Honours Board
SOFTBALL NZ - PLAYERS OF THE DECADES
3 Sep, 2012
World championship winning captains Mark Sorenson and Jarrad Martin have both been named players of the decades as Softball New Zealand celebrates its 75th jubilee.
Sorenson, who captained the Black Sox to world titles in 1996 and 2000, was voted the best male player for the 1987 to 1996 decade and Martin, captain of the team that won the world crown in 2004, for the period 1997 to 2006.
Honoured for the first decade of the game in New Zealand were Alf Jenkins and Eva Knight. The 1947-1956 decade winners were Brian Wareham and again Eva Knight.
Recognised for their dominance in the game for the 10 years from 1957 to 1966 was Bill Massey and Bev Makinson.
Knight was not the only player to be recognised for two decades with Kevin Herlihy taking out the award for the 1967 to 1976 and 1977 to 1986 decades.
The women’s player for the 1967-1976 decade was Marilyn Marshall and for the next decade Cheryl Kemp took the honours. The decade from 1987 to 1996 belonged to Gina Weber who preceded Rhonda Hira.
The two players to be recognised from 2007 to now were Thomas Makea, who has played in four world championships since 1996, and Michal Tangaroa, who has played in two world championships.
| Decade | Female Player of the Decade | Decade | Male Player of the Decade |
| 1937-1946 | Eva Knight | 1937-1946 | Alf Jenkins |
| 1947-1956 | Eva Knight | 1947-1956 | Brian Wareham |
| 1957-1966 | Bev Makinson | 1957-1966 | Bill Massey |
| 1967-1976 | Marilyn Marshall | 1967-1976 | Kevin Herlihy |
| 1977-1986 | Cheryl Kemp | 1977-1986 | Kevin Herlihy |
| 1987-1996 | Gina Weber | 1987-1996 | Mark Sorenson |
| 1997-2006 | Rhonda Hira | 1997-2006 | Jarrad Martin |
| 2007-2012 | Michal Tangaroa | 2007-2012 | Thomas Makea |
SOFTBALL NZ HONOURS INFORMATION & CRITERIA TIME FRAMES FOR INFORMATION AND NOMINATIONS - 2019
(+ passed; * ISF Hall of Fame)
PATRONS
| Alfred Jenkins + David T Howe + Alf Whelan * + Lyndsey Leask * Roy Dalton + Bob Leveloff |
1951 - 1974 1975 - 1991 1991 - 1997 1997 - 2001 2001- 2017 2018 - Present |
PRESIDENTS
| Alfred Jenkins + Mick Zemba + David Howe + Alf Whelan * MBE + Ray Weaver * + Lyndsey Leask * QSM Roy Dalton + Robert Leveloff MNZM Danae Goosman MNZM Hilton Earley Lynette Lockhart Nicky Sherriff |
1936 - 1950 1950 - 1951 1951 - 1972 1972 - 1983 1983 - 1993 1993 - 1997 1997 - 2000 2000 - 2006 2006 - 2010 2010 - 2013 2013 - 2016 2016 - Present |
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS
| Baldwin, Kevin + Bell, Athol + Bell, Maurice Breen, Valmai Brewer, Don Brewer, Lou + Brown, Alf + Cameron, Reg + Campbell, Naill + Chapman, Joyce Clarke, Raewyn Cross, Joe + Dalley, Lorraine Davidson, Garry Davis, Coralie Dyason, Elva + Dyason, Ray Eager, John + Fenton, Maurice Freeman, Fay Furlong, Ron + Gerrie, Keith Gibb, L G + Griffiths, Vicki Gurney, Ronnie Hall, Arch + Hall, Arnold Hamilton, Esme Herbert, Les + Humphreys, Jean + Humphreys, Raewyn Hutchings, Doreen + Jellyman, Frank + Jeromson, Frank + Johnson, Jill Joseph, Rehe + Judson, Raewyn Karsten, Don Karsten, Elaine Kohlhase, Eric + King, H C + Kinghorn, Stu Latta, Graham Laws, Thomas McKeown, George + Mack, Pene Matthews, Jack Morgan, Ken Mulholland, Jim + Palmer, Ellis Phillips, Joyce + Porteous, Seph + Redshaw, Harry + Rochford, Jack Rogers, Paul + Rowse, Trevor + Seeling, Cass Smith, Bill Smith, Stan E + Smith, Trevor Smith, W E + Sorenson, Maureen Walker, Walton Wasson, Mary + Waterhouse, Craig Yeates, Don + |
