Video: Bonnabel bowler Alahna DeGruy signs with Alabama State
KENNER – Bonnabel left-hander Alahna DeGruy signed a national letter-of-intent in women’s bowling with Alabama State University Thursday.
DeGruy, who has more than a dozen youth tournament titles to her credit, inked with the Hornets as part of a school-wide signing ceremony at noontime, then took to the lanes in the afternoon against two-time defending state champion Brother Martin.
DeGruy, who competes on Bonnabel’s co-ed team, averaged 199 as a junior and – despite competing in a league of all-boys teams – was voted district MVP.
Facing the top boys bowlers in the area on a match-to-match basis from her No. 6 spot in the lineup, DeGruy is averaging 199 again this season. She rolled a 299 in fall high school competition in 2018, which remains a state single-game record.
Alabama State will have four Louisiana natives on its roster next year. Emily Price of Central Catholic High School in Morgan City joins DeGruy in this year’s signing class, and they will join current Hornet bowlers Bailee Chapman of East Ascension and Celeste Thedford of Byrd.
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