ELECTED:  NOVEMBER, 2001                           INDUCTED:  NOVEMBER, 2002                                         

                     DAYTONA BEACH, FL                                          ORLANDO, FL

 

JIM SWINT WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE EXECUTIVE CATEGORY.

 

JIM WAS APPOINTED AS THE USSSA STATE DIRECTOR OF KANSAS IN 1980, THE SAME YEAR THAT THE FUN VALLEY SPORTS COMPLEX OPENED UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP IN HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.

 

IN 1981 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL DIVISION AND IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS USSSA PRESIDENT’S AWARD.

 

UNDER THE RESTRUCTRRING OF USSSA IN 1984 HE WAS APPOINTED AS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY CREATED MID WEST DIVISION.  HE WAS ELEVATED TO THE POSITION OF NORTHERN REGION PRESIDENT IN 1988 AND IN 1997 WAS APPOINTED AS THE USSSA ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

 

UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP SINCE 1980 THE FUN FALLEY SPORTS COMPLEX HAS HOSTED 75 USSSA NATIONAL AND WORLD TOURNAMENTS.  IN 1991 HE WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF USSSA AND HE ALSO WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE E.A. RAMSEY/CEO AWARD IN 2001.