Tom Shackelford

Tom
Shackelford

Inducted: 2006
Category: Men Players

Tom’s softball career spanned over four decades. He played shortstop and third base in seventeen national tournaments. His talent in the game led to being able to play the game he loved in the United States, Canada and New Zealand. He was a member of the National ISC Corporate Collections Championship Team. He was a member of the ISC Runner-up World Championship 7th Ave Auto Parts Team. He was a member of the ASA Runner-up National Championship Arizona Gorillas Team. He was a first team All-American, All- Regional and invited to try out for the United States Pan-American Team

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Annie Valenzuela Jackson Sierras
Annie Valenzuela
Jackson Sierras
Inducted: 2009
Category: Women Players

First baseman, Played 19 years with the Mercury Blues and Phoenix Westerners Softball Teams,
Cactus State League All Tournament Team 16 out of the 19 years,
Batting Champion Award 1967,

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Hellen Andrade Siggelkow
Helen Andrade
Siggelkow
Inducted: 2000
Category: Women Players

Helen was a very talented softball player. She could play shortstop or third base. She played from 1969 to 1990. Was voted to the All-American Team in 1982 and 1983. Played for the famous Sun City Saints where she won the Erv Lind Award for outstanding defense at the 1982 ASA National Tournament. Was a member of the 1982 Gold Medal team at the Olympic Sports Festival. Helen was voted to the 1981 NJCAA All-American Team for Glendale Community College

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Bob Slaughter

Bob
Slaughter

Inducted: 2001
Category: Men Players

Bob played eighteen years in four decades. He played in 12 National Tournaments and was a member of the 1970 ISC World Champion Schaefer- Smith-Ankeney Insurance Team. He played on 14 State and Metro League Champion teams and was voted to the All-State Team 3 times.

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Joe Smith

Joe
Smith

Inducted: 1978
Category: Contributor/Sponsor

In his first season as sponsor of a major softball team, his 1970 Schaefer & Smith Insurance team won the World championship of the International Softball Congress. In nine years as a sponsor, his teams competed in eight national tournaments and was runner-up in 1977. Most active sponsor in Arizona, his teams include the Westerners of the Copperstate Women’s Softball League, 50 youth teams in softball, Little League baseball, soccer and basketball. He was chairman and director of the two most financially successful world softball tournaments in history of the ISC. His service to sports earned him the Arizona Softball Foundation’s Man of the Year Award in 1977 as well as the Phoenix Press Box Association’s tribute as Arizona Sports Personality of 1977.

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Ben Spalding

Ben
Spalding

Inducted: 1974
Category: Contributor/Other

An outstanding pitcher who played in several national tournaments with the legendary Funk Jewels of Phoenix. Ben Spalding was a booster of all sports - with special emphasis on softball. One of softball’s truly great leaders and promoters. Ben pioneered night softball in Phoenix when he built the first lighted field in 1934 at University Park where the dynasty of Arizona Softball had its beginning. He later joined Art Funk in building Phoenix Softball Park at 17th Ave. and Roosevelt, site of 20 men’s and women’s national tournaments.

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Darlene Spiva

Darlene
Spiva

Inducted: 2001
Category: Women Players

Bev was a player, coach and contributor to the game of softball in Arizona from 1951 to 1973. She began her playing career with the Webster Buttercups and then went to the world famous Phoenix PBSW Ramblers. She was a member of 18 Regional Championship Teams, including the PBSW Ramblers and the Sun City Saints. She founded the Sun City Saints in 1965.

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George Stapley

George
Stapley

Inducted: 1978
Category: Men Players

A brilliant pitcher and a .300 hitter joined forces to produce a storybook career for this 20-year veteran of softball. Wounded in the Battle of the Bulge, he was advised by a doctor to exercise his shoulder. So well did he exercise it. he authored 96 n-hit, no run games, and 11 no-hit, 1-run games. In addition, he batted cleanup for his teams. Between 1952 and 1959, he was judged Outstanding Pitcher in the Mesa Major League five times, and batted better than .300 each year. He played with Arizona teams in six national tournaments - in Phoenix; Fresno, Calif; Long Beach; Plainview, Texas; Oklahoma City and Long Island, NY. Voted Outstanding Pitcher in three Latter-Day Saints national tournaments, he pitched the Mesa 8th Ward to championships in 1958, 1960 a nd 1961 in Salt Lake City.

