The 2020 PBA Player of the Year race has been narrowed to the top three with the winner announced Friday in a special FloBowling presentation.

Jason Belmonte, Bill O’Neill and Kris Prather have been identified as the top three vote-getters after ballots were submitted by PBA members and veteran bowling writers.

The winner of the award, named in honor of the late Chris Schenkel, will be announced Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern on FloBowling.com and FloBowling’s social media channels.

PBA CEO Colie Edison and PBA Commissioner Tom Clark will join the broadcast to reveal the winner and talk about the state of the PBA.

Belmonte has won five PBA Player of the Year awards and is looking for his sixth, while O’Neill and Prather are hoping to be honored for the first time.

Should Belmonte win his sixth POY award, he would tie Earl Anthony at second on the list. Walter Ray Williams Jr. holds the all-time record with seven POY awards.

Per the PBA, here’s a look at some of the season accomplishments for each of the final three in the 2020 voting:

• Belmonte, 37, won three titles in 2020, capturing the PBA Chameleon Championship and two majors at the U.S. Open and PBA World Championship. He was the tour leader in earnings, competition points and scoring average.
• O’Neill, 39, won the 2020 PBA Players Championship for his second career major and the PBA Playoffs. He also finished second in the PBA Tournament of Champions. He ranked among the tour leaders in earnings (second), competition points (second) and average (fifth).
• Prather, 28, won the 2020 Tournament of Champions for his first career major. He is a member of the PBA League Elias Cup champion team – Portland Lumberjacks, and also had top 10 finishes in all three statistical categories: earnings (fourth), competition points (fifth), and average (eighth).

Friday’s announcement will also include the three finalists who will discuss their season highlights.

Other finalists for Player of the Year were Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill.; Mo.; Anthony Simonsen of Little Elm, Texas; Sweden’s Jesper Svensson; EJ Tackett of Bluffton, Ind.; and Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, N.C. The players qualified for the award by finishing in the top eight in PBA earnings or competition points.