ELECTED: NOVEMBER 2004 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2005

JACKSONVILLE, FL ORLANDO, FL

JIM DARBY HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE SPECIAL CATEGORY.

AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, IN 1973, HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS AS A PITCHING COACH THERE AND AT ST MARY’S COLLEGE.

IN DECEMBER OF 1977 HE TOOK THE POSITION OF PROMOTIONS MANAGER FOR EASTON SPORTS AND WAS ADVANCED TO VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1981. THE JOB OF PROMOTING EASTON SPORTS WOULD CARRY IN HIM ACROSS THE COUNTRY MANY TIMES, AND EVENTUALLY TO HIS FIRST USSSA EVENT, THE 1978 MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. HE WAS AMAZED AT THE ATHLETIC ABILITES OF MANY OF THE PLAYERS, NAMES SUCH AS DENNY “UPTOWN” JONES, MIKE CELLURA, STAN HARVEY AND RUSSELL BRADLEY. OVER THE YEARS HE WORKED WITH TODD JOERLING, DAN SCHUCK, BRETT HELLMER, ET AL. HE ALSO WORKED WITH THE MEN WHO PUT THESE GREAT TEAMS ON THE FIELD - WOODY BELL, RICHARD HOWARD, DAN SMITH, STEVE STINSKI, AND LARRY QUARTUCCIO.

JIM CONSIDERS IT’ A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THE..... PEOPLE AT USSSA, AN ORGANIZATION THAT NEVER SITS STILL. THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND COMPETE IN A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTS. IN A NUTSHELL, THE USSSA ‘MAKES THISGS HAPPEN.’”