Background
She grew up in Monrovia, California, about 14 miles northeast of Los Angeles with her parents and her three older siblings.
She grew up in Monrovia, California, about 14 miles northeast of Los Angeles with her parents and her three older siblings.
Adamek started bowling at a very young age. This success inspired her to turn professional. By 1976, after dropping out of California State University at age 19, she joined the professional circuit.
Though naturally left-handed, Adamek bowls right-handed.
Nicknamed "The Mighty Mite", as she was just five feet, two inches tall and 125 pounds, Adamek dominated women"s bowling between 1978 and 1981. Among those wins were the WIBC Queens title in 1979 and 1980, two United States. Opens, and the Sam"s Town Invitational in 1988.
Adamek is a member of the PWBA and WIBC Halls of Fame.