LAURA FILLIPP

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1992

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1993

ARLINGTON, TX

LAURA FILLIPP, WHO HAS PLAYED IN THE TOP LEVEL OF WOMEN’S SOFTBALL FOR 16 CONSECUTIVE YEARS, HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A TEACHER AND COACH, FILLIPP PARTICIPATED IN THE HISTORIC USSSA SOFTBALL TOUR TO THE SOVIET UNION IN 1990. WITH A .650 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE, SHE IS A LEFT HANDED POWER HITTER WHO HITS TO ALL FIELDS. SHE HAS OVER 200 CAREER HOME RUNS AND BECOMES THE 12^TH FEMALE PLAYER TO BE ELECTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME.

FILLIPP WAS NAMED TO ALL-STATE TEAMS IN ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN TIMES AND WAS MVP AT THE 1985 WISCONSIN LADIES CLASSIC SOFTBALL LEAGUE. FILLIPP WAS HOME RUN LEADER AT THE 1985 WOMEN’S WORLD TOURNAMENT IN CONCORD, CA.

IN 1987 FILLIPP WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE DEBEER/USSSA SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD.