ALLISON LEE COLE

 

 

 

ELECTED:  NOVEMBER, 1995

MILWAUKEE, WI

 

 

INDUCTED:  NOVEMBER, 1996

ALBUQUERQUE, NM

 

 

ALLISON COLE, A MEMBER OF THREE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS AND FIRE WORLD SERIES ALL-WORLD TEAMS, HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

 

WITH CANTON SOFTBALL CENTER IN 1989 AND LADY BLUE IN 1991 AND 1992, THE WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN NATIVE LED THE TEAMS OFFENSIVELY, AND TURNED IN STELLAR DEFENSE AS AN OUTFIELDER IN ROUTE TO EACH OF THESE TEAMS WINNING WORLD TITLES.

 

COLE, A MEMBER OF THE MICHIGAN USSSA STATE HALL OF FAME, HAS BEEN TABBED FOR MORE THAN 30 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS FROM VARIOUS NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, THE OUTFIELDER HAS BEEN A VITAL PART OF SUCCESSFUL SEASONS OF OUTSTANDING CLASS “A” TEAMS SUCH AS TRI-COUNTY, TOSTI RAIDERS, CANTON SOFTBALL CENTER, STEELE’S AND LADY BLUE.

 

COLE BELIEVES THAT THE MOST EXCITING EVENT IN HER SOFTBALL CAREER WAS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1990 WHEN SHE AND SEVERAL OTHER USSSA ALL STARS TRAVELED TO THE FORMER SOVIET UNION FOR THE USSSA’S RUSSIAN TOUR.  SAYS COLE, “SOFTBALL…HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL, TO PLAY ON SOME GREAT TEAMS…AND BY FAR MOST IMPORTANTLY TO MEET SO MAY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WITH WHOM I’VE COME TO LOVE VERY DEARLY.”

 

THIS GREAT SUPER STAR IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE PLAYERS TO EVER COMPETE IN THE WOMEN’S PROGRAM. THIS OUTSTANDING PLAYER, WHO COULD RUN, CATCH, AND SWING A BAT WITH POWER, IS TRULY AN ASSET TO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME.