ELECTED: NOVEMBER 2005 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2006

ORLANDO, FL SCOTTSDALE, AZ

RICK FORTUNA FROM PARKVILLE, MO HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE EXECUTIVE CATEGORY.

THOUGH RICK HAS COACHED TEAMS IN THE USSSA PROGRAM FOR OVER 9 YEARS, AND BEEN THE STATE DIRECTOR FOR BASEBALL IN MISSOURI FOR THE SAME PERIOD, IT IS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE HE HAS REALLY MADE HIS MARK.

HE WAS APPOINTED THE EXECUTIVE VP OF BASEBALL IN 1999 AND STILL HOLDS THAT POSITION. HE HAS SERVED ON THE BASEBALL NATIONAL COMMITTEE, TOURNAMENT AWARDS COMMITTEE, AND THE NEW SPORTS COMMITTEE. IN 2000 HE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD AND IN 2002 IS RECEICED THE COVETED AL RAMSEY CEO AWARD.

IT WOULD BE NO UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT THE USSSA BASEBALL PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY WITHOUT RICK FORTUNA. HE HAS BEEN A STRONG GUIDING HAND IN THE FOUNDING, DEVELOPEMENT, GUIDANCE, AND GROWTH OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT USSSA PROGRAM.

RICK RELATES THAT THE MOST EXCITING EVENT IN HIS USSSA CAREER WAS SEEING THE FIRST USSSA BASEBALL WORLD SERIES TAKE PLACE IN 1997.