ELECTED: NOVEMBER 2006 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2007

SCOTTSDALE, AZ DAYTONA BEACH, FL

MARK LINNEMANN HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE EXECUTIVE CATEGORY.

PLAYER, MANAGER, UMPIRE, AREA DIRECTOR,STATE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER, ALL THESE TITLES BELONG TO MARK LINNEMANN. HE PLAYED IN THE USSSA PROGRAM FROM 1973-1977. HE WAS A TEAM MANAGER IN 1978 AND THEN SOME. HE UMPIRED FROM 1981-1983. HE WAS AN AREA DIRECTOR IN KENTURKY FROM 1981-1990, 2005-6, AND AN AREA DIRECTOR IN OHIO FROM 1981-82 AND IN 1999. HE WAS STATE DIRECTOR FOR OHIO FROM 1983-1999.

THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP THE GREATER CINCINNATI SLOW PITCH PROGRAM GREW FROM 77 TEAMS IN 1980 TO OVER 4000 TEAMS, 250 UMPIRES AND 200 TOURNAMENTS IN THE EARLY NINETIES. LIKEWISE, HE NURTURED THE OHIO STATE PROGRAM FROM 800 TEAMS IN 1983 TO ALMOST 12000 TEAMS, 1000 UMPIRES AND 750 TOURNAMENTS IN THE EARLY NINETIES.

AS AN EXECUTIVE MARK WAS GREAT LAKES DIVISION VICE PRESIDENT FROM 1988-1998, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM 1999-2006, GREAT LAKES DIVISION AGAIN FROM 1999-2000, AND AN EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT FROM 2000-2007. HE HAS SERVED WELL ON VARIOUS NATIONAL COMMITTEES INCLUDING: MEN’S MAJOR, MEN’S CLASS “AA”-”A”, MEN’S CLASS “B”-”C”-”D”-”E”, MIXED, ONE-PITCH, ELIGIBILITY, AND MAJOR PLAYER LIST. HE WAS PRESENTED THE COVETED USSSA PRESIDENT’S AWARD IN 1985. HIS LEVEL HEADED INPUT IS ALWAYS SOUGHT AND VALUED AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL.