ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 2003
INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 2004
DANNY MALONE HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN
THE UMPIRE CATEGORY.
DANNY HAS BEEN A USSSA UMPIRE SINCE 1979. IN THAT TWENTY FIVE YEAR CAREER HE HAS UMPIRED IN MORE THAN 50 STATE TOURNAMENTS,
10 DIVISIONAL AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, AND 3 USSSA WORLDS
TOURNAMENTS. HE HAS OFFICIATED IN ALL THREE OF THE USSSA WORLD
SERIES, THE MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES, THE WOMEN’S “A” WORLD SERIES, AND THE MIXED “A” WORLD SERIES.
HE HAS SERVED TWICE ON THE USSSA NATIONAL PLAYING RULES
COMMITTEE, FROM 1991 THROUGH 1994 AND AGAIN FROM 1996 THROUGH 1998. HE HAS ACTED AS THE DIVISION UMPIRE-IN-CHIEF SINCE 1998 AND
HAS CONDUCTED NATIONAL UMPIRE CLINICS EACH YEAR SINCE 1981.
DANNY RECEIVED THE SOUTH UMPIRE OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 1986 AND THE SOUTHERN REGION UMPIRE AWARD IN 1996 AND 1997. AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION IN 1997 HE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE USSSA NATIONAL UMPIRE-IN-CHIEF AWARD.
DANNY STATED THAT THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS UMPIRE CAREER WAS THE LAST TOURNAMENT HE WORKED AT THE 200R USSSA MILITARY
WORLD TOURNAMENT BECAUSE HIS PARTNERS WERE HIS SON, HIS DAUGHTER, AND HIS SON-IN-LAW.