SANDRA SUSAN MADER

ELECTED: NOVEMBER: 1999

SAVANNAH, SC

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER: 2000

CHARLOTTE, NC

SANDY MADER, AN AGGRESSIVE AND INTENSE LEADOFF HITTER WITH A .680 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE, HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR INDUCTION INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE FEMALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

THE BELMAR, NEW JERSEY NATIVE HAD A 10 YEAR CAREER WITH THE USSSA PLAYING FOR AERO BATTERY, SIERRA-ILLUSION/TPS, AND CANNAN’S ILLUSION. HER PRIMARY DEFENSIVE POSITION WAS THIRD BASE, THOUGH SHE OCCASIONALLY FILLED IN AT FIRST, SECOND AND SHORT. SHE WAS SELECTED MVP IN 1994 AND 1996 AT THE WOMEN’S BLACK AMERICAN WORLD SERIES WITH AERO BATTERY, AND SHE WAS MVP AT THE WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES IN 1994 WITH CANNAN’S. HER ALL WORLD TEAM KUDOS ARE NUMEROUS: 993, 1994, 1995, 1996 WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES, 1994, 1995, 1996 BLACK AMERICAN WORLD SERIES, 1997 MIXED WORLD SERIES. Additionally, SHE EARNED THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER AWARD AT THE 1995 & 1996 WOMEN’S BLACK AMERICAN WORLD TOURNAMENT.

THE MOST EXCITING EVENT IN HER SOFTBALL CAREER OCCURRED AT THE 1996 WORLD SERIES IN GARLAND, TEXAS. PLAYING FOR CANNAN’S AGAINST UPI, DOWN FIVE RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING, THE TEAM FOUGHT BACK AND WON 9-8, FORCING AN IF GAME. THE FINAL GAME ENDED WITH AN 18-5 VICTORY FOR CANNAN’S. IN THE FIRST INNING OF THAT FINAL GAME SHE MADE THREE KEY DEFENSIVE PLAYS, INCLUDING ONE LINE DRIVE OUT IN WHICH SHE SAYS THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AND ANGEL IN HER GLOVE. NOT ONE TO BRAG ON HERSELF, SHE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT TEAMWORK WAS THE KEY TO SUCCESS.