KATHY LYNN RILEY

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1998

SAN DIEGO, CA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1999

SAVANNAH, GA

KATHY LYNN RILEY, WITH A LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE OF .650 AND OVER 200 CAREER HOME RUNS, HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR INDUCTION INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

BEGINNING WITH DARKE COUNTY MERCHANTS, L&K TROPHY, GREAT GAS, FASHION HANDBAGS, AND SILVER STREAK, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FOUR USSSA WORLD SERIES CHAMPION TEAMS, 1990, 1994, AND 1996 WITH CANNON ILLUSIONS AND IN 1998 WITH UPI..

SHE WAS SELECTED MVP AT USSSA NIT’S IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, GARLAND, TEXAS, SALEM, OREGON, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, AND GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. SHE WAS SELECTED FOR ALL WORLD TEAMS WHILE PLAYING FOR GREAT GAS IN 1980, AND CANNON’S ILLUSIONS IN 1990, 1992, 1994, AND 1997, AND AGAIN IN 1998WITH UPI.

ALTHOUGH ABLE TO HIT TO ALL FIELDS WITH POWER, SHE WAS PARTICULARLY ADEPT AT HITTING THE BALL IN THE ALLEYS. HER TALLENTS WERE EXHIBITED AT SHORTSTOP, 1^ST BASE, AND PITCHER, THOUGH SHE SHINED MOST OF ALL IN LEFT FIELD.

IN 1997 SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE TEXAS USSSA HALL OF FAME.