{"id":646,"date":"2012-01-25T21:04:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/?p=646"},"modified":"2012-01-20T21:14:30","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T21:14:30","slug":"mason-einspahr-health-science-senior-featured-in-index-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/2012\/01\/25\/mason-einspahr-health-science-senior-featured-in-index-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason Einspahr, Health Science Senior, Featured in Index Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/files\/2012\/01\/Mason-Einsphar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-647\" style=\"margin: 7px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/files\/2012\/01\/Mason-Einsphar-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Every bowler dreams of 300 \u2014 the score of a perfect game. For one Truman State student, that game was missed by a mere three points on the final ball.<\/p>\n<p>During his freshman year, senior Mason Einspahr bowled a 297 \u2014 a near perfect score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s close,&#8221; Mason said. &#8220;It was almost 300, but the very last ball I got a seven instead of a strike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This 297 did not come easily and only served as a single moment in a life-long passion, coming after years of practice and an entire childhood of bowling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are some pictures of me being 2 or 3 and my dad is sitting behind me helping me push the ball,&#8221; Mason said.<\/p>\n<p>For Mason, bowling is a family affair. He said both his parents bowled in leagues at B&amp;J Bowl in Boonville, Mo., owned by family friends.<\/p>\n<p>Mason said he joined an official league at 5 years old, but it wasn&#8217;t until around age 12 that he began competing in more serious tournaments with larger numbers of competitors and more experienced bowlers. Boasting a gold medal at the 2005 Show-Me State Games and various other achievements, Einspahr said he has competed at tournaments throughout Missouri and the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of May, he will bowl at nationals for the first time. This tournament will have stringent rules including dress codes, lane courtesy laws and serious weigh-ins for each person&#8217;s ball, Mason said.<\/p>\n<p>Good Luck at Nationals, Mason!<\/p>\n<p>For the full Index article, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanindex.com\/bowling-with-passion-1.2740351?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=Truman_Index_2&amp;utm_campaign=Truman_Index_2_2012112314\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every bowler dreams of 300 \u2014 the score of a perfect game. For one Truman State student, that game was missed by a mere three points on the final ball. During his freshman year, senior Mason Einspahr bowled a 297 \u2014 a near perfect score. &#8220;It&#8217;s close,&#8221; Mason said. &#8220;It was almost 300, but the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 06:02:48","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}