RICK ALLEN ROBERTSON

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1995

MILWAUKEE, WI

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1996

ALBUQUERQUE, NM

RICK ROBERTSON, THE 1987 NATION UMPIRE-IN-CHIEFS AWARD RECIPIENT, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE UMPIRE CATEGORY.

THE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA NATIVE HAS PILED UP A HOST OF AWARDS AS AN UMPIRE, INCLUDING THE 1983 DIVISION UMPIRE OF THE YEAR, THE 1993 LOUISIANA STATE CO-DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD, AND THE 1994 SOUTHERN REGION UMPIRE OF THE YEAR AWARD.

AMONG THE HIGH PROFILE EVENTS ROBERTSON HAS WORKED ARE, 1985 MEN’S CLASS “A” WORLD TOURNAMENT IN LAFAYETTE, LA., THE 1988 WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES IN GARLAND, TX, THE 1988 CHURCH WORLD TOURNAMENT IN BOSSIER, LA., THE 1990 HISPANIC WORLD TOURNAMENT IN LAS CRUCES, NM., AND THE 1994 MIXED WORLD EVENT IN EULESS, TX. HE HAS CONDUCTED MANY UMPIRE CLINICS AND HAS ATTENDED EVERY NATION UMPIRE CLINIC HELD AT THE USSSA NATIONAL MEETING SINCE 1983.

ON THE FUTURE OF USSSA SOFTBALL, ROBERTSON, “USSSA IS ADVANCING EVERY DAY AND IS ON THE LEADING EDGE FOR SLO-PITCH SOFTBALL. WE MUST ALL REMEMBER OUR TEAMS WHO HAVE MADE US WHAT WE ARE TODAY. COMMUNICATION LINES MUST STAY OPEN BETWEEN DIRECTORS, UMPIRES, PLAYERS, AND COACHES SO THAT WE CAN ALL LISTEN TO THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF EACH OTHER.”

ROBERTSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS IN DEALING WITH UMPIRES, PLAYERS, TEAMS AND DIRECTORS IN THE FIELD. HIS WILLINGNESS TO SERVE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.