Fraley, Bill
Inducted: 1987
Lexington, Kentucky
BILL FRALEY ALWAYS SUPPLIED HIS TEAM WITH THE BEST EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS AVAILABLE, AND PAID TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR ALL PLAYERS. SOME YEARS MR. FRALEY SPONSORED FOUR TEAMS.
HE SPONSORED HIS FIRST FRALEY’S WILDCATS IN 1974 ZND FOR A TOTAL OF 14 YEARS. THE LADY CATS RECORDS WERE OUTSTANDING, WINNING 12 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS, 8 CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS, 2 MID-WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND 2 MID-WEST REGIONAL RUNNER-UPS, WINNING 5 STATE TOURNAMENTS AND PLAYING IN SIX NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, AS WELL AS PRODUCING 6 ALL- AMERICAN PLAYERS—SALLY BUSSELL, PAULA FAY, KERRY FLYNN, KARLA MAY, JUDELLE CONLEY, AND LEE STOKLEY. THEY HAD A RECORD OF 646 WINS AND 94 LOSSES.
BILL SPONSORED A MEN’S TEAM FROM 1979 THRU 1987—
A TOTAL OF 9 YEARS. HIS TEAM WAS VERY COMPETITIVE IN CLASS ‘A’ TOURNAMENTS AND THE 1986 AND 1987 TEAMS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE TO THE NATIONAL ASA TOURNAMENT.