Tina Fey. David Duchovny. Dido. MVP Baseball. Seth Cohen. Stuffed pizza. Eric Helser, a sophomore computer science major.

What do they have in common? As Ron Burgundy would proudly proclaim, “Perfection!”

The 300 game is the ultimate dream of bowlers. It’s the holy grail of the bowling community, and you don’t have to be Indiana Jones to find it. However, you do have to have skill and determination. The Huskies Den has only housed eight 300 bowlers since 1998.

The Huskies Den sponsors league bowling on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The leagues attract a wide variety of bowlers, which range from seasoned players to novices.

Helser sports a dragon tail while bowling, but that didn’t prevent him from having two 300 games in 2003.

“The first time it happened, I was ecstatic,” Helser said. “We went and had dinner the next day in celebration.”

Helser and three friends are proud members of “Tails ‘R’ Us,” a team that believes it takes a little wacky inspiration to truly achieve bowling nirvana.

Helser also admitted to getting one of the most traumatic scores in bowling history – a 299.

“Last spring I ended up getting a 299 in the last frame,” he said. “It was just the seven pin. It wasn’t that big of a disappointment because I had done it twice before. It was no big deal.”

Senior communication major Steve Gualdoni has bowled in a league at the Huskies Den for five semesters and has never drank from the cup of perfection.

“I’m definitely not a professional,” Gualdoni said. “[League bowling at the Den] is the first time I have gotten semi-serious with bowling, but we are still having fun.”

Gualdoni, who averages about a 214, said he has never come close to a 300 game but admitted that he would love to be able to rub it in his friends’ faces if he ever did.

“I would probably just sit down and catch my breath,” said Gualdoni. “I’d probably shove it in my friend’s face.”

Seasoned bowler Monika Bec, a freshman meteorology major, said she has bared witness to 300 games before.

“I’ve seen someone bowl a 300 about three times in high school competitions,” said Bec. “It was very hectic and since it was competition that alley was packed. It was chaos.”

Not every member of the Huskies Den 300 club is a league bowler. Matt Gillespie, a senior math and physics major, stumbled upon his 300 game while practicing one night.

“It’s only happened once,” said Gillespie. “I’ve been bowling since I was 9. I was just practicing one night and it happened. It was pretty cool; it’s always been one of my goals.”