Fred Stahman

 
 

Elected : USSSA New York Hall Of Fame in 2017
Inducted : March 2018 Smithtown, NY.

 

Fred is a lifelong resident of Long Island, where, with his wife Bonnie, they raised their three children Edward, Melissa, and Christopher.  He played baseball and basketball at Sachem High School and Farmingdale College where he won All League and All Conference Awards respectively.

Spanning a thirty nine year career, with USSSA softball, Fred has participated in forty five qualifying tournaments at four different levels including World Series, Nationals, Regionals, and State.  At the Major Level, the teams he played with included Bombat/County Sports (N.Y.), Superior/Apollo (Conn.) and Medicine Shoppe (Miss.).  In addition, he participated in thirteen Major NITs where he was selected for two All Tournament teams.  Overall, he has won twelve Most Valuable Player Awards, eleven All Tournament Selections, and three Defensive Player Awards, all at the Major, A, B, and C levels.

In 1986, he began playing on the Steamfitters Local Union 638 Softball Team, where they subsequently won the USSSA UA National Tournament in Cincinnati Ohio, five out of six years from 1987-1992. During that time span, Fred received the Most Valuable Player Award three times.

Fred would like to thank the directors, organizers, and selection committee for all of their hard work, and would also like to congratulate all of this year’s Hall of Fame inductees.