ELECTED: NOVEMBER 2005 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2006

ORLANDO, FL SCOTTSDALE, AZ

TAMMY TOTLAND FROM HUTCHINSON, KS HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE SPECIAL CATEGORY,

TAMMY’S FIRST CONTACT WITH THE USSSA WAS IN 1979 AS A PLAYER. BY 1982 SHE WAS AN AREA DIRECTOR, AND IN 1988 SHE BECAME THE KANSAS STATE DIRECTOR. SHE HAS ACCUMULATED NUMEROUS AWARDS DURING HER CAREER INCLUDING: 1990 CENTRAL DIVISION DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, 1992 CENTRAL DIVISION DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, 1997 USSSA PRESIDENT’S AWARD, 1999 NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, 2001 MEL BURTRUM AWARD, AND 2003 MIDWEST DIVISION DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR.

THROUGHOUT HER CAREER WITH THE USSSA TAMMY HAS GROWN AND MATURED, STAYING OPEN MINDED TO NEW IDEAS AND EAGERLY TAKING ON CHALLENGES BIG AND SMALL.

FROM TAMMY, “THE GAME OF SOFTBALL IS A LIFETIME SPORT THAT WE CAN ALL PARTICIPATE IN AND ENJOY ON A COMPETITIVE OR RECREATIONAL LEVEL. JUST LIKE THE GAME OF SOFTBALL, USSSA IS A LIFETIME ORGANIZATION (AND) WE ALL NEED TO BE OPEN MINDED ENOUGH TO MAKE CHANGES FOR THE BETTERMENT. BEING PART OF THE USSSA ORGANIZATION HAS ALLOWED ME TO GO PLACES THAT I NEVER I WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE 25 YEARS AGO. IT HAS ENABLED ME TO MEET SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BECOME A BIG PART OF MY FAMILY.”