GARY EDWARD WALLICK

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1983

RENO, NEVADA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1984

EL PASO, TEXAS

GARY WALLICK, THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THE USSSA PROGRAM IN THE WEST, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE EXECUTIVE CATEGORY.

A RESIDENT OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, WALLICK MANAGED A TEAM IN THE FIRST USSSA TOURNAMENT, PLAYED IN 1968 IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. HE WAS NAMED LOS ANGELES AREA DIRECTOR AND CALIFORNIA STATE DIRECTOR THAT YEAR.

WALLICK ADVANCED TO REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1970 AND WAS NAMED WESTERN DIVISION EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1972. IN ADDITION, WALLICK WAS ELECTED IN 1983 TO SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE USSSA.

THIS LONG-TIME USSSA PIONEER WAS HONORED IN 1980 WHEN HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARD CATEGORY.

IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE ASSOCIATION, WALLICK WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE TERRITORY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, TRAVELING MANY MILE TO ESTABLISH USSSA STATE PROGRAMS, WALLICK HELPED DEVELOP A SOLID DIVISION IN THE WEST.