KAYE UNDERHILL GILBERT

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1989

SAN DIEGO, CA

INDUCTED” NOVEMBER, 1990

NEW ORLEANS, LA

KAYE GILBERT, WHO PLAYED HER BEST SOFTBALL DURING 18 TRIPS TO THE USSSA CLASS “A” WORLD, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

SHE LED THE VIRGINIA BELLES OF CHESTERFIELD, VA TO THE WOMEN’S CLASS “A” NATIONAL TITLE IN 1989 AND TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1981. SHE WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-WORLD TEAM FOUR TIMES AND TO THE USSSA VIRGINIA ALL-STATE TEAM A DOZEN TIMES. SHE WAS SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE 1990 WOMEN’S SOVIET TOUR TEAM AND PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF THE HISTORIC TRIP.

GILBERT STARTED HER LONG CAREER WITH THE DINWIDDIE DEMONS, LATER MOVED TO THE GREEN BERETS, BEFORE JOINING THE BELLES.

SHE PLAYED FOR A RECORD 11 VIRGINIA USSSA WOMEN’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS AND TAKES PRIDE IN THE FACT SHE HAS MISSED ONLY ONE USSSA WOMEN’S WORLD TOURNAMENT DURING HER CAREER, WHEN SHE SKIPPED THE 1975 SEASON TO HAVE HER SON, DENNIS.

WITH A .571 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE, SHE IS A SINGLES HITTER WITH SNEAKY POWER. SHE THRIVES ON PRESSURE TRIPS TO THE PLATE.

IN ADDITION TO THE WOMEN’S PROGRAM, GILBERT HAS COACHED AND PLAYED IN EVERY USSSA MIXED HALL OF FAME TOURNAMENT IN PETERSBURG.