
ELECTED:
NOVEMBER, 1985
BOSTON,
MA
INDUCTED:
NOVEMBER, 1986
LAS
VEGAS, NV
JACKIE
HUGGINS, WHO AS SELECTED FIVE TIMES TO THE USSSA WOMEN’S CLASS “A” ALL-WORLD TEAM,
WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.
A
NATIVE OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, HUGGINS HELPED THE STINGERS AND LITTLE CAESARS TO
THREE USSSA WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HUGGINS,
A CONSISTENT LINE DRIVE HITTER WITH A .493 LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE, EARNED NUMEROUS
GOLDEN GLOVE AWARDS FOR HER DEFENSIVE ABILITY AT FIRST BASE.
SHE
WON HER FIRST ALL-WORLD HONOR IN 1971 AND CLAIMED THE AWARD AGAIN IN 1984 AND
1985. HUGGINS PLAYED FOR 14 YEARS BEFORE
WINNING HER FIRST WORLD TITLE WITH THE STINGERS IN 1980.
SHE WAS A KEY FIGURE IN LITTLE CAESARS WINNING WORLD TITLES IN 1983 AND
1984.