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Beverly Bev Dryer Stewart
Beverly "Bev"
Dryer Stewart
Inducted: 2001
Category: Contributor/Other

Bev was a player, coach and contributor to the game of softball in Arizona from 1951 to 1973. She began her playing career with the Webster Buttercups and then went to the world famous Phoenix PBSW Ramblers. She was a member of 18 Regional Championship Teams, including the PBSW Ramblers and the Sun City Saints. She founded the Sun City Saints in 1965.

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Del Stilwell

Del
Stilwell

Inducted: 2010
Category: Men Players

Pitcher Played 26 plus years
Member of 9 League Championship Teams
Member of 6 League Tournament Championship Teams
3 time MVP
Played in Rock Island Nationals and pitched the team to 6th place
Coached Women's Pick Realty Team to the state championship
Helped coach the first Copperstate Team to beat the Sun City Saints. Del Stilwell pitched for twenty-six years on various men's teams. He pitched for the Lightning Movers, AZ Highways Dept Team, Schafer and Smith and Patterson Motors of Mesa. In 1962, he wa selected the MVP in the Arizona State Tournament. He was also a member of the coaching staff of two women's fast pitch teams. He was a coach for the Pick Realty Rebels, State Champions in 1965 and the Phoenix Westerners of the Copperstate League.

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Dennis Stump Stilwell
Dennis "Stump"
Stilwell
Inducted: 2010
Category: Men Players

Played 32 years Went to 30 nationals
Played outfield, first base and pitched
8 time All-American
2 time Player of the Year
2 time MV pitcher award
MVP Award
Invited to Pan American Tryouts Twice. Dennis Stilwell played fast pitch softball for thirty-two years. In thirty-two years, he played in thirty national tournaments where he was selected Player of the Year twice. He played for Lightning Movers, Tally Page Raiders, Hays roofing, Southern Truck, Seventh Ave Auto Parts, Turquoise Kings, Florida Clearwater Bombers and Paddock Pools. Dennis played outfield, first base and pitched. Dennis was selected as an All American eight times.

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Mike Strausser

Mike
Strausser

Inducted: 2007
Category: Men Players

Mike Strausser was a pitcher-outfielder and third baseman from several outstanding Arizona teams. He played in 4 decades over a 22 year period. He played in 18 Men’s Major Open Tournaments, was a member of the United Air Force National Team, played on 9 state championship teams, 5 time MVP and All-American in 1983 and 1994.

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Paula Stufflebeam

Paula
Stufflebeam

Inducted: 2013
Category: Women Players

Played 25 years; primary positions second base, and outfield, Arizona State University 1977-1980, all conference Championship AIAW- 1980, Sun City Saints 1977-1983/4 with the National Champions 1978 and played on the United States Pan Am Gold Medal 1979 team in San Juan Puerto Rico.

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Mickey Sullivan

Mickey
Sullivan

Inducted: 1974
Category: Women Players

One of women’s softball most outstanding third baseman, Mickey Sullivan was a charter member of the nationally famed Phoenix PBSW Ramblers. Her faultless play at third base and her timely hitting helped the Ramblers capture 14 state and regional championships leading to participation in as many national tournaments. Mickey had outstanding leadership qualities and managed the Ramblers during 1941-42 while the regular manager was in the service. Later she served as a team coach, helping others to develop softball skills.

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Robert Bob Swan

Robert "Bob"
Swan

Inducted: 2006
Category: Contributor/Other

Bob was not only inducted into the Arizona Softball Hall of Fame as a coach of fast pitch softball but also his contribution to the betterment of high school softball programs and facilities. Bob spent twenty years in softball, he coached his teams to two National Championships, eighteen national appearances, four top ten finishes at the nationals and numerous state and regional titles

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John Thierbach

John
Thierbach

Inducted: 2016
Category: Men Players

John played second and third base on several elite Arizona Softball teams including the F.E. Bailey Team, Sports Club of America and Arizona Turquoise Kings. Played with numerous Arizona softball hall of fame members including Jerry Wells, Jay Bob Bickford, Reid Nielson, and Gil Aragon. John participated in several State, Regional, National, and World Championships with ASA and ISC events.

