JOHN DAROL MCKINLEY

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1998

SAN DIEGO, CA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1999

SAVANNAH, GA

JOHN DAROL MCKINLEY, A THIRTY-EIGHT YEAR VETERAN OF THE USSSA UMPIRING PROGRAM, HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR INDUCTION INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE UMPIRE CATEGORY.

JOHN STARTED HIS UMPIRING CAREER IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA IN 1961 AND IN 1971 HE WAS APPOINTED AS THE UMPIRE IN CHIEF FOR THAT CITY. IN 1979 HE WAS APPOINTED BY GARY WALLICK AS THE USSSA WESTERN DIVISION UMPIRE IN CHIEF. SINCE THAT APPOINTMENT JOHN HAS CONDUCTED OVER 150 USSSA UMPIRE CLINICS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES. HE ALSO HAS ATTENDED EVERY USSSA NATIONAL UMPIRE CLINIC CONDUCTED AT THE NATIONAL MEETING SINCE 1979.

JOHN HAS UMPIRED IN NUMEROUS STATE, DIVISION, REGION, AND WORLD TOURNAMENTS, AND IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR UMPIRES TO HAVE OFFICIATED IN BOTH THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES. HE WORKED IN THE USSSA MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES IN 1980 AND THE WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES IN 1990.

JOHN HAS SERVED ON THE USSSA NATIONAL PLAYING RULES COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST SEVENTEEN YEARS AND IN 1989 CO-AUTHORED THE FIRST USSSA UMPIRE MECHANICS MANUAL. HE ALSO WAS APPOINTED TO THE USSSA UMPIRE UNIFORM STANDARDS COMMITTEE IN 1990.

AT THE USSSA NATIONAL MEETING IN 1984 IN EL PASO, TX, JOHN WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE NATION UMPIRE IN CHIEFS AWARD.

AT THE USSSA NATIONAL MEETING IN 2003 IN SAN ANTONIO, TX, JOHN WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD. HE IS NOW ONE OF ONLY TWO INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE RECEIVED THE UMPIRE IN CHIEF AND PRESIDENT'S AWARD, IN ADDITION TO BEING INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME.