ELECTED:  NOVEMBER 2005                                  INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2006

            ORLANDO, FL                                              SCOTTSDALE, AZ

 

ANNA CLEMENTS FROM LUTZ, FL HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

 

A NINETEEN YEAR CAREER IN USSSA SOFTBALL HAS SEEN ANNA PLAY WITH AND AGAINST SOME OF THE BEST TEAMS IN WOMEN’S SOFTBALL.  SHE PLAYED FOR LADY COMETS (FL), WOMEN OF STEELES (MI), CANTON SOFTBALL CENTER (MI), LADY BLUE (TX), ROCKETS (NC), SHOOTERS (FL), AND ACTION AWARDS (MIXED)(GA). 

 

THOUGH SHE WAS ADEPT IN THE OUTFIELD AS WELL AS SHORTSTOP, SHE CONSIDERS LEFT CENTER HER MAIN POSITION.  HER HITTING STYLE VARIED FROM LONG BALL TO LINE DRIVE AND GAP HITTER, ALWAYS USING HER SPEED FOR EXTRA BASES.

 

HER BIGGEST THRILL WAS TO END HER CAREER WINNING THE WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES WITH SHOOTERS AND BEING NAMED THE TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - GOING OUT ON TOP!

 

“THE GAME OF SOFTBALL IS A GATEWAY TO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE AFFORDED.  SOFTBALL ENRICHED MY LIFE THROUGH THE LONG LASTING FRIENDSHIPS THAT I HAVE MADE AND THE IMPACT THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD ON MY LIFE.”  THROUGH SOFTBALL “I GAINED A COMPETITIVE EDGE IN LIFE WHICH CONTINUES INTO BOTH MY PERSONAL AND WORK LIFE.”