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Nonie The Hustler Land Thomas
Nonie "The Hustler"
Land Thomas
Inducted: 1977
Category: Men Players

A two-time All-American centerfielder and five times an Arizona All- State and All-Regional selection, this fleet-footed and strong-armed outfielder was a leader in batting, home runs, runs batted in and stolen bases. His exceptional skills were a vital factor in Fresh Farm Markets of Phoenix winning the 1947 national championship. He played for seven Arizona major league teams - O. S. Stapley, Farm Fresh Markets, Clark Smith Autos, Wright Cooler Kings, Hays Roofing, Jones Ranches and Fike Plumbers; and played in eight national tournaments at Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Greeley, Colo., Bridgeport, Conn., Fresno, Calif., Long Beach, Calif., and Phoenix.

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Doug Thorley

Doug
Thorley

Inducted: 2013
Category: Men Players

Doug was selected in the Veterans category. An infielder, Doug played for over 20 years, attended 3 ISC World Tournaments, was selected All-State Infielder in 1997, All-Tournament Infielder in Las Vegas 1997 and in Colorado Springs in 1977. He attended Colorado Springs Pike’s Peak Tournament Championship 1976 & 1977. In the 1970s he played for Hays Roofing and the Turquoise Kings. Doug started his career in baseball playing for Glendale Community College on their NJCAA Championship Baseball Team as an All American shortstop in 1968.

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Manly Traylor

Manly
Traylor

Inducted: 1980
Category: Men Players

An outstanding catcher and along ball hitter, Manly Traylor earned numerous honors in a career which spanned 33 years. A frequent state and regional tournament all-star, he was the state tournament’s most valuable player leading Phoenix Elks to the championship. He participated in two national tournaments, for the Elks and for McGinnis Equipment Company. He also starred for Roy Brooks Plumbers, International Metals and Funk Jewelers in the Phoenix Major League. A Marine Corps veteran, he played with Marine teams in New Zealand, Hawaii and Saipan, where his teams won the division championship. A power hitter, he once hit for the cycle and once hit three home runs and a triple in a single game. In a district tournament game in Globe’s O’Brien Baseball Park, he hit a home run which cleared the left field fence, 365 feet from home plate. And in Mesa’s Rendezvous Park, he cleared the 335-foot barrier in left field. He also was player-manager for the Globe Elks. He continued playing until he was fifty years of age.

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Gilbert Gil Trejo

Gilbert "Gil"
Trejo

Inducted: 1979
Category: Men Players

One of Arizona softball’s greatest infielder, with a strong, accurate throwing arm, and a top hitter and base runner, his skills helped Farm Fresh Markets of Phoenix win the 1947 NSC World Championship. The complete player, he collected numerous honors as a standout in the Phoenix Major League. He was a perennial all- state and all-region selection. He played in five national championship tournaments with Arizona teams

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Arnold Nolly Trujillo
Arnold "Nolly"
Trujillo
Inducted: 1974
Category: Men Players

 

Winner of more than 600 games, Nolly Trujillo is considered by many to be Arizona’s all-time great softball pitcher. Arizona teams have won three national championship tournaments - and Nolly was the pitcher of record in two of them. In 1938, he did it for the Funk Jewels and in 1947, he repeated with Farm Fresh Markets. He also was an outstanding hitter with tremendous power. His pitching and batting accomplishments over a 15-year period in Arizona softball- seldom matched seven for a season - leave no doubt as to his superiority

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Jim Turner

Jim
Turner

Inducted: 2015
Category: Men Players

Jimmy Turner a Veteran/Utility Player began playing Little League Baseball at an early age, but became interested in softball after watching a local game while visiting Phoenix. He wanted to play so he moved to Glendale and played on his first team called B & K. Jimmy joined the Schaefer-Smith-Ankeney Insurance Team and finally played for another great Arizona team called, 7th Avenue Auto Parts. During his 31+ years playing, he attended numerous State, Regional, and National Championships. His career batting average was .350+. Jim was as a member of the Schaefer-Smith-Ankeney Insurance Team was the Runner-Up Champion in the 1982 ISC World Championship.

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Art Van Haren Sr

Art Van
Haren Sr.

Inducted: 1974
Category: Contributor/Other

Jean played softball from 1945 to 1963. She played both infield and outfield from 1957 to 1963 on the world famous Phoenix PBSW Ramblers. She was selected All-American in 1960. She was a hard hitting lefty who starred at several positions.

