ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 2004 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2005

JACKSONVILLE, FL ORLANDO, FL

DENNY “UPTOWN” JONES HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

DENNY BEGAN PLAYING SOFTBALL IN 1979 IN LOUISIANA. HIS SKILLS WERE SOON NOTICED AND “BIGTIME” SOFTBALL AFFORDED HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH CAMPBELL’S CARPETS, CONCORD, CA, JERRYS CATERERS, MIAMI, FL AND CAPITAL INSULATION, LOS ANGELES, CA.

HIS FAVORED POSITION IS THE OUTFIELD, WHERE HE WAS AWARDED WORLD SERIES OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER AWARDS WITH JERRYS CATERERS IN 1983 AND CAPITOL INSULATION IN 1985. IN NATIONAL TOURNAMENT PLAY HE WAS SELECTED TO ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMS FOURTEEN TIMES. WORLD SERIES CHAMPION HONORS WERE HIS IN 1980 WITH CAMPBELL’S CARPETS AND IN 1982 AND 1983 WITH JERRYS CATERERS.

HIS PROUDEST MOMENT WAS WINNING THE 1980 WORLD SERIES WHICH BROUGHT SOFTBALL RECOGNITION TO THE WEST COAST. DENNY ALWAYS ENJOYED TRAVELING, MAKING NEW FRIENDS, COMPETING AGAINST GREAT ATHLETES, AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW SOME OF THE SKILLS GOD GAVE HIM.