Wes Malott

Who is Wes Malott?

Wesley Clint "Big Nasty" Malott is an American professional ten-pin bowler who resides in Pflugerville, Texas. He has nine titles in nine-plus seasons on the PBA tour, having won at least one title in four straight seasons. He also won the 2006–07 Showplace Lanes Megabucks Shootout, which is not a PBA Tour event. Malott also owns 13 PBA Regional titles. Through the end of the 2011–12 season, his career PBA Tour earnings stand at over $830,000. He has rolled 30 perfect 300 games in PBA Tour events through 2012.

In a close race, Malott won the 2008–09 PBA Player of the Year Award over Norm Duke. In his finest season to date, Malott made nine TV finals appearances, winning three times. He won the PBA's George Young High Average award with a season mark of 222.98. He also won all five of his matches in winning ESPN2's made-for-TV "King of Bowling" event, which was broadcast over five weeks on a tape-delay basis in April–May, 2009. Malott rolled 300 games in two of his five matches.

At the 2009 PBA World Series of Bowling in Allen Park, MI, Malott made the TV finals in two of the seven events: the PBA Shark Championship and PBA World Championship, but failed to win either tournament. In the World Championship, he was denied his first major title when he was upset by newcomer Tom Smallwood, 244-228. Smallwood is originally from Saginaw, Michigan, and had been laid off from his automotive plant job less than a year before defeating Malott for the championship.