Hutt Valley Southland Canterbury Central Otago Whanganui Whanganui Canterbury Hutt Valley Southland Hawkes Bay Wellington Southland Wellington Hutt Valley Manawatu Manawatu Manawatu Canterbury Wellington Hawkes Bay North Harbour Canterbury North Harbour Hutt Valley Hutt Valley Hutt Valley Auckland Auckland Auckland West Coast Hutt Valley Otago Waikato North Harbour Southland Southland Auckland Southland Wellington Auckland Waikato North Harbour Hutt Valley West Coast Canterbury Waikato Manawatu Canterbury Auckland Auckland Western BOP Southland North Harbour Southland Hutt Valley Tairawhiti Whangarei Hawkes Bay Horowhenua |
LIFE MEMBERS
| Atkin, Harry + Bright, Emma + Dalton, Roy + Dolejs, Ed + Eagar, Dale Ferguson, Merrell * Freeman, Don + Gibson, Jim + Goosman, Danae MNZM Hay, Rusty + Higgins, Paul + Howe, David + Jenkins, Alfred + Leask, Lyndsey * QSM Leveloff, Robert MNZM Marshall, Gerry + Murphy, C (Mick) R + Pringle, Colin J + Sheilds, C (Tex) L + Sherriff, Nicky Smith, Joyce + Tibbits, Ray + Vincent, George * OBE + Voyle, John T * MBE + Weaver, Ray * + Whelan, Alfred * MBE + Wilson, William (Bill) H + |
Wellington Auckland Hutt Valley Nelson Canterbury Hutt Valley North Harbour Canterbury Canterbury Wellington Wellington Hutt Valley Wellington Canterbury North Harbour Hutt Valley Manawatu Wellington Canterbury Canterbury Southland North Harbour Wellington Auckland Wellington Auckland Hutt Valley |
Ed Dolejs |
SOFTBALL NEW ZEALAND HALL OF FAME
| 1988 1988 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2009 2009 2009 2010 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 |
Marilyn Marshall * Bill Massey Dennis Cheyne * Ed Dolejs * + Kevin Herlihy * MBE + Terry Nunns * Peter Priddey * + Paul Rogers * + Dave Sorenson * Marie Ward * Alf Whelan * MBE + Harry Atkin + Don Brewer Rosina Fletcher + Gerry Marshall + Wayne Baldwin Jan Foote Irene Keating Robyn Storer * Owen Walford * Ray Weaver * + Charlie Phillips * + Lester Baldwin * + Merrell Ferguson * Bev Makinson + Jimmy Cotter + Colin Ward * MNZM Cheryl Kemp * Lesley Monk * Michael Nichols * Naomi Shaw * MNZM Jane Earnshaw * Dave McKerchar Debbie Mygind Martha Rush Natalie Hazlewood Esme Hamilton John Joyce Basil McLean Michael Walsh * ONZM Annie Lineham Eddie Kohlhase * MNZM Chubb Tangaroa * MNZM Kere Johanson Gina Weber * MNZM Nardi Leonard Russell Moffat * Dean Rice Wayne Saunders * Rhonda Hira * Helen Townsend Michael White * Ross Smith + Steve Jackson Dion Nukunuku Char Pouaka Mark Sorenson * MNZM Fiona Timu * Don Tricker * MNZM Marty Grant Jackie Smith Wiremu Tamaki Melisa Tupuivaou Eva Goodall Lyndsey Leask * QSM Brian Wareham Leslie King Jarrad Martin * MNZM Patrick Shannon Travis Wilson Rhys Casley Kim Dermott Melanie Hulme Grant McCarroll Ed Isaac |
Wellington Hutt Valley Wellington Nelson Waikato Hutt Valley Wellington Auckland Hutt Valley Wellington Auckland Wellington Whanganui Auckland Hutt Valley Hutt Valley Hawkes Bay Wellington Canterbury Hawkes Bay Wellington Whanganui Hutt Valley Hutt Valley Canterbury Hutt Valley Wellington Canterbury Wellington Wellington Hutt Valley Canterbury Wellington Auckland Auckland Canterbury Hutt Valley Wellington Hutt Valley Wellington Auckland / Bay of Plenty Auckland Hawkes Bay Wellington Wellington Auckland Canterbury Auckland Hutt Valley Canterbury Canterbury Wellington Hutt Valley Auckland Auckland Canterbury Hutt Valley Auckland Wellington Nelson, Wellington, USA Auckland, North Harbour Wellington Hutt Valley Canterbury Auckland, Wellington Auckland Wellington Auckland Canterbury Hutt Valley Danterbury Canterbury Hutt Valley North Harbour |
INTERNATIONAL SOFTBALL FEDERATION HALL OF FAME
| 1985 1985 1987 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1993 1993 1993 1993 1997 1997 1997 1999 1999 1999 2001 2003 2003 2003 2003 2007 2007 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2013 2015 2015 2015 2017 2017 2017 2019 2019 2019 |
