Six Nominated for ISC Hall of Fame
Blair Setford • July 29, 2025
Three Players, One Administrator, Manager & Sponsor Named
The International Softball Congress is pleased to announce the three players, one administrator, one manager and one sponsor that have been nominated for induction into the ISC Hall of Fame at the 2026 ISC World Tournament in Kitchener, ON.
Congratulations to Canadian players Jeff Ellsworth and Ian Fehrman, Argentine pitcher Lucas Mata, manager Jeff Borror, former ISC President Dean Oscar and long-time Gremlins sponsor Bruce Tanski in the Bob Welby Memorial Award category.
Jeff Ellsworth, Albany, PEI, combined the gifts of speed, power, batting average and elite fielding over a 17-year career. He was selected to six All-World teams, twice to the first All-World team and four times to the second All-World team. Jeff was the Cleo Goyette MVP of the 2014 ISC World Tournament, winning one of his five ISC championships.
Ian Fehrman, Townsend, ON, made every team that he played on better. In a game blessed with premier athletes at shortstop, Ian was a rock in the middle of the infield. Every one of his six All-World selections was to the first team – a huge accomplishment considering the quality of shortstops in the game.
Lucas Mata, La Pampa, Argentina, was a trailblazer, among the first of the Argentine players to play in the ISC, paving the way for the multitudes to follow. Lucas was named to six ISC All-World teams, four to the first team and twice to the second team. He pitched his teams to five straight ISC championship games between 2003 and 2007 and was the Leroy Zimmerman Most Outstanding Pitcher in 2012.
Dean Oscar, Reedsburg, WI, was the longest-tenured ISC President in the history of the organization, serving from 2007 and 2022. His clear thinking and calm demeanor helped him to lead the organization toward being leaner and more efficient. Dean always led the ISC to ensure that the organization was focused on meeting the best interests of players, sponsors and administrators. He can always be found at the ballpark on summer weekends enjoying the best game in the world.
Jeff Borror, Shoreline, WA, had a storied softball career as player and coach, and was an outstanding leader on the diamond his whole career. He took over the managerial duties of the powerful Seattle franchise in 1989 when sponsorship changed to Seafirst Bank. In just two years under Jeff’s leadership, Seafirst won the 1990 ISC World Championship. Jeff managed the team until 1996 and the team was a perennial top contender in the powerful Norwest ISC Travel League and at the World Tournament during his tenure.
Bruce Tanski, Clifton Park, NY, was the long-time sponsor of the Gremlins organization from 2007 – 2024, resulting in a tremendous run of success with three ISC World Championships in 2018, 2019 and 2023, five second-place finishes and a record-breaking 14 consecutive Final-Four finishes. A softball sponsor since 1970, Bruce also co-sponsored the Heflin Gremlins, Broken Bow Gremlins and Chicago-NY Gremlins.
