Chapelle bowling standout Jessica Ladd signs with Quincy University

Jessica Ladd, who led Archbishop Chapelle’s bowling team to 24 consecutive regular-season wins over the last two years, signed a national letter-of-intent with Quincy University in Illinois last week.

Ladd was voted the New Orleans girls district most valuable player each of the last two seasons as the Chipmunks went 12-0 in the regular season, earning the No. 1 power ranking in the state both times. The 2020 bowling season ended before the playoffs because of COVID-19.

Bowling primarily from the No. 6 spot in the lineup, the left-hander averaged 199 as a senior, the third-highest average among girls in the state, and 195 as a junior, fourth-highest in Louisiana.

Ladd was part of four state records as a senior, including individual two-game series (522) and team marks for a single game (1,224), two-game series (2,207) and three-game series (3,431).

Quincy, a private school located about two hours northwest of St. Louis along the Missouri-Illinois border, is launching its women’s bowling program in 2020-21. Nicholas Bohanon was hired as the program’s first head coach in October.