Bill Plummer III

A 1973 graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana., Bill Plummer
III has been involved in softball for more than five decades. During his
career, he served as a sports writer and a baseball scout, and for 30 ½
years was employed at the ASA National Office in Oklahoma City as the
communications coordinator, manager of the ASA National Softball Hall of
Fame and historian.
In addition, Plummer also served as the editor of the ASA official
newsletter, The Inside Pitch, and as the Trade Show Manager. He has written
widely about the sport and has contributed to 13 books. In 2009, he authored
“The Game America Plays: Celebrating 75 Years of the Amateur Softball
Association”, and was a major contributor to the book, “Softball’s Lefty
Legend: Ty Stofflet,” by Dr. Steve Clarfield. He and Clarfield are
co-authors of a new book on fast pitch softball,” Best of the Best-Women’s
Fast Pitch Softball,” which came out in January of 2012.
He has been elected to five Halls of Fame, including the ASA National
Softball Hall of Fame plus state Halls of Fame in Oklahoma, Indiana,
Tidewater and New York State. In 1996, he served as the Information Manager
for ACOG for the debut of softball in the Olympics.
Although he retired from the ASA in 2009, Plummer is still very involved in
the sport, currently writing a column for the Lowe’s CLASS softball winner
each year and serving on its Selection Committee. He also produces
newsletters for the ASA’s in Texas and Tennessee and on occasion writes
about different events at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, including being a
stringer for the AP covering the NCAA Women’s College World Series. He also
works for Anaconda Trump, Lake Katrine, N.Y. as a sales person.
June 11, 2012
What a difference a year makes, especially for University of California senior Valerie Arioto, the winner of the 2012 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.
Last year, Arioto was at the WCWS, but she couldn…
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June 06, 2011
When the 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner was announced, no one was more surprised than the winner – Radford University pitcher Chelsea Kelley.
“At first I was kind of in shock,” Kelley…
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June 14, 2010
This year hasn’t been any different for Charlotte Morgan than any of her previous three years of playing softball for the University of Alabama. She unfortunately, however, has had to play through p…
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March 06, 2009
With the softball season underway, this year will be the last time many players suit up with their school colors. The seniors want to make their senior year the best it can be with the probability of…
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