October 10, 2008
For Immediate Release

RCCC Wins State Bowling Tournament

          SALISBURY, N.C. — Bowlers from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College claimed a second-consecutive state championship at the recent North Carolina Community College Fall Bowling Tournament.

           The RCCC team of Larry Davis, Stephen Brady, Chris Gibson and Wendy Patterson led the six-game series with a team average of 193 per game and finished more than 200 pins ahead of their closest rival. Patterson also claimed the individual title for knocking down the most pins.

          RCCC also won the spring state tournament held in last March. Davis, an RCCC instructor, serves as coach and team advisor.

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.