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Diandra Hyman Asbaty (born August 2, 1980 in Oak Lawn, Illinois) is an American bowler who represented Team USA for fifteen years and was United States Amateur Champion in 1999 and 2006. She is also an official youth bowling spokesperson for the United States Bowling Congress (USBC). She competed in the PBA Women’s Series from 2007 to 2010, winning two titles in that span. Asbaty won the 2012 USBC Queens major tournament and continues to compete in PWBA tournaments.

Asbaty is a member of the Storm Bowling pro staff.

Asbaty lives in Chicago, IL, with her husband, John, son Madden and daughter Jersey. She graduated from the University of Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Diandra owns two PBA Women’s Series titles, one in singles (2007) and one in mixed doubles (2010). The latter event accounted for the 25th and final PBA Tour title for Asbaty’s partner, PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss. Diandra owns two PWBA Tour titles. She won the 2012 USBC Queens major championship and the 2022 Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles (with partner E. J. Tackett). She has also earned over 60 international medals.

Diandra started bowling at age 5 with her older sister, Kassy. Kassy Hyman would go on to bowl for Wichita State University.

2012 Australian Masters champion[8]
Bowling World Cup champion 2006 AMF World Cup
2004 and 2007 World Ranking Masters champion
Silver medal at 2004 WTBA World Tenpin Team Cup
Gold, bronze and two silver medals at 2003 FIQ World Championships
Bronze medal at 2003 FIQ World Tenpin Team Cup
Four gold medals and one bronze at 2002 Tournament of the Americas
4th at 2002 British Open
4th at 2002 World Ranking Masters
Four gold medals and one silver at 2001 Tournament of the Americas
2001 Junior World Team Challenge champion
Gold medal at 2000 FIQ World Tenpin Team Cup
One gold medal, two silver and one bronze at 2000 Junior World Championships
Four gold medals at 1999 Tournament of the Americas
Two gold medals at 1997 FIQ American Zone Youth Championships

Winner at 2012 USBC Queens
7th at 2005 USA Bowling National Amateur Championships
10th at 2004 USA Bowling National Amateur Championships
8th at 2003 USA Bowling National Amateur Championships
5th at 2001 USA Bowling National Amateur Championships
7th at 2000 USA Bowling National Amateur Championships
1999 and 2006 U.S. Amateur champion
7th at 1998 USA Bowling National Amateur Championships
2nd at 2000 USA Junior Gold Bowling National Championships
6th at 2001 USA Junior Gold Bowling National Championships
Member of 1999 and 2001 Intercollegiate Bowling Championships winner (Nebraska)

1998 Indiana Junior Queens champion (Muncie, Indiana)
1998 Indiana State Female Youth Bowler of the Year

Champion at 2007 PBA Women’s Series Great Lakes Classic
Champion at 2010 PBA Don and Paula Carter Mixed Doubles tournament (with Brian Voss)
Champion at 2012 USBC Queens
Champion at 2022 Storm Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles tournament (with E. J. Tackett)[9]
Awards
Bowlers Journal 1st Team All-American, 2010
World Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year, 2007
Bowlers Journal Bowler of the Year, 2007
Bowling Writers Amateur Bowler of the Year, 2003, 2006, 2007
Bowlers Journal Bowler of the Year, 2006
World Bowling Writers World Bowler of the Year, 2006
Inducted into the World Bowling Writer’s Hall of Fame, 2005
Mid-America Bowler of the Year, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
Bowlers Journal International 1st Team All American, 2005
Bowlers Journal International Amateur Bowler of the Year, 2000, 2001, 2003
United States Olympic Committee “Athlete of the Year”- Bowling, 2003
United States Olympic Committee Nominee “Sportswoman of the Year,” 2003
University of Nebraska Student Athlete of the Year, 2002
United States Olympic Committee “Athlete of the Year”- Bowling, 2000
National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association – Player of the Year, 2000
National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association – First Team All- American, 2000
Bowling Digest Magazine Collegiate Bowler of the Year, 2000
Alberta E. Crowe Star of Tomorrow, 1998