ELECTED:  NOVEMBER 2002                                  INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2003

            ORLANDO, FL                                                          SAN ANTONIO, TX

 

 

 

BILL MATHEWS HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE SPECIAL CATEGORY.

 

STARTING HIS CAREER WITH USSSA AS AN UMPIRE IN 1972, BILL WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THAT POSITION THROUGH 1987.  HE OFFICIATED IN THE USSSA INDUSTRIAL WORLD TOURNAMENT IN 1984.

 

IN 1985 HE WAS APPOINTED AS THE USSSA STATE DIRECTOR OF MISSOURI.  HE HAS HOSTED MANY DIVISIONAL AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING THE MEN’S “D” IN 1988, THE MEN’S “C” IN 1991, AND THE MEN’S “B” IN BOTH 1992 AND 1993.

 

BILL SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE 1994 USSSA MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE WAS APPOINTED AS THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR THAT EVENT.

 

HE RECEIVED THE CENTRAL DIVISION DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 1986 AND WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS USSSA PRESIDENT’S AWARD AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION IN 1991.