Ellie Boley, now a graduate of Plainfield North High School in Plainfield, Illinois, is the 2025 recipient of the Daroll and Dolores Frewing Scholarship. Valued at $25,000, it is the richest scholarship in bowling.
Boley was honored at International Bowl Expo on July 1, just prior to a keynote address by William McRaven. David and Janet Frewing (shown above) pinch-hit for Daroll and Dee in honoring Boley as Dee continued her regimen of health treatments in California.
“Both Dee and I are so sorry we missed the presentation this year but want to offer our sincere congratulations to Ellie,” said Daroll Frewing. “She joins a list of impressive young people who have earned the scholarship since it was introduced in 2020.”
The recipient that year was Andrew Amore, followed by Avery Schenk (2021), Emma McCrary (2022), Aaliyah Friend (2023) and Azia Martin (2024).
The Frewing Scholarship is available exclusively to children or grandchildren of Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America member center owners. Boley qualified as a granddaughter of Donny Zielinski, the owner of Bowl-Hi Lanes in Huntley, Illinois.
Boley has been accepted to attend Lewis University, a private college in Romeoville, Illinois. While she excelled in science and English classes throughout high school, she says she hasn’t yet decided on a career, other than it will be “people-oriented, hands-on and not in an office.”
She added that she plans to continue producing works of art (paintings being her favorite), a hobby that began when she started attending after-school art classes in the fifth grade. BCM commissioned two original pieces of art that will be included in the August issue as part of the cover story on Boley.
In addition to being recognized on the Bowl Expo stage and receiving the $25,000 scholarship, Boley’s name and picture will be added to the Frewing Scholarship exhibit at the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Arlington, Texas.
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