PAMELA ANNE PATRUS

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1994

CHANDLER, AZ

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1995

MILWAUKEE, WI

PAM PATRUS, A CONSISTENT HITTER WITH A .535 BATTING AVERAGE, AND KNOWN TO BE TOUGH IN THE CLUTCH, HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

PAM, FROM CINCINNATI, OHIO, HAS A 13 YEAR USSSA SOFTBALL CAREER PLAYING WITH SORRENTO’S PIZZA, FAMOUS RECIPE, AND THREE TIME SERIES CHAMPION, EMPRESS CHILI.

ALTHOUGH SHE HAS PLAYED EVERY INFIELD POSITION, SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCE AT THIRD BASE AND AS PITCHER, SHE HAS PITCHED 3 ONE HIT GAMES, AND HER WORLD TOURNAMENT WON LOST RECORD STANDS AT 42 WINS AND ONLY 14 LOSES.

IN 1988 WHILE A MEMBER OF EMPRESS, SHE SUCCESSFULLY SWITCHED POSITIONS FROM THIRD BASE TO PICHER, WHEN THE TEAM LOST ITS PREVIOUS PITCHER TO INJURY. THAT YEAR EMPRESS CHILI WON THE FIRST WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES AND PATRUS WAS NAMED THE SERIES MVP.

THE FOUR TIME ALL WORLD PERFORMER WAS NAMED MVP IN 12 NITS AND WAS CINCINNATI’S FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1989.