George Vincent OBE + Alfred J Whelan MBE + Marilyn Marshall Kevin Herlihy MBE + Terry Nunns Paul Rodgers + John Voyle MBE + Marie Ward Dennis Cheyne Ed Dolejs + Peter Priddey + David Sorenson + Lester Baldwin + Owen Walford Ray Weaver + Lyndsey Leask QSM Charles Phillips + Robyn Storer Merrell Ferguson Cheryl Kemp Lesley Monk Michael Walsh ONZM Colin Ward MNZM Jane Earnshaw Micheal Nichols Rhonda Hira Wayne Saunders Naomi Shaw MNZM Mark Sorenson MNZM Don Tricker MNZM Russell Moffatt Chubb Tangaroa MNZM Gina Weber MNZM Michael White Eddie Kohlhase MNZM Debbie Mygind Dean Rice Robert Leveloff MNZM Jarrad Martin MNZM Fiona Timu Wiremu Tamaki Bill Massey Nardi Leonard |
Wellington Auckland Wellington Waikato Hutt Valley Auckland Auckland Wellington Wellington Nelson Wellington Hutt Valley Hutt Valley Hawkes Bay Wellington Canterbury Whanganui Canterbury Hutt Valley Canterbury Wellington Wellington Wellington Canterbury Wellington Canterbury Hutt Valley Hutt Valley Hutt Valley Wellington Canterbury Hawkes Bay Wellington Wellington Auckland Auckland Auckland North Harbour Wellington Auckland |
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WORLD CHAMPIONS- GOLD MEDALISTS
| 1976 1982 1984 1985 1989 1996 2000 2004 2013 2017 |
New Zealand Men New Zealand Women New Zealand Men New Zealand Junior Men New Zealand Junior Men New Zealand Men New Zealand Men New Zealand Men New Zealand Men New Zealand Men |
Lower Hutt, New Zealand (1st equal with USA & Canada) Taipei, Taiwan Midland, Michigan, USA Fargo, North Dakota, USA Prince Edward Island, Canada Midland, Michigan, USA East London, South Africa Christchurch, New Zealand North Harbour, New Zealand Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada |
NEW ZEALAND TEAM HEAD COACHES
| Women | Men | ||
| 1949 1962 - 1965 1967 -1968 1969 - 1974 1976 1977 - 1990 1992 - 1994 1995 - 1998 1999 - 2006 2007 - 2010 2010 - 2014 2015 - 2019 2020 - Present |
Jack McCulloch Gerry Marshall + Norm Laws Harry Atkin + Norm Laws Ed Dolejs * + Colin Ward * MNZM Cheryl Kemp * Michael Walsh * ONZM Dean Rice Naomi Shaw * MNZM Kevin Gettins Roman Gabriel |
1966 - 1972 1973 - 1976 1978 - 1980 1981 - 1997 1998 - 2004 2004 - 2013 2013 - Present |
Alf Whelan * MBE + Rusty Hay + Roy Dalton + Michael Walsh * ONZM Don Tricker * MNZM Eddie Kohlahase * MNZM Mark Sorenson * MNZM |
SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & OLYMPIC TEAM CAPTAINS
| Women | Men | ||
| 1965 1968 1974 1978 1982 – 1986 1990 1994 1998 2000 Olympics 2002 – 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 |
Rosina Fletcher Elizabeth Roadley Marie Ward Marilyn Marshall Naomi Shaw * MNZM Lesley Monk * Nardi Leonard Jackie Smith, Helen Townsend, Kiri Shaw Gina Weber * MNZM Fiona Timu * Char Pouaka Kiri Shaw Lara Andrews Ellie Cooper Ellie Cooper |
1966 – 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 – 2000 2004 – 2009 2013 2015 2016 2017 |
Dave McKerchar Peter Priddey * + David Sorenson * + Terry Nunns Kevin Herlihy * MBE + Carl Gould Mark Sorenson * MNZM Jarrad Martin * MNZM Rhys Casley Nathan Nukunuku Thomas Enoka Nathan Nukunuku |
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT- HONOURS AWARDS
| 1976 1977 1982 1985 1986 1998 2001 2001 2001 2004 2004 2004 2010 2014 2015 2019 |
Alfred Whelan * + John Voyle * + George Vincent * + Kevin Herlihy * + Lyndsey Leask * Mark Sorenson * Michael Walsh * Gina Weber * Danae Goosman Jarrad Martin * Chubb Tangaroa * Donald Tricker * Robert Leveloff Edwin Kohlhase * Colin Ward * Naomi Shaw |
MBE MBE OBE MBE QSM MNZM ONZM MNZM MNZM MNZM MNZM MNZM MNZM MNZM MNZM MNZM |
NEW ZEALAND SPORT HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
| Bill Massey + Kevin Herlihy MBE * + Marilyn Marshall * Rita Fatialofa Softball Women Mark Sorenson * MNZM |
1936 – 2020 1947 - 2006 1949 – 1963 – 1982 2015 – |