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The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame to honor Michigan sports athletes, coaches and contributors. It was organized in 1954 by Michigan Lieutenant Governor Philip Hart, Michigan State University athletic director, Biggie Munn, president of the Greater Michigan Foundation, Donald Weeks, general manager of the Detroit Lions, W. Nicholas Kerbawy and George Alderton of the Lansing ...
Five members of the Detroit Caesars are in the American Softball Association Hall of Fame - Mike Gouin, Carl "Tex" Collins, Mike Nye, Ron Ford and Bert Smith. [47] In addition, former Caesars Cal Carmen, Gary Vitto and Chuck Drewicz are members of the United States Slowpitch Softball Association (USSSA) Hall of Fame. [48]
Detroit Softball City and the USPL disbanded at the end of the season marking the end for men's professional softball in the US as players once again returned to amateur leagues. [28] Softball City alumnus Braxton Speller, Jr. is a member of United States Slowpitch Softball Association (USSSA) Hall of Fame. [29] [30]
Currently, USSSA nationally governs 13 amateur sports. Slow-pitch softball, baseball, fast-pitch softball, and basketball athletes make up approximately 90% of USSSA's membership. The remaining 9 sports account for over 350,000 registrations in USSSA, including Tae Kwan Do and Soccer, two sports that USSSA holds events in Osceola County.
That league disbanded in 1982, bringing an end to the professional era of men's softball in the US as players once again returned to the amateur leagues. [19] [29] [30] Auto King Mike Gouin is a member of the American Softball Association Hall of Fame. [31]
In 1981 the APSPL merged with NASL to create the United Professional Softball League (UPSL), but only the Milwaukee franchise came from the NASL to the new league as the other NASL teams folded. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The merged league competed for two seasons, before disbanding after the 1982 season, ending the pro era of men's softball.
The following year, she was the only American out of 19 inductees to join the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame. [19] She continued her success with the Ducks and became the winningest coach in program history in 2008 with a 193–120 record, exceeding Tami Brown's record of 192–172. [ 25 ]
Michigan has played their home games at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1982. The Wolverines have won 22 conference regular season championships, 11 conference tournaments, and have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 30 times, advancing to the Women's College World Series on 13 occasions, and have won the national ...