Stormy Irwin was born in Melrose Park, Illinois on September 4, 1929 to Charles W. and Mary E. (Worthley). She worked for Zellerbach Paper Company in Sacramento from 1952 to 1985. She was the managing editor, publisher, and owner of Women in Softball publication from 1957-1978 (called Women in Sports from 1957-1971). She was the recipient of seven first place awards for Best Continuous Coverage of Softball for a non-daily publication of less than 50,000 circulation from the A.S.A. National Softball Writers and Broadcasters Association in 1965, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72 and 73. Her publication had readers in 45 states and Canada.

Stormy was inducted into the Sacramento Softball Association Hall of Fame in 1980 for (1) the 22 years of publishing a softball periodical, (2) for the many championship teams she managed and played on in Sacramento and (3) for being responsible to bringing in some of the top teams in the nation to Sacramento for exhibition games. Stormy participated on 30 first place Sacramento City Recreation teams in volleyball, basketball, softball and flag football. Her biography was included in the Who's Who of American Women in the 1979-1980 and 1991-1992 editions.

Stormy was nominated for the National Softball Hall of Fame Meritorious Service award with recommendations from ten of the nation's top women in softball, nine of which are members of the A.S.A. National Softball Hall of Fame. Carol Spanks, Shirley Topley, Gloria May, Jeanne Contel, Kay Rich, Sharron Backus, Dot Wilkinson, Estelle "Ricki" Caito, Louise Mazzuca and Margo Davis provided extremely glowing reports of Stormy's contribution to softball. Unfortunately, Stormy was not inducted solely because the Hall of Fame does not have a category to recognize her accomplishments as a writer, editor and publisher. What a shame!! Stormy's contribution to women's fastpitch softball was enormous. She provided excellent coverage of women's fastpitch softball during the sixties and seventies when very few others would. Her contribution to the world of women's fastpitch softball definitely deserves recognition in the Hall of Fame.

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