JACQUELINE ANNETTE HUGGINS

 

 

 

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.