VELMA KAY LEHMANN

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1991

LAS VEGAS, NV

INDUCED: NOVEMBER, 1992

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

V.K. LEHMANN, A VETERAN OUTFIELDER WHO HELPED EMPRESS CHILI WIN THREE STRAIGHT WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, INCLUDING THE FIRST WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA FALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A LEADOFF BATTER WITH A .550 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE, LEHMANN JOINED SWEENEY CHEVROLET IN 1981 AND REMAINED WITH THE SUCCESSFUL CINCINNATI TEAM.

THE SOUTHPAW FROM KENTUCKY WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-WORLD TEAM THREE TIMES.

SHE WAS NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN CINCINNATI IN 1988 WHEN SHE COMPILED A .589 SEASON BATTING AVERAGE.

LEHMANN PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN EMPRESS CHILI WINNING SIX NIT’S DURING THE A990 SEASON AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE USSSA ALL-STARS WHO MADE THE HISTORIC SOFTBALL TOUR OF THE SOVIET UNION.

SHE HAS BEEN NAMED TO NUMEROUS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS, INCLUDING THE 1984 MILLER NIT, WHEN SHE BATTED .850 FOR HE WEEKEND. LEHMANN WAS SELECTED THE DEBEER/USSSA SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR.