I can understand if players under the age of 35, maybe 40, would not know anything about Rick Stocker. My 24/7/365 involvement in softball ended 12-15 years ago. But here are some highlights. Just facts and numbers, not trying to blow smoke.

Summary:
Hired by City of Rogers in December 1982 to run all sports, youth and adult. Took over an adult softball league of 27 teams, built it up to 87 teams in eight years. Became the largest league in the state in the early 90s, and it has held that spot ever since, far as I can find out. Current summer season has 110 adult teams.

Started out as a Youth District Commissioner for ASA in 1983; became an overall District Commissioner for ASA in 1989; registered 563 teams in a district of just four counties for ASA in 1997; I do not believe that record has ever been broken.

Resigned ASA in Fall of ’98. Became NSA State director; still serving in that capacity.

Took over as tournament director for Snowball Classic in 1984. Ran it for 30 years. Built it into one of the premier winter softball tournaments in the central part of the country. Even though it was a January tournament, we had over 60 teams, for seven straight years, from ’99 to ’05.

Registered umpire since 1980. In 1995, umpired the first-ever high-school fast-pitch game in the state of Arkansas.