ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 2003 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 2004

SAN ANTONIO, TX JACKSONVILLE, FL

BRENDA PAULSON HAS BEEN INCUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE SPECIAL CATEGORY.

IN 1981 BRENDA MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE APPOINTED AS A USSSA STATE DIRECTOR. THIS ALL STARTED WHEN SHE AGREED TO CONDUCT SOME USSSA TOURNAMENTS IN HER HOME STATE OF ILLINOIS FOLLOWING HER PARTICIPATION IN THE USSSA WOMEN’S “B” WORLD

TOURNAMENT IN 1975.

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP THE USSSA PROGRAM IN ILLINOIS HAS FLOURISHED. IN 1984 THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WAS IN THE TOP TEN STATES IN TEAM REGISTRATIONS, TWENTY YEARS LATER ILLINOIS IS STILL IN THE TOP TEN STATES IN BOTH SLOW AND FAST PITCH TEAM REGISTRATIONS.

SHE HAS CONDUCTED OVER FIFTY N.I.T.S IN HER CAREER AND APPROXIMATELY TWENTY DIFISIONAL AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS.

BRENDA HOSTED BOTH THE USSSA WOMEN’S “C” WORLD AND THE USSSA WOMEN’S “A” WORLD TOURNAMENTS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS IN 1993.

SHE RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS USSSA PRESIDENT’S AWARD AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION IN 1987.