MICHAEL JOSEPH MACENKO

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1998

SAN DIEGO, CA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1999

SAVANNAH, GA

MIKE MACENKO, A SEVENTEEN YEAR VETERAN OF THE USSSA PROGRAM, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

HE BEGAN HIS CAREER PLAYING WITH THE LEGENDARY STEELE’S TEAM THAT CRIS-CROSSED THE COUNTRY ON BARNSTORMING TOURS IN THE 1980’S PROMOTING THE GAME OF SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL. HE IS A FEARED POWER HITTER WITH A LIFETIME BATTING OF OVER .600 AND .541 IN USSSA MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES PLAY. HE SET A SINGLE SEASON RECORD FOR HOMERUNS WITH AN AMAZING 844 HOME RUNS IN 1987, FOLLOWING THAT WITH AN EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE 832 IN 1988.

THE 1995 SHOWDOWN AT MOTOWN, A SUPER SLUGGER SHOOT-OUT FEATURING FORTY-FOUR OF THE TOP SOFTBALL PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WAS HELD AT TIGER STADIUM IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. MIKE MACENKO HIT THE FIRST-EVER SOFTBALL OUT OF TIGER STADIUM!

MIKE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE MVP IN NUMEROUS STATE AND NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN 17 MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES RANKING 4^TH IN HOME RUNS, 2^ND IN MOST AT BATS, 9^TH IN MOST RUNS, 4^TH IN MOST HITS, AND 8^TH IN MOST R.B.I.S.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALL WORLD TEAMS AT THE USSSA MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES IN BO 1989 IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA WHILE PLAYING WITH STEELE’S AND 1994 AT DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA AS A MEMBER OF RITCH’S SUPERIOR/TPS.