MADELINE (MADDY) ENGLISH AWARD.

Madeline “Maddy” English played in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1943-1950 for eight years. Maddy was the third base woman at Racine Wisconsin Belles and stole fifty-five bases a year. She was inducted into the hall of Fame in Cooperstoen, New York. Before this she was the N.E. Discus and fifty yard dash champ.

She was a teacher and guidance counsel at the Parlin Junior High School for twenty-seven years. In her honor the old Lewis School became the Madeline English School. There is a movie about English created called “A League of Their Own.”