Name:
Kurt Uidal
Inducted:
2006
Bio:
Kurt Uidl’s competitive softball career began
in 1979 and ended in 2001 with a national
championship while playing for the Miller 45s.
During those years, he was a valuable member
of teams that won four ASA or USSSA National
championships, and he played in places as close
as Mt. Prospect and as far away as Kingman
Arizona and South Dakota. He started with the
Park Rats and then moved to Custom Tape,
staying with them until 1984 when he joined up
with the Turtles. While with the Turtles he
earned the most valuable player award in
Evanston in 1986. The next year with the Turtles
he took second place in the ASA Nationals
Homerun Hitting Contest.
He played with Bud North in 1988 and ‘89,
helping them to a second place finish at the ASA
Nationals and the championship at Forest Park.
In 1990 and ‘91 he played for the J-Birds and
March Manufacturing. He won his first national
title in 1992 when he switched to the Rabbits and
helped them win the USSSA Nationals. In 1997,
while playing with the Splinters (he joined them
in 1994), he helped them to the ASA National
title; he did the same in 1998 with Lettuce and
again in 2001 with the Millers 45s.
He was named as 2nd Team catcher in the All
Classic League in Mt. Prospect and received 1st
and 2nd All-American Team honors at the ASA
tournaments. He retired from softball when his
first son was born. Now he enjoys coaching his
two sons, Cody and Bradley.