The 2025 ISC Hall of Fame Breakfast and Induction Ceremony will be held August 9, 2026 on the opening Sunday of the 2026 ISC World Tournament in Kitchener, ON.
ISC World Tournaments Awarded to Bear Creek and Saskatoon
Here's the schedule for the 2025 Ontario Challenge Cup Sept 26-28 in Ingersoll. Games start Friday at 7p at Victoria Park resuming Saturday and Sunday at 830a. We have 14 teams representing 8 leagues from across Ontario. The winning team will receive a paid berth in #ISCWT2026 Scores #OCC25 Fri 7p Hickson Astros 8 St. Thomas Elgins 5 WP Fred Follings 3 2/3inn 1R 2H 7Ks 2BB in relief of Tye Boyd 3 1/3inn 4R 5H 4Ks 2BB LP Taylor Degraw 5 2/3 6R 5H 3Ks 8Ks Dan Beecroft 1 1/3inn 2R 4H 2Ks 1BB Astros Tyler Pauli 2-3 3b RBI 4 runs John Baker 2-3 2RBIs Jeremy Munroe 2-5 2RBIs Elgins Randy Gray 2-3 2b 2RBIs Tyler Annett 2-3 RBI #OCC25 Fri 7p St. George Aces 0 Sebringville Sting 7 WP Ty Sebastian 5inn 0H 13Ks 2BBs NO HITTER LP Nate Wylie 3inn 5R 2H 3BB 1HBP, Travis Schoeman 2inn 2R 5H 1K 2BB 1HBP Aces Tyler Sager 2b run Cody Bromley RBI Cole Bender 2RBIs #OCC25 Fri 9p Puslinch Kodiaks 3 Saugeen Thunderbirds 4 – 8 innings WP Wade Kewageshig 8inn 3R 7H 17Ks 1BB LP Matt Brown 7+inn 4R 6H 11Ks 1BB Kodiaks John Blair 2-4 RBI run Noah Weir 2-4 2b RBI Thunderbirds Curtis Roote 2-4 2b GWRBI Jack Kivell 1-3 James Besito 1-3 2 runs #OCC25 Fri 9p Highgate Rock 11 Durham Diamondbacks 1 WP Greg Guy 6inn 1R 1H 15Ks 2BB LP Matt Davis 5inn 7R 7H 10Ks 2BB, Kaleb Martin 1inn 4R 3H 1K 1BB Rock Josh Hamilton 2-3 ISP HR 3RBIs 3 runs Bradley Hogg 2-2 run Bryan Boersma 2-4 3b run DBacks Caleb Martin 1-3 Brock Meeboer BB run #OCC25 Sat 830a Wiarton Nationals 11 Walton Brewers 4 WP Owen Torrie 4inn 4R 4H 11Ks 4BB, Nick Ford 1inn 2Ks 1BB LP Jared Vosper 1 2/3inn 8R 5H 3Ks 4BB, Kyle Fry 3 1/3inn 3R 4H 6Ks 2BB Nationals Owen Torrie 3-4 HR 4 RBIs, Jay Miller 2-2 2x2b RBI run Riley Torrie 2-4 3b 3 RBIs Brewers Adam Cronin 2b run Scott McDonald 1-2 RBI Denver Ladd 2xBB 2 runs #OCC25 Sat 830a Jarvis J’s 10 New Hamburg Mustangs 4 WP Sawyer Stone 7inn 4R 10H 4Ks LP Sam Diamond 4R 5H 1K Brayden VandeWynckel 5inn 6R 9H 5Ks J’s Mike Almas 2-5 2b 2RBIs Luc Hunter 3-4 BB run Andrew Feeney 2-3 RBI 2 runs Mustangs Sam Diamond 2-4 3b RBI Colby Ricketts 1-3 BB 3b 2 runs Brayden VandeWynckel 2-3 2b RBI #OCC25 Sat 1030a St. Thomas Elgins 11 Puslinch Kodiaks 6 WP Ben Hodgins 7inn 6R 8H 5Ks 2BB LP Bryce Good 1 2/3 3R 4H, in relief of Matt Brown 2+inn 6R 7H 2Ks, Noah Weir 3 1/3inn 2R 6H 1K Elgins Tyler Annett 3-4 3 RBIs, Ethan Smith 3-5 HR 2b 2 RBIs Paul Grasby 2-3 2b 3b RBI Kodiaks John Blair 2-3 HR 3RBIs Matt Hatch 3b RBI #OCC25 Sat 1030a Winners Bracket Hickson Astros 0 Waterdown Hammer 6 WP Clay Robinson 5inn 4H 9Ks 1BB, Reese Yantzi 2inn 3Ks 1BB LP Tye Boyd 4 1/3inn 5R 5H 5Ks 1BB, Fred Follings 2 2/3inn 3R 4H 4Ks 2BB Hammer Luke Zettel 2-4 2 RBIs, Dave Barraclough 3-4 2b RBI, Riley Coverdale 2BB 2 runs Astros Jeremy Munro 2b Tyler Pauli 2-3 #OCC25 Sat 1030a Winners Bracket Sebringville Sting 6 Saugeen Thunderbirds 7 WP Mike Roote 2inn in relief of Dustin Veenhoff 5inn 6R 11H 9Ks 1BB LP Dennis Dewar 6 2/3inn 7R 13H 4Ks Tbirds Curtis Roote 3-3 3b RBI Jordan Baumber 2-3 2x2b 2 runs Jack Kivell 2-3 HR 2 RBIs Sting Dennis Dewar 3-3 2 RBIs Will Schlotzhauer 3-4 RBI Brett Pfeifer 2-3 BB RBI #OCC25 Sat 1230p Georgian Bay Giants 5 Winners bracket Jarvis J’s 2 WP Cody Gibbons 7inn 2R 3H 9Ks 3BB LP Scott Marshall 5inn 5R 6H 10Ks 4BB Kent Wardell 1inn 1H Giants Cole McDougall 2-2 RBI Troy Barfoot 2-4 Cody Gibbons 2b 2RBIs J’s Andrew Feeney 2b Jeff Bassindale 3b RBI #OCC25 Sat 1230p Winner Bracket Highgate Rock 10 Wiarton Nationals 8 WP Connor Sloan 6inn 3R 6H 3Ks, in relief of Lee Hopkins 5R 4H 1BB, Greg Guy 1inn 1K LP Owen Torrie 4 2/3inn 10R 10H 4Ks 3BB Nick Ford 2 1/3inn 1H 5Ks Rock Kalib Stonefish 2-4 2b 2 runs Matt Anderson 2b 2 RBIs, Charlie Pierce 3-4 2b 2 RBIs Nationals Brent Thompson 2-4 2b RBI Graham Couch 2-4 Grand Slam 5 RBIs Reed Solomon 2-3 2b 2 RBIs #OCC25 Sat 1230p Loser bracket St. George Aces 3 Durham Diamondbacks 5 WP Caleb Martin 4inn 2R 4H 4Ks 1BB, Matt Davis 3inn 1R 3H 2Ks 2BB LP Isaac Roth 4inn 4R 4H 3Ks 3BB, Nate Wylie 3inn 1R 2H 4Ks 5BB Dbacks Kole Keating HR 2runs Jordan Mitts 3b RBI Matt Davis 2-4 run Aces Mike Walker 2-4 2x2b 3 RBIs Rhys Morley 2-4 run #OCC25 Sat 3pm Loser bracket New Hamburg Mustangs 3 Sebringville Sting 4 WP Ty Sebastian 7inn 3R 3H 17Ks 3BBs LP Cohen Christner 6inn 4R 6H 10Ks 2BBs Sting Tyler Sager 2-3 2b 2 runs, Aaron Waugh 1-2 RBI Brett Pfeifer 2b BB run Mustangs Sam Diamond 2xHR, Matt VandeWinckel HR #OCC25 Sat 3pm Loser bracket Hickson Astros 7 Walton Brewers 2 WP Tye Boyd 1inn 4H 1K, in relief of Easton deBelleval 2inn 2R 2H 1K 3BB, Fred Follings 4inn 2H 7Ks BB LP Kyle Fry 7inn 7R 9H 8Ks 2BB Astros Ian Baer 2-3 RbI run Dan Witzel 2-3 run Tyler Pauli 2b RBI Brewers Shawn Bromely 2-4 Jarred Vosper 2-4 #OCC25 Sat 5pm Loser bracket Durham Diamondbacks 7 Jarvis J’s 4 WP Matt Davis 7inn 4R 5H 8Ks 2BB LP Sawyer Stone 6inn 7R 9H 9Ks 1BB Scott Marshall 1inn 2Ks 1BB Dbacks Brock Meeboer 2-3 3b run Rhys Constable 2-3 2x2b Kole Keating 2-4 HR 3 RBIs J’s Colin Streutker 2-3 2 RBIs run Andrew Feeney 2b RBI Kent Wardell 2b run #OCC25 Sat 5pm Loser bracket Wiarton Nationals 6 St. Thomas Elgins 4 WP Drayton Howell 6inn 4R 9H 9Ks 1BB Nick Ford 1inn 1H 1K LP Steve Malatt 7inn 6R 7H 10Ks Nationals Ben Redman 3-run HR Owen Torrie 2-3 3b RBI run Reilly Torrie 2-4 run Elgins Mitch Roy 3-4 2b Troy Cook 2-3 2x2b RBI run Matt McCallum 2 RBIs #OCC25 Sat 7pm Winner bracket Saugeen Thunderbirds 0 Waterdown Hammer 7 WP Clay Robinson 6inn 3H 14Ks 1BB LP Wade Kewageshig 3inn 4R 8H 6Ks 1BB Dustin Veenhof 3inn 3R 5H 1K Hammer Luke Zettel 4-4 2x2b RBI run Dave Barraclough 2-3 run Reese Yantzi 2-4 3RBIs Tbirds Curtis Roote 2-3 Curtis Ruetz 1-3 #OCC25 Sat 7pm Winner bracket Georgian Bay Giants 3 Highgate Rock 6 WP Greg Guy 5 2/3inn 3R 5H 8Ks 1BB Connor Sloan 1 1/3inn 2Ks LP Cody Gibbons 5inn 6R 8H 7Ks 2BB Bill Carson 1inn 1K Rock Kyle Vink 2-run HR Lee Hopkins 2-4 run Brady Hogg 2x2b RBI Giants Tyler Hewitt 2-3 HR 2 RBIs 2 runs Gavin Gibbons 2b Cole McDougall 2b #OCC25 Sat 9pm Loser bracket Sebringville Sting 8 Durham Diamondbacks 0 WP Ty Sebastian 6inn 1H 17Ks 1BB LP Matt Davis 5 2/3inn 8R 8H 7Ks 4BB, Caleb Martin 1/3inn 1K 1BB Sting Ty Sebastian HR Brent Pfeifer 2-3 2b RBI Dennis Dewar 2-4 RBI Dbacks Will Madden-Macavelia 1b #OCC25 Sat 9pm Loser bracket Wiarton Nationals 8 Hickson Astros 1 WP Nick Ford 3inn 6Ks 1BB, in relief of Owen Torrie 2inn 1R 1H 2Ks 3BB LP Ian Baer 1+inn 5R 5H 1K 3BB, Easton deBelleval 3 2/3inn 4H 6Ks 1BB Nationals Ory Howell 2b 2 runs Brtent Thompson 2-3 3b 2 runs Reed Solomon 2b Astros Tyler Pauli HR #OCC25 Sun 830a Loser Bracket Sebringville Sting 3 Georgian Bay Giants 0 WP Ty Sebastian 7inn 3H 18Ks 1BB LP Cody Gibbons 2inn 2R 2H 5Ks 5BBs Bill Carson 5inn 1R 3H 7Ks 2BB Sting Tyler Sager 3-4 2b RBI Cole Bender 2 RBIs Phil Schmidt 2b run Giants Andrew Van Bokel 3b Cole McDougall 3b #OCC25 Sun 830a Loser Bracket Saugeen Thunderbirds 8 Wiarton Nationals 0 WP Mike Roote 5inn 3H 8Ks LP Drayton Howell 1inn 6R 7H 1K 1BB, Nick Ford 3inn 2R 3H 5Ks Thunderbirds Wade Kewageshig 2xHR Curtis Ruetz HR Jordan Baumber 2-2 2b 2RBIs Nationals Jay Miller 1b Reed Solomon 1b #OCC25 Sun 1030a Winners bracket final Waterdown Hammer 3 Highgate Rock 0 WP Reese Yantzi 7inn 5H 13Ks LP Connor Sloan 7inn 3R 8H 5Ks 1BB Hammer Noah Baker HR Reese Yantzi 2-3 2b Kevin Rorie 2b Rock Tyler Huff 2b Hammer advance directly to Championship Game Rock to play winner of Sting/Thunderbirds in loser bracket final #OCC25 Sun 1030a Losers bracket semi-final Sebringville Sting 3 Saugeen Thunderbirds 2 WP Ty Sebastian 7inn 2R 5H 12Ks 1BB LP Wade Kewageshig 5inn 3R 6H 5Ks 4BBs Dustin Veenhof 2inn 2Ks Sting Brett Pfeifer 3b 3RBIs Phil Schmidt 2b Ty Sebastian 1-2 2BB run Tbirds Wade Kewageshig RBI Donnie Kewageshig 1b RBI #OCC Sun 1230p Loser bracket final Highgate Rock 4 Sebringville Sting 5 – 8 innings WP Ty Sebastian 8inn 4R 4H 15Ks 4BBs LP Konnor Sloan 1+inn 2R 2H 1K 2BB in relief of Greg Guy 4inn 3R 6H 4Ks 1BB Charlie Pierce 2inn 2H 3Ks 1BB Sting Paul Schmitt 2-4 2b GWRBI Brett Pfeifer 2 RBIs Aaron Waugh 2 RBIs Rock Lee Hopkins 2b RBI #OCC25 Championship Game Sebringville Sting 8 Waterdown Hammer 4 WP Ty Sebastian 9inn 5R 7H 15Ks LP Luke Zettel 4inn 5R 5H 4Ks 3BBs in relief of Reese Yantzi 5inn 4R 7H 10Ks 3BBs Sting Aaron Waugh 1b RBI Cole Bender 1b 2 RBIs Blair Bender infield RBI in T9 Ty Sebastian 3-run HR T9 Hammer Darren Curtis 2-3 3 RBIs Luke Zettel RBI Reese Yantzi Sac Fly RBI Congratulations to Sebringville Sting on the #OCC25 Championship, earning a paid berth into the 2026 ISC World Tournament Ty Sebastian, Sebringville Sting Top Pitcher & Most Valuable Player Thank you to Davis Landon and the Ingersoll Rotary Club for hosting us this weekend!