JOANN ARLENE VAN VLIET

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1993

ARLINGTON, TX

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1994

CHANDLER, AZ

JOANN VAN VLIET, A SLICK FIELDING SHORT STOP WITH THE USSSA SINCE 1978 HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST FEARED HITTERS IN WOMEN’S SOFTBALL, VAN VLIET HAS POSTED A .600 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE.

JOANN, A CERES, CA NATIVE, HAS PLAYED WITH SUNSETS OF MODESTO, CA, SEQUOIA MARKET BOBCATS OF CERES, CA, CALIFORNIA HOSTILE OF MODESTO, CA, AND MR. A’S EXPRESS FROM SACRAMENTO, CA.

NAMED MVP IN TWENTY SEVEN USSSA TOURNAMENTS, VAN VLIET WAS NAMED TO THE USSSA ALL WORLD TEAM AT THE 1988, 1989, AND 1990 WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES. SHE WAS SELECTED AS THE OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER AT THE 1990 USSSA WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA.