CHARLES W. LAROCHE

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 2000

CHARLOTTE, NC

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 2001

DAYTONA BEACH, FL

CHARLES W. LAROCHE, FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEADERSHIP ABILITIES AND SERVING AS FLORIDA USSSA DIRECTOR FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR INDUCTION INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE LONGEVITY CATEGORY.

AFTER UMPIRING AND CONDUCTING TOURNAMENTS IN HIS HOMETOWN OF COCOA, FLORIDA IN THE 50’S AND 60’S, CHARLIE STARTED HIS USSSA CAREER WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED AS THE STATE UMPIRE IN CHIEF BY STU WEINSTEIN. IN 1981 HE WAS APPOINTED AT THE FLORIDA USSSA STATE DIRECTOR.

BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP ABILITIES HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF DIVISION VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1990. CHARLIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FROM 1990-1997, SERVING AS CHAIRMAN FROM 1994-1997. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1999 HE WAS SELECTED TO BECOME THE FIRST NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE USSSA MEN’S PROGRAM.

CHARLIE HAS SERVED AND CHAIRED MANY COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES OF THE USSSA PROGRAM INCLUDING THE REORGANIZATION TASK FORCE THAT WAS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE USSSSA TRANSITION INTO A SPECIALTY SPORTS ASSOCIATION..

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT CHARLIE HAS SERVED AS THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR OVER 350 USSSA TOURNAMENTS IN HIS CAREER INCLUDING THE WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES, THE MEN’S “AA” WORLD, AND THE MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES THAT WAS PLAYED IN DAYTONA BEACH IN 1994.

IN 196 AT HE NATIONAL CONVENTION IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, CHARLIE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS PRESIDENT’S AWARD AND HE ALSO RECEIVED THE NATIONAL OFFICE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION IN 1998 AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. IN AUGUST OF 2000 CHARLIE WAS AWARDED THE PORTRAIT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE BREVARD COUNTY TOURISM DEPARTMENT FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO HIS COMMUNITY IN THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM.