ELECTED: NOVEMBER 2005 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2006

ORLANDO, FL SCOTTSDALE, AZ

Hank Bassett from Monticello, KY has been inducted into the USSSA Hall of Fame in the Special Category.

Spending over 20 years in the game of slow pitch softball as a sponsor, manager, and player, his teams boasted a 73.6 winning percentage, winning 1060 games while losing 381 games. He co-sponsored and managed teams that ranked in the top ten best teams for almost a decade. His Starpath teams were the first USSSA teams to win berths to play in seven consecutive USSSA World Series (’85-’91), finishing second in the 1991 USSSA World Series.

Hank went to work for the Hillerich & Bradsby Company (a.k.a. “Louisville Slugger” and “TPS”) charged with the responsibility of heading up TPS’s slow pitch promotional program, as well as maintaining relations with the various governing associations in the game. He was instrumental in helping to institute changes in the game using H&B’s influence and by working with the associations. He began the TPS Power Ratings which provided a method by which the better teams in the country were ranked according to their participation and success at the upper levels of the game. He also instituted and maintained the TPS Player Statistical Awards by which the players who posted the best numbers in Home Runs, Home Run Frequency and On-Base Percentage were recognized at the end of each season. His enduring wish is that all who run and serve the game of slow pitch softball continually work towards bettering and strengthening the game.