ELECTED: NOVEMBER 2005 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2006

ORLANDO, FL SCOTTSDALE, AZ

RUSTY BUMGARDNER FROM GASTONIA, NC HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

AT WELL OVER 6’ TALL, RUSTY IS AN IMPOSING IF NOT INTIMIDATING FIGURE WHEN HE STEPS UP TO THE PLATE. HIS STATS MAKE HIM EVEN MORE SO: HE HAS MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH CONVERTERS UNLIMITED/VERNON’S TPS IN 1994, SHEN VALLEY/SUPERIOR/TAYLOR/TPS IN 1996, TEAM TPS IN 1998, LONG HAUL/TAYLOR BROTHERS/SHEN VALLEY/TPS IN 2001, RESMONDO/HAGUE/TAYLOR/SUNBELT IN 2003 AND RESMONDO/SMITH/MENOSSE IN 2005.

HE IS A MEMBER OF THE 2006 MEN’S MAJOR ALL-DISNEY TEAM AND THE CONFERENCE USSSA TEAM FOR 2006. IN WORLD SERIES PLAY AS OF 2006 HE ACCUMULATED 331 AT BATS, 184 HITS, 180 RBIs, AND 167 RUNS. HE WAS SELECTED TO THE SERIES ALL WORLD TEAM IN 2003, 1999, 1998, 1994, AND 1993.

HIS GREATEST THRILL WAS PLAYING FOR SHEN VALLEY/SUPERIOR/TAYLOR BROTHERS/TPS IN THE 1996 WORLD. SUNDAY MORNING IN THE LOSERS BRACKET, PLAYING 5 GAMES IN A ROW BEGINNING AT 8AM AND CONCLUDING AT AT 9PM, FINALLY DEFEATING DAN SMITH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.