[Alsfastball] Four Elected to the ISC Hall of Fame

[Al Doran]

To: "Al's Fastball List" <fastball at pmihrm.com>
From: Bret Baughman <stats4u at iscfastpitch.com>
Subject: Four Elected to the ISC Hall of Fame




Four Elected To the I.S.C. Hall Of Fame

            A pair of left-handed pitchers, a 
nimble shortstop, and a sponsor of an ISC World 
Champion team and host of an ISC World Tournament 
were elected to the International Softball Congress Hall of Fame.




Ed Klecker of California was an outstanding 
pitcher who led the Lakewood, Ca. Jets to the 
World Tournament title in 1973. In that event he 
was an All-World selection. He was also the 
tourney’s “Outstanding Pitcher” and the “Most 
Valuable Player” of the tourney which was held in Rock Island, Illinois.


Klecker was also an All-World tournament pitcher 
in 1972 and again in 1974 with the Lakewood Jets. 
In both the 1972 and 1973 World Tournament, he 
lead all hurlers with the most strikeouts.




Brad Underwood of Ontario was a dominant 
left-handed pitcher who was four times an 
All-World Tournament choice while throwing for 
Canadian Tire of Owen Sound, Ontario, and All Car 
of Green Bay Wisconsin. In the 1991 and 1994 
World Tournaments he was selected as the event’s “Outstanding Pitcher”


In the 1991 World Tournament, Underwood turned in 
a performance for the ages when he beat defending 
champion Seattle 2-1, threw a perfect game 
against Aurora, tossed a 22-inning 1-0 shutout 
over Santa Rosa, and blanked Sioux City for nine 
innings in the championship contest – all in the span of 32 hours!

Greg Sepulveda of California was a splendid 
shortstop. He starred with several teams but was 
at his best while earning All-World tournament 
laurels in both 1984 and 1985 with the Lancaster, California Chameleons.

Sepulveda’s talents led the Chameleons to a 3rd 
place World Tournament finish in 1984 and to the runner-up spot in 1986.

Art Gillis of Michigan holds the unique 
distinction of having captured an I.S.C. World 
Championship (1979) as sponsor of the Saginaw, 
Michigan, Bolters and also having served as the 
host and sponsor of an I.S.C. World Tournament. 
The latter event, played in 1981 in Saginaw, is 
believed by many to have been the greatest World 
Tournament in the proud history of the 
International Softball Congress. Gillis was the 
first ever Michigan I.S.C. commissioner. He also 
served later as an I.S.C. commissioner in Florida.

These four men, heroes to followers of fastball, 
will be inducted into the ISC Hall of Fame in 
August, 2006 during the World Tournament in Kitchener, Ontario.

Aug. 17, 2005

Gordon Wise
ISC Information Officer

Bret Baughman
ISC Historian and Asst. Statistician
Fax: 319-396-4247
Email: stats4u at iscfastpitch.com
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