Richard Bushway's Cornhole Biography

Yetty Irwan

I am ACL Pro Yetty Irwan from the Mountain South Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the American Cornhole League. My now-husband, Harry Stoltzfus, moved to Colorado with me in 2017 and set up a cornhole court in the basement. Eventually I joined him during his practice session and started throwing bags with him at the local league and tournaments. When he qualified to be an ACL Pro for 2019-2020 season, he convinced me to be his pro doubles partner.

Daymon Dennis

I am ACL Pro Daymon Dennis from the Mid-South Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the American Cornhole League.

Matthew Sorrells

I am Matthew Sorrells aka Short Shorts ACL Pro from the Southeast Conference and this is my story of how and when I started playing cornhole and worked my way up to an ACL Pro. When I was fourteen years old I picked up a cornhole bag for the first time. I was at Redneck Riviera. A place where people drive boats to hangout and play cornhole. To nobody’s surprise I was beaten badly by Nick Ramsey and Chuck Martin, two local legends. I became motivated to improve my game and purchased my first set of cornhole boards. This led to practice, practice, and you guessed it more practice. Here I am four years later an ACL pro and serious competitor in every tournament I attend. I could not be more thankful for this opportunity.

Ryan Windsor

I am ACL Pro Ryan Windsor from the Great Lakes Conference and this is my story of how and when I started playing cornhole and worked my way up to an ACL Pro. I started playing cornhole at the age of 14. I’m currently 23 years old from Cuba, Illinois.

Josh Thielen

I am ACL Pro Josh Thielen from the West Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the ACL.
My neighbor JD and I started playing in our neighborhood in 2017 on some aluminum boards. JD always kicked everyone's butt in the neighborhood, "bouncing" and airmailing bags at will. In the fall of 2017, a local bar hosted a tap takeover event with a cornhole tournament and of course, we had to go. Not only did we win the event, we landed our first sponsor as our neighbor Marc kept the cold beverages coming throughout the event. In the championship game, we played Jeff Chimienti and his brother. Jeff asked us to join the cornhole league he was starting, and so we joined the inaugural season of Pacific Coast Cornhole (PCC). During the initial months, we were focused more on the social aspects of the game but having the opportunity to learn from some of California's best players, we grew our skills and eventually took the game more seriously

Allan Rockwell

I am ACL Pro Allan Rockwell from the Atlantic Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the ACL. Started 11 years ago at an outside venue called " The Knot Hole Station". Ken Parsons, Owner, got the group started. This is the same place Pros players James Baldwin, Harlee Culpepper, Ronnie Culpepper and Allison Heine played on a weekly basis as there was no other place around playing. After playing for months, the 1st time me and another player threw a double 4 bagger everyone clapped and roared out loud as that was unheard of. Played there for almost a year before I got in a National group. When $1000 cornhole tourney would come out on Facebook that was 4 hours away, we would go and before long we were traveling to all of them.

We are sorry to report that on September 29, 2021, the Cornhole world lost one of its “OGs”, Allan “Rocky” Rockwell, after a fight with prostate cancer.
You can read his obituary here

Joe Kniesteadt

I am ACL Pro Joe Kniesteadt from the Great Lakes Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the ACL

Started with my grandpa when I was 6. Always played at family events but never knew anything about the ACL until 2018. My competitive cornhole career got started at Ts Roadhouse where I started my first league. From there I fell in love with the game and started to go to more and more events. In 2021 I made into the pro division for the first time.

Nate Stevens

I am ACL Pro Nate Stevens from the Mid-South Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the American Cornhole League. I started playing like 14 years ago in my back yard with my dad. Me and him played in local tournaments for a long time until he quit playing. About 3 years ago I wanted to play competitively and travel some. So I did and I was hooked ever since.