RICHARD STOWE HOWARD

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1987

ORLANDO, FL

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1988

MYRTLE BEACH, SC

RICHARD HOWARD, A MAN WHO TRULY LOVES SOFTBALL AND SPONSORED TEAMS FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE SPECIAL CATEGORY.

UNDER HIS SPONSORSHIP, HIS TEAMS CAPTURED THE MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1978 AND AGAIN IN 1981.

WHEN HIS TEAM JOINED THE USSSA IN THE 70’S, THE MOVE PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHER TEAMS TO FOLLOW.

THE POPULAR NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE, WHO PUT DENVER, NORTH CAROLINA ON THE MAP, WAS A LOYAL SUPPORTER OF THE USSSA.

WHILE BEST KNOW FOR HIS POWERHOUSE MEN’S MAJOR TEAMS, HE ALSO SPONSORED TEAMS IN WOMEN’S, MIXED AND MASTERS PLAY.

REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE GAME’S TOP ALL-TIME SPONSORS, MR. HOWARD HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE GAME OF SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL.