[1][2][3][4][5] Wene was the first female bowler to score a perfect game in sanctioned competition (on March 28, 1951), and the first to bowl three sanctioned perfect games - the first on March 28, 1951, the second on December 11, 1959, and the third on January 8, 1960.
[1][2] Wene won the BPAA Individual Match Game Title in 1955 and 1960, and was named Woman Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers Association of America in both of those years.
[1][2] Sylvia authored the book The Woman's Bowling Guide that was published in 1959.
[6] Wene was elected to both the Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame and the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1966.
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