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Alex Villa

Alex
Villa

Inducted: 2000
Category: Men Players

Alex was both an outstanding infielder and outfielder. He played from 1972 to 1994 on several ranked teams in Arizona. He played in 12 national tournaments and was a member of 9 Arizona State championship teams. In 1987, Alex was named Arizona Player of the Year and selected to represent the USA on the Pan American Team. In 1988, he was selected to the ISC All- World Team. He was named 9 times to the Arizona All-State Team and named All-American in the 1993-1994 ASA 40 and over.

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Rosemary Ybarra Urtuzuastegui
Rosemary Ybarra
Urtuzuastegul
Inducted: 2004
Category: Women Players

Rosemary was one of Arizona’s finest. She had a long and prosperous career in pitching for some of the highest ranked teams in Arizona. She played in Canada, Puerto Rico and Panama. In 1967, she received the Outstanding Pitcher Award and in 1981 the MVP Player Award in the Phoenix Metro ASA Tournament

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Larry Walker

Larry
Walker

Inducted: 1974
Category: Men Players

Pitcher and outfielder. Played in 8 national tournaments. Member of 1948 and 1949 National Champion PBSW Ramblers. Member of 1950, 1952 and 1955 Runners-up National Championship Ramblers. Played from 1948 to 1955 as a member of the PBSW Ramblers in numerous city, state and regional tournaments. Won the Western States Major League numerous times. Voted Miss Softball 1951 at the ASA Nationals. Marie Rodgers pitched for the PBSW Ramblers from 1948 to 1955. She was a member of the Ramblers National Championship Teams in 1948 and 1949. At the 1951 ASA Nationals, she was awarded the Victor E. Bornstein Miss Softball Award as the prettiest and most talented player in the USA.

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Dodie Nelson Walker

Dodie Nelson
Walker

Inducted: 1975
Category: Women Players

Terry “T-Bone” Brenner played from 1971 to 1986. He was the shortstop for the 1974 ISC World Champion Page’s Raiders Team. Played in 11 national tournaments, 9 Arizona championship teams and voted to the ASA All- American Team in 1979. He was voted 5 times to the All-Arizona Team

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Paul Windmill Watson
Paul "Windmill"
Watson
Inducted: 2013
Category: Men Players

In his 39 year softball carreer, Lonnie pitched for several top Arizona teams including the Southern Truck Raiders, Culivers Sierra Vista, the Advocates and Yuma-Kellands. Lonnie also played and pitched for ASA senior teams. Lonnie was selected All State Pitcher four times. In the ASA 40 & Over he was named All American pitcher four times and in NAFA he was named All World pitcher. He played in 11 ISC World Tournaments and on two Arizona State League Championship teams.

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Anita Jane Byrd Wells
Anita Janey
(Byrd) Wells
Inducted: 2016
Category: Women Players

Anita Jane (Byrd) Wells Legend Player/Pitcher Anita (Byrd) Wells played softball for the Dudettes and PBSW Ramblers from 1948 to 1957. She was recruited right out of elementary school by Dot Wilkinson and Ford Hoffman. At 13, Anita traveled with the Ramblers to pitch in the ASA Women's National Softball Tournament in Toronto, Canada. Anita pitched in numerous State, Regional and six National ASA Tournaments with the Ramblers.

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Jerry Lee Wells

Jerry Lee
Wells

Inducted: 2000
Category: Men Players

Joanna coached for 37 years. She coached junior high and high school teams. In 1977 she was on the coaching staff of the Sun City Saints. In 1978 to 1981 she coached the farm teams for the Sun City Saints. From 1990 to 2002 Joanna started, managed and coached the Naturals, Junior Olympic Softball Organization with teams at 12U, 14U, 15U, 18U and Gold levels. Joanna is currently a member of the ASF (AZ Softball Foundation) Board of Directors and the past president of the ASU Softball Diamond Devils Booster Club.

