ELECTED:  NOVEMBER 2005                                  INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2006

            ORLANDO, FL                                              SCOTTSDALE, AZ

 

PATRICK KEHOE FROM SODUS, NY HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE SPECIAL CATEGORY.

 

AS A SPONSOR OF USSSA MENS, WOMENS, AND YOUTH SOFTBALL TEAMS SINCE 1969,  OVER 35 YEARS, PATRICK HAS SEEN HIS TEAMS WIN NUMEROUS NIT AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

 

SINCE 1991 HIS MEN’S MAJOR, “A” AND “AA” SOFTBALL TEAMS HAVE PLAYED ON THE MAJOR TOURNAMENT CIRCUITS.  HIS PACE ELECTRONICS TEAM TRADITIONALLY RANKS IN THE TOP 20 NATIONALLY EVERY YEAR.  IN THE PAST TEN BLACK AMERICAN WORLD TOURNAMENTS, PACE HAS WON 7 AND FINISHED SECOND THREE TIMES - AN UNPRECEDENTED RECORD. 

 

WITH OVER 1000 WINS TO THEIR CREDIT, PATRICK’S TEAMS ARE RESPECTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  HE HAS SPENT OVER $500,000 SUPPORTING JUST HIS MEN’S TEAM.

 

PATRICK’S PROUDEST MOMENT IN HIS  SOFTBALL CAREER OCCURRED IN 1992 IN CLEVELAND AT THE USSSA CLASS “A” NIT.  PACE NOT ONLY BEAT STEELES, THE #3 RANKED TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, BUT THEN WENT ON TO FINISH OFF #1 RANKED BELL CORP TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT.

 

HE  ATTRIBUTES A GREAT MEASURE OF THE SUCCESS OF HIS MEN’S TEAM  TO THE FINE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MANAGER EUGENE WILLIAMS.