Maryellen Ford

Elected : USSSA New York Hall Of Fame in 2015
Inducted : 2016, Rochester, NY
 

Maryellen was born in Rochester, NY on 4/25/50.She still resides in the area with her long term partner  Mary Cook. Her siblings are Diane Bonacci, Pat Rebar, Marlene Ford and Merritt Ford.  She attended Penfield High School, Brockport State Rochester Institute of Technology. She played softball for Brockport State Champs in 1973 & 74 and for their field hockey State Champs in 1971 & 72,

 

Maryellen worked 21 years for Kodak and 11 years for Optimation Technology as an Electrical Designer.  She played for the Kodak Park Slo-Pitch team coached by Carol Dwyer.  They won several Eastern State titles. During that time, Maryellen was selected to several al-star teams and won 3 defensive player awards and 2 MVP awards.  She posted a 108-23 won-lost record during her tenure with Kodak and had a 2.16 ERA.

 

In the early to mid ‘70s. Maryellen played for Lou Assenato’s Tommy’s Travelers, Kelly’s Tavern and Rochester Imperials teams. She won several awards with those teams and in 1975 was named to the USSSA All-World Team. During those years she won 255 games against 47 losses and had a 1.64 ERA.

 

In 1977, Maryellen joined Duane McCoy’s Pace Electronics Fighting Green and Gold Team and helped them will the USSSA Class A World Championship that year while being named to the All-World Team. They were also USSSA World runner-up in 1978.  She had a 57-15 record over those 2 years and 1.67 ERA.

 

Maryellen played for Bill Dunphy led teams from 1982 to 1999, which included Wintonarie, Ronnie’s Ballpark, Cal’s Lounge, Four Bothers and Kirby’s Lawn Care. During that time she was on several championship teams including ones in the following categories; ASA NYS, 1991 USSSA B, 1994 USSSA B Regional and the 1999 USSSA B Regional. During that time she logged over 4,760 innings and had a 1.79 ERA.  She was named to many all-star teams, earned several defensive player awards and was a team MVP.  On June 29th, 1985, she pitch a USSSA sanctioned no-hitter in a Class B qualifying tournament.  In the early ‘80’s Maryellen was a successful body builder winning 2 New york State titles and one first place and one second place Ms. Rochester Title.

 

Maryellen is also a member of the Rochester Softball Hall of Fame.