Rusty Bumgardner   #16

Home:  Kings Mountain, NC

Birth Date:  6-17-69                              Birth Place:  Gastonia, NC

Height:  6' 6"                                         Weight:  285

Throws:  Right                                       Bats:  Right

Marital Status:  Married                      Spouse:  Page

Current Occupation:  Professional Softball Player, Contractor for NUS-PEC Tech.

High School:  Kings Mountain High School

High School Sports Played:  Football & Baseball

High School Sports Highlights/Awards/Records:  Outstanding High School Football and Baseball player. Highly recruited by numerous colleges. All Conference and all County in both sports. Hold records in both sports at King Mountain High School

College Attended:  Wake Forest University

College Sports Played:  Football & Baseball

College Sports Highlights/Awards/Records:  Played as a true Freshman, Lettered all 4 years

College Major/Degree:  Bachelor of Arts History, Minor Sociology

Professional Sports Played/Teams/Highlights:  Baseball- Florida Marlins, First player signed by Florida Marlins Expansion Team. Hit the first 2 Home Runs for the Florida Marlins at Bucky Dent Baseball School in Del Ray Beach, FL during the Marlins first year of existence

Years Playing Softball:  9

Teams Played On:  Converters Unlimited (92-94), Shen Valley (95-97), Team TPS (98-00)

All Tournament:  20 Times Total; USSSA (4), ASA (5), NSA (4), ISA (2). Others (3)

Championship Teams:  13 Total; USSSA (3), ASA (2), NSA (3), ISA (2), Others (3)

MVP Titles/Records Held:  1997 Player of the Year, 1997 NSA MVP, 1997 Smokey Mountain Classic MVP (Set various Records at this Tournament), 1992-2000 Numerous MVP's