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Linda Marie Wells

Linda Marie
Wells

Inducted: 2010
Category: Contributor/Other

Inducted into 8 Hall of Fames Played fast pitch softball from 1956-1993 in organized competition as a catcher, outfielder and pitcher receiving All-American status as a catcher
Participated in 17 national championships in women's major softball
Played and coached professionall;y in the Women's International Professional Softball League
Head coach of the ASU Sun Devils from 1989-2005.
Coached ASU to 14 NCAA Regional appearances in 16 years
Guided ASU to NCAA College World Series appearances in 1999 and 2002
Names Arizona Women's Sports Association's University Coach of the Year
President of the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association
Assistant Coach of the 1985 USA South Pacific Classic gold medal team
Assistant Coach of the 1987 USA Pan American gold medal team
Head Coach of the 2004 Greek Olympic Team
Pitching Coach of the 2008 Dutch Olympic Team
Conducted hundreds of clinics in and out of Arizona; author and publisher of many books, articles and videos on softball. Linda Wells wa a Player-Coach for the St. Louis Hummers in the Women's International Professional Softball League from 1976 to 1979. Linda started her college coaching at the University of Minnesota where she coached for 14 years. Linda left Minnesota to take the head coaching position at Arizona State University. She coached at ASU from 1989 to 2005. She coached the Greek (2004) and Dutch (2008) Olympic Softball Teams in Athens and Beijing. Linda is nationally renowed for her publications on coaching and is a much requested speaker on all the aspects of the game of softball.

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RC Bob West

R.C. Bob
West

Inducted: 2000
Category: Contributor/Other

Bob was the sponsor and coach of the Phoenix Westerners for more than 20 years. He won eight state championships, Seven Copperstate League titles and numerous other honors. He amassed a career record of 1, 122 wins and 248 loses. He was a pitcher for the Phoenix Senators in the old Arizona-Texas League. Bob worked tirelessly for fast pitch and his’ Beloved Westerners as a manager, coach and sponsor.

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Jo Wilson West

Jo Wilson
West

Inducted: 2000
Category: Women Players

Jo’s playing career spanned the years from 1958 to 1978. She played first base for the Cooperstate League powerhouse Phoenix Westerners. She was selected to the ASA All-State Team in 1960 and 1961. She made numerous All-State and All-Region selections as an infielder and played against teams from Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Sweden and New Zealand. She was voted to the Arizona Softball Foundation All-State Team in 1973 and 1978.

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John Mad Dog West

John "Mad Dog" West

Inducted: 2000
Category: Men Players

 

John’s softball career spanned twenty-six years from 1969 to 1995. He was considered one of Arizona’s most outstanding outfielders. He played in 24 National tournaments, 13 Arizona state champion teams and named to the All- State Team 3 times. He played outfield for the 1974 ISC World Champion, Page’s Raiders. In 1978, John was selected to the ASA All-American Team. In 6 of the national tournaments he played in, he batted over 300.

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Dot Wilkinson

Dot
Wilkinson

Inducted: 1974
Category: Women Players

Wilkinson started out playing second base for the PBSW Ramblers and a few years later was switched to behind the plate by coach Ford Hoffman, who told her, “You’re the catcher, you run the team. Before retiring in 1965, Wilkinson earned 19 All-America awards and had some outstanding years for the Ramblers, including 1952 (.374 batting average), 1953 (.365 batting average), 1957 (.387 average in national championship); 1955 (.450 average in national with no errors on 36 chances) and 1954 (.455 average and 1.000 fielding percentage on 84 chances in national). Dot said one of her greatest thrills came in 1940 when the Ramblers won their first of three national titles (1948 and 1949). Another Thrill came in 1970, when she received her Hall of Fame plaque.

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AC Williams

A.C.
Williams

Inducted: 1976
Category: Contributor/Other

Pat played softball from 1958 to 1977. He played first base and managed teams in 10 World Tournaments. He organized and managed two of Arizona’s finest men’s softball teams, Hayes Roofing and the Arizona Turquoise Kings. He managed the Turquoise Kings to a 1974 ISC Runner-up World Championship.

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Lois Williams

Lois
Williams

Inducted: 1975
Category: Women Players

She began playing softball competitively at the age of 14. Captain and catcher for the A-1 Queens of Phoenix, frequent National Champions, she garnered a half dozen All-American awards and was named 'Number One Catcher' in six consecutive World Tournaments. She won the games' highest award when she was honored as 'Miss Softball' in 1948. In 1950 she was named the Most Valuable Player at the National Softball Congress tournament. The talented and durable team leader once caught all 163 games scheduled for the season. In May, 1975, she was unanimously elected to the Arizona Softball Hall of Fame. In 1954 Lois moved to Portland, where she caught and played first base for the Erv Lind Florists from 1954-58, before retiring at the end of the 1958 season. She was the Florist's assistant coach from 1960-62, and Head Coach from 1963-65, directing the Erv Lind Florists to the A.S.A World Championship title in 1964. 

