Biography
Trish Harrow Rodic was inducted into the Builder Category of the Slo-Pitch National Hall of Fame in 2013. Trish started working for Slo-Pitch National in 1990 as an administrative assistant, and was promoted to the Ontario Program Coordinator in 1994 when she relocated from the National Office in Dorchester to the Ontario Region Office in Toronto.
A longtime player and coach of the Bandits Ladies Slo-Pitch team, Trish has participated in 17 National Championships, and 24 Provincial Championships, where she won 4 National Championships in various Ladies divisions. Her ladies team has won 9 Provincial Championships, with the highlight in 2001 in Ladies A.
Trish has worked as the National Program Coordinator since 2005, and has held the Chairman of the National Hall of Fame Committee position since 2007. She hosts 2 annual qualifying events in Toronto, and organizes the Ontario Provincial Championships in Niagara Falls each year, as well as the National Championships.
Trish assisted with the design and creation of the current Slo-Pitch National logo which was redesigned in 1990 and introduced in 1991. She assisted with the creation and launch of the first slo-pitch.com website, and assumed the role of Editor of the Newsmagazine in 2005. Trish created the Ontario Region Personnel Awards of Excellence in 1993, the King of Swing Home Run hitting contest at the Provincial Championship from 1999 – 2001, and introduced the Ontario League Conference in 2012. She has managed a province wide volunteer staff of 100+ for close to 25 years, and the National Regional Directors for over 8 years, she has designed and developed the SPN awards line up each since the mid 90’s.
Congratulations on your induction into the 2013 Slo-Pitch National Hall of Fame.