Shannon finished runner-up to Bryanna Coté for Player of the Year, but did win the High Average Award for the 2021 season.
[45] On April 16, 2022, O'Keefe's Bearcats won the school's second NCAA Women's Bowling National Championship, defeating Stephen F. Austin four games to none in the best-of-seven Baker format team final.
[47] Prior to her bowling success, O'Keefe was a first team all-American centerfielder in softball, while attending Portland State University.