TOM LEE RAINES

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1991

LAS VEGAS, NV

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1992

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

TOM RAINES, WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE USSSA PROGRAM AS A PLAYER, MANAGER, UMPIRE, DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE EXECUTIVE CATEGORY.

RAINES PLAYED IN THE USSSA WORLD TOURNAMENT IN 1969 AND THAT SAME YEAR WAS ALSO NAMED THE NEVADA STATE DIRECTOR. IN 1980, RAINES WAS APPOINTED DIVISION VICE-PRESIDENT WHERE HE SERVED SUCCESSFULLY FOR NINE YEARS. IN 1989, RAINES WAS PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF NORTHWESTERN DIVISION EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT.

IN 1971 RAINES ASSISTED IN DIRECTING AND PLANNING HE FIRST MEN’S USSSA WORLD SERIES, WHICH WAS HELD IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

VERY ACTIVE IN HIS LAS VEGAS CIVIC COMMUNITY, RAINES HAS HELPED RAISE MORE THAT $300,000.00 FOR CHARITY THROUGH SOFTBALL EVENTS.

DIRECTOR OF THE FAR WEST BUDWEISER NIT, RAINES HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FOUNDATION, AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK TELETHON.

RAINES HAS SERVED ON NUMEROUS USSSA PROGRAM COMMITTEES AND HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SUCCESS THE USSSA ENJOYS TODAY.

IN 1987, RAINES WAS HONORED AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE COVETED USSSA PRESIDENT’S AWARD.