LYNN PUTNAM GENDRON

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1990

NEW ORLEANS, LA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1991

LAS VEGAS, NV

LYNN PUTNAM GENDRON, WHO WAS NAMED TO THE WOMEN’S CLASS “A” ALL WORLD TEAM EIGHT TIMES, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

GENDRON LED FOUR TEAMS TO USSSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WAS NAMED MVP AT THE 1980 WORLD. SHE STARTED PLAYING IN THE WOMEN’S “A” WORLD TEAM AT AGE 16.

STARTING IN THE USSSA YOUTH PROGRAM, GENDRON PLAYED SLO-PITCH SOFTBALL FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SHE WAS RANKED AS ONE OF THE OUTFIELDERS IN THE GAME FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS AND MOVED TO FIRST BASE LATER IN HER CAREER.

SHE CELEBRATED WORLD TITLES WITH THE TAYLOR SPORTING GOODS STINGERS IN 980, WITH LITTLE CAESARS IN 1983-1984 AND WITH THE CANTON SOFTBALL CENTER IN 1989. SHE ALSO HAS PLAYED FOR A MIXED WORLD CHAMPION AND IS A REGULAR IN THE CO-ED PROGRAM.

WITH A .575 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE, GENDRON SPRAYED THE BALL TO ALL FIELDS, BUT ALSO HIT WITH POWER.

KNOWN AS “PUTTER,” SHE WAS NAMED DEBEER/USSSA SPORTS WOMAN OF THE YEAR IN 1980.

SHE WAS SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF TEAM USSSA FOR THE HISTORIC TOUR OF THE SOVIET UNION IN 1990.