Senior Player Earl Weatherford - Before participating in the Senior program, Earl Weatherford enjoyed a lengthy career playing with a multitude of men’s teams in league and tournament play throughout Greater Cincinnati, including several class A and B teams. These...

Senior Player Like many accomplished Senior players, Kathy Sowers experienced only modest success prior to her 20-plus years as a member of the Ohio Cardinals.  Yes, there were league championships won as a teenager in Bellevue, Oh. and Norwalk, Oh., and Kathy earned...

Male Player Category During his 20-plus year playing career, Brad Reckart has climbed the team classification ladder from participating initially with Greater Cincinnati men’s C teams, to eventually earning positions in the starting lineups of the finest teams in the...

Male Player Category With his imposing size and defensive tenacity, Gary Nelson became an iconic figure on the mound for many of Greater Cincinnati’s most renowned softball teams during his 34-year career. This was especially true during the 1990’s and early 2000’s,...

Manager and Sponsor Category Steve McCauley managed, coached and sponsored championship women’s slow pitch teams for 28 years before retiring in 2013.  Steve got his first taste of winning a national title in 1984 while coaching and sponsoring Aero Battery, which...

Player, Manager, and Sponsor Category At one point in time, the Oakland Raiders were thought of as the “bad boys” of the NFL. It was an image cultivated from the top down. Former owner Al Davis had no problem thumbing his nose at the establishment. The notorious bad...

Umpire Category Bob Lipsky worked for many umpire organizations during his 28-year career, including Al Goodman, Buckeye, Buckeye Metro, Wayne Rust, and Eastside.  And each one quickly learned that Bob possessed all the qualities a softball official needed to excel. ...

Senior Player Category Bob Bosse’s 60-year slow pitch career didn’t really peak until 1992 when he began playing senior softball with Joseph Chevrolet. Prior to that Bob won several Knights of Columbus Ohio State and National Championships, and enjoyed a third place...

Senior Player Norm Stafford was involved in slow pitch softball in a managing, coaching and sponsoring role for 40 years before retiring in 2015. His powerhouse Senior and Men’s Major teams included an impressive list of names, including Planet Softball (1992-‘95) and...

Female Player Jane Scheper Meier began her 15-year slow pitch softball career in 1964, competing in a Catholic Youth Organization League at the age of 13.  Two years later she joined Ducker’s to compete in the Friday Night Women’s League in Covington, where she would...