JIM SNYDER

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1978

ORLANDO, FL

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1979

NEW ORLEANS, LA

JIM SNYDER, WHO BUILT THE STRONGEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE NATION DURING THE MID 70’S AND WON BACK-TO-BACK USSSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, WAS THE FIRST PERSON ELECTED TO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MANAGER CATEGORY.

A NATIVE OF NOVI, MICHIGAN, SNYDER’S TEAM CAPTURED THE USSSA WORLD SERIES IN 1975 AT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK AND AGAIN IN 1979 AT WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN. THE STRING OF WORLD TITLES WAS BROKEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WHEN THEY WERE RUNNER-UP IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

SNYDER’S WAS KNOWN AS A PLAYING CHAMPION AND TOURED THE COUNTRY PROUDLY DISPLAYING THE USSSA BANNER.

SNYDER REFUSED TO BEND TO THE PRESSURE OF PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL. ALTHOUGH HE LOST MAY OF HIS TOP STARS T THE PRO CIRCUIT.

BELIEVING AMATEUR SOFTBALL IS THE WAY THE GAME SHOULD BE PLAYED, SNYDER FIELDED A TEAM FOR MORE THAN 26 YEARS OUT OF DETROIT.

SNYDER’S TEAM ALWAYS DISPLAYED CLASS AND JIM SNYDER BECAME KNOWN AS GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR SOFTBALL AND THE USSSA.