JANET LOUISE DETERS

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1987

ORLANDO, FL

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1988

MYRTLE BEACH, SC

JAN DETERS, WHO LED EMPRESS CHILI OF CINCINNATI, OHIO TO A RECORD THREE STRAIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A VETERAN OF TEN TRIPS TO THE USSSA WOMEN’S CLASS “A” WORLD TOURNAMENT, DETERS EARNED A SPOT ON THE WOMEN’S ALL-WORLD TEAM SEVEN TIMES DURING HER LONG CAREER.

PLAYING AT THE TOP COMPETITIVE LEVEL PAST AGE 40, THIS SURPRISING ATHLETE CELEBRATED WINNING THE FIRST USSSA WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES AT AGE 39.

SHE POSTED THE HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE AT THE 1982 WORLD TOURNAMENT AND WAS FREQUENTLY RECOGNIZED FOR HER REAM PLAY AND ATTITUDE.

SHE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN ADVANCING RUNNERS. DETERS STARTED HER CAREER AS AN OUTFIELDER AND LATER HANDLED CATCHING CHORES FOR EMPRESS CHILI.