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Ray Crawford
President- