ELECTED: NOVEMBER 2005 INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 2006

ORLANDO, FL SCOTTSDALE, AZ

TOM MATTES FROM LIVONIA MI HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE UMPIRE CATEGORY.

TOM HAS BEEN AN UMPIRE FOR 45 YEARS, 34 OF THOSE YEARS WITH THE USSSA. OFFICIATING AT THE WORLD TOURNAMENT IN 1973, 12 MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES, COUNTLESS NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, 5 WOMEN’S WORLD TOURNAMENTS, 4 MENS CLASS “A”-”AA” TOURNAMENTS (AS UMPIRE IN CHIEF) ONLY PARTIALLY DESCRIBES HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE USSSA PROGRAM. HE HELPED RUN THE HOME RUN HITTING CONTEST AND SUPPLIED HIS EXPERTISE TO THE BAT CHECKING PROCESS AT NUMEROUS MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES.

HE HAS BEEN UMPIRE IN CHIEF FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN FOR 17 YEARS; HE HAS CONDUCTED NATIONAL, DIVISIONAL, AND STATE UMPIRE CLINICS FOR 16 YEARS; HE HAS SERVED AS A VOTING DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR 15 YEARS, AND SERVED ON THE NATIONAL RULES COMMITTEE FOR 5 TERMS.

“I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED UMPIRING USSA SOFTBALL, WHETHER THE GAME LEVEL BE CLASS ‘E’ TO MAJOR. MY PRIMARY AIM WAS TO ALWAYS GIVE 110%, NEVER BEING OVERBEARING WHILE PERFORMING MY DUTIES....EVERY PLAYER LISTED IN THE 2004 MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES ALMANAC AS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, HALL OF FAME PLAYER, AND MANAGER, HAS PARTICIPATED IN A GAME I OFFICIATED.