CHARLES E. O’DONNELL

ELECTED: JANUARY, 1993

PETERSBURG, VA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1993

ARLINGTON, TX

CHARLES O’DONNELL WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE EXECUTIVE CATEGORY, BASED ON OVER 20 YEARS SERVICE TO THE ASSOCIATION.

AFTER JOINING THE USSSA IN 1971, O’DONNELL WAS NAMED MISSOURI STATE DIRECTOR IN 1973, AND THREE YEARS LATER WAS NAMED NICE-PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL DIVISION. HE ASSUMED CENTRAL DIVISION EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT’S DUTIES IN 1988.

O’DONNELL HELPED ORGANIZE THE SPORT IN MISSOURI AND WAS AN AREA DIRECTOR FROM 1971 AND 1990.

IN 1989 O’DONNELL SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT MAJOR WORLD SERIES DIRECTOR AND WAS NAMED DIRECTOR OF THE 1990 SERIES.

O’DONNELL WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE GATEWAY CLASSIC, AND HAS DIRECTED MORE THAT A DOZEN DIVISIONAL AND WORLD TOURNAMENTS. HE HAS SERVED ON NUMEROUS PROGRAM COMMITTEES INCLUDING LENGHTHY LONGEVITY AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

IN 1985 O’DONNELL WAS HONORED AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE COVETED PRESIDENT’S AWARD.