Kenosha Softball Hall of Fame announces Class of 2023

The Kenosha Softball Hall of Fame committee announced the Class of 2023 on Friday (April 21).

The induction ceremony will be at Lincoln Park on Sunday, July 16, just prior to the championship games of the Rotary Softball Tournament.

Selected for their excellence in play and contributions to softball in Kenosha, the inductees include:

Players 

• Bob Arneson
• Joy Day-Mueller
• Tito Gonzalez
• Dale Horton, Fastpitch
• Cindy Rosko
• Rich Rosko
• Ron Schuler
• Jim Schweitzer, Fastpitch
• Craig Stewart
• Carmen Vite

Umpire 

• Bob Hale

Sponsor 

• Coins

Contributor 

• Greg Feivor

Previous inductees to the Kenosha Softball Hall of Fame include:

Class of 2012

Players

• George Georno – Senior Inductee
• Harry Kraft – Senior Inductee
• Bill Pecnick – Senior Inductee
• Jack Rice – Senior Inductee
• John Rommelfanger – Senior Inductee
• Joe Rosko – Senior Inductee
• Jack Tracy – Senior Inductee
• Mario Bonofiglio
• Denny DeLoria
• Mark Hackbarth
• Cheryl Hanks
• Tom Keating
• Dick Laba
• Chuck Lange
• Nick Perrine
• Gary “Wizard” Petersen
• Joyce Westerman

Contributor

• Fred Bistrick

Sponsor

• Domenick & Amelia Tirabassi and Family

Umpire

• George Chromcick

Class of 2013

Players

• Don “Shadow” Richards – Senior Inductee
• Bill Ricker – Senior Inductee
• Richie Trotta – Senior Inductee
• Kris Allison
• Richie Baumgarten
• Tom Blaziewske
• Vince Bonofiglio
• Bill Johnson
• Howie Latshaw
• Bruce “Hollywood” Meyers
• Dee Simon
• Gene Willems
• Jack Zimmerman

Contributor/Sponsor

• Sam “Finney” Perry

Umpire

• Ernie Pascucci

Class of 2014

Players

• Cheri Kloster Christiansen
• Jeff Clark
• Vinnie Lia
• Paulette Spitzer
• Jimmy Tirabassi
• Ed Van Tine
• Roger Wermeling

Contributors

• Leon Rosko
• Paul Vagnoni

Sponsor

• Bob Strang

Umpire

• Ron Soulek

Class of 2015

Players

• LaRoi “Sticks” Fulmer – Senior Inductee
• Pete Bruneo
• Nick Guarascio
• Cindy Herr
• Sam Nigro
• Jerry Reeves
• Dan Wade

Contributor

• Keith Bosman

Sponsor

• Tom Sorensen

Umpire

• Dick Cairo

Class of 2016

Players

• Dixie Knudson – Senior Inductee
• Louis Armstrong
• Tom Jaehne
• Leila Mercado
• Alex Nigro
• Ken Pflugrad
• Larry Weiss

Sponsor

• Dave Hamelink

Contributors

• Tom Anderson Sr.
• Franz Vigansky

Umpire

• Jerry Herrick

Umpire/Sponsor/Contributor

• Dawn Raabe

Class of 2017

Players

• Russ Guarascio
• Gregg Hansen
• Gordie Hess
• Matt Montemurro
• Sam Scherr
• Rocky Tirabassi
• Larry Tostrud

Contributors

• Archie and Millie Lowman

Sponsor

• Joe Santiloni

Class of 2018

Players

• Gary Schmidt – Fastpitch
• Mike Molinaro – Senior Inductee
• Jim Brown
• Rick Flocker
• Mark Gascoigne
• Yvette Honey
• Carmen Pillizzi
• Rich Salisbury
• Ron Zeith

Sponsor

• Jerry Kurth

Contributor

• Djuana Latshaw

Umpire

• George Becker

Class of 2019

Players

• Brad “Chilly” Breiling
• Dan McGonegle
• Doug Spitzer
• Glenn Marescalco
• Steve “Blade” Hess
• Tanya Bertog McGonegle
• Kevin McGinn – Fastpitch
• Butch Schultz – Fastpitch
• Clarence “Kyce” Bosman – Senior Inductee
• George Bosman – Senior Inductee

Sponsor

• Doug Stanich

Contributor

• Al Gajdos

Umpire

• Joe Bentz

Class of 2020

• No inductees, pandemic

Class of 2021

Players

• Jack Soderberg – Fastpitch
• Ron Grunseth – Fastpitch
• Liz Sipple
• Brenda Van Cuick
• Larry Keating
• Paul Cox
• Ronnie Clark
• Jeff Gascoigne
• Greg Czarnecki
• Bill Griffiths
• Tom Beth
• John Pitts
• Randy Piwoni
• Russ Guerra

Sponsors

• Vern Ekern
• John Wavro

Umpire

• Terry Lannoye

Contributors

• Jeff Barsuli
• Bob Piff
• Griff Parry

Class of 2022

Players

• Richie Edwards – Fastpitch
• Gail Ekern
• Jim Barrett
• Joe Gianeselli
• Dan Llanas
• Brian McGonegle
• Paul Umscheid

Contributor

• Ernie Soto

Umpire

• Shorty Sauceda

Sponsor

• Jerry Rasmussen (Brat Stop)