JAMES F. PORTS

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1993

ARLINGTON, TX

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1994

CHANDLER, AZ

JIM PORTS, INVOLVED WITH THE USSSA SINCE 1968 WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE EXECUTIVE CATEGORY.

JIM’S PARTICIPATION IN THE USSSA SPANS THE ENTIRE PROGRAM PLAYER/MANAGER, UMPIRE, AND DIRECTOR, TO EXECUTIVE. HE HAS SERVED AS MARYLAND STATE DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS APPOINTED REGION 2 VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1971, REGION 4 VICE PRESIDENT AND TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD IN 1980, AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN 1988. HE SERVED AS NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL DIRECTOR FOR 5 YEARS TAKING THE PROGRAM FROM 900 TO 5700 TEAMS. HE WAS ASSISTANT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE 1985 MAJOR WORLD SERIES, AND MAJOR WORLD SERIES DIRECTOR IN 1986. IN 1988 HE WAS APPOINTED DIVISION EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT. IN 1981 HE WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE COVETED USSSA PRESIDENT’S AWARD.

HE WAS ELECTED NATIONAL PRESIDENT IN 1990. AS PRESIDENT, HE SET HIS TOP PRIORITY NOT TO BE THE BIGGEST SOFTBALL PROGRAM, BUT RATHER BEING THE BEST SOFTBALL PROGRAM, AND TO DO THIS BY INSTILLING A CODE OF ETHICS BASED ON TRUST, FAIRNESS, AND HONOR.