LINDA MCCOY

ELECTED: NOVEMBER 1986

LAS VEGAS, NV

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1987

ORLANDO, FL

LINDA MCCOY, WHO LED PACE TO THE WOMEN’S CLASS “A” WORLD TITLE IN 1977, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A NATIVE OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, MCCOY COLLECTED OVER 1,000 CAREER HITS DURING HER LONG PLAYING CAREER.

DURING MCCOY’S HAY DAY, HER FAMOUS FIGHTING GREEN AND GOLD TEAM WAS A CONSISTENT NATIONAL CONTENDER, WINNING ONE AND FINISHING SECOND TWICE DURING A FOUR YEAR SPAN. MCCOY WAS NAMED TO THE WOMEN’S ALL WORLD TEAM THREE TIMES.

A LINE DRIVE HITTER, MCCOY STARTED OUT AS A TOUGH DEFENSIVE OUTFIELDER AND PLAYED IN NINE USSSA WORLD TOURNAMENTS.

MCCOY TOOK A BRIEF RETIREMENT FROM SOFTBALL TO HAVE A CHILD, BUT RETURNED TO COLLECT HER 1,000^TH HIT. SHE JOINS HER HUSBAND DUANE MCCOY, WHO WAS INDUCTED IN THE MANAGER CATEGORY, AS THE FIRST HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM IN THE USSSA HALL OF FAME.