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Kathryn Cotton Williamson
Kathryn "Cotton"
Williams
Inducted: 2014
Category: Women Players

Cotton was a utility player and a catcher for over 25 years. She played for the Hunting Park Blues and for the Orange Lionettes for three years before coming to Phoenix to play for the Phoenix Ramblers and then the Sun City Saints. As a Lionette she became an All American. Cotton was selected as a Pacific Coast Women's Softball league All Star many times and played in several ASA National Championships. Cotton is inducted as a Legend's Player.

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Spotts Willis

Spotts
Willis

Inducted: 1976
Category: Men Players

An outstanding catcher, manager and administrator, this three-time All-American was one of Arizona’s top softball personalities for 15 years. Blessed with a quick and accurate throwing arm, he was receiver for many of the nation’s leading pitchers in seven national tournaments. An All-State selection eight times, he starred in Phoenix major league play for Fike Plumbers, Phalanx Fraternity, O. S. Stapley, Denton Tires, Itule Bros., Shawyer Bros., and Clark Smith Autos. He later became a successful manager and in 1959 was named Arizona commissioner for the International Softball Congress, staging annual state and regional tournaments. He was one of the organizers and officers of the Arizona Softball Foundation, which sponsors the Arizona Softball Hall of Fame.

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Archie Wilson

Archie
Wilson

Inducted: 1978
Category: Men Players

Arizona’s premier pitcher when the sport of major league softball was introduced to the state in 1932 and 1933, he blazed a trail of greatness during a 15-year career which found him an annual participant in state and regional tournaments. He began pitching major league softball in 1932 as a 15-year-old and his pitching prowess and batting ability earned him outstanding pitcher and most valuable player awards in 1932 and 1933 when he led his team to the state championship each year. He pitched both for and against Arizona major league teams during his career.

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Joanne Winter

Joanne
Winter

Inducted: 1979
Category: Women Players

One of the world’s greatest women softball pitchers, she led her teams to national and world championships during a 16-year career. She led the Phoenix A-1 Queens to the national championship in 1955, beating intra-city rival PBSW Ramblers seven times in 10 meetings. A top pitcher in the Chicago Major League, 1940=42, she moved to Arizona in October 1942, but returned to pitch for the Racine Belles in the All-American Softball League, founded by P. K. Wrigley and Branch Rickey. During 7 seasons in this first-ever women’s professional league, she led her team to three world championships. Her career earned run average was an amazing 0.76. She then joined the A-1 Queens in 1955 and posted a 36-6 record. Against women’s teams and won 10 more against men’s teams.

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Herb Wisdom

Herb
Wisdom

Inducted: 2000
Category: Contributor/Other

Herb was a successful pitcher, coach and contributor to Arizona softball. He has kept men’s fast pitch alive in southern Arizona in recent years, sponsoring more than 150 players at numerous national and world tournaments.

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Jim Pony Woods

Jim "Pony"
Woods

Inducted: 2001
Category: Contributor/Sponsor

Pony sponsored the Great Southern Truck Raiders Teams in the 1970s and 1980s. His squads reflected his own personality- Relentless, loyal and always a winner.

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Margie Yetman

Margie
Yetman

Inducted: 1976
Category: Women Players

Five times an All-American, considered the greatest second baseman in women’s softball during the 1940’s and 1950,’ she joined the Phoenix A-1 Queens after a lengthy, star-studded career in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. She was judged Most Valuable Player in the 1948 national tournament in Phoenix. A member of the Queens’ All-time Team, she was a key factor in the Queens’ winning three of their five national championships. Her strong hitting and flawless fielding played starring roles in 17 national tournaments, including national championships for the Tulsa Midgets in 1942-43.

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Stuart Stu Zinc

Stuart "Stu"
Zinc

Inducted: 2000
Category: Men Players

Stu played softball for twenty-four years. He was both a player and manager of the world famous Schaefer-Smith Men’s fast pitch team. He played in 20 national tournaments and on 11 Arizona state championship teams. He was a member of the 1970 ISC World Championship Schaefer-Smith Team. Stu was voted to the 1977 ISC All-World Softball Team and inducted into the International Softball Congress (ISC Hall of Fame in 1980.

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