USSSA History

United States Slow-pitch Softball Association (USSSA) was founded in 1968 in Petersburg, Virginia by Robert Mueller, James DiOrio, Ray Ernst, Frank Ciaccia and Ted Mazza after the founder's ideas were turned down at a national softball association meeting.  In 1996 USSSA founded a baseball program and had over 1,000 teams in its inaugural 1997 season. In 1997 USSSA reorganized to become the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA), the first multi-sports governing body.  Today USSSA is the largest multi-sport association in the world with over 3.5 million members.  In the 2010 season, USSSA Baseball registered over 42,000 teams.  It is currently based in Kissimmee, Florida.
 
USSSA Baseball has gained positive recognition because of it's philosophy "More Kids Playing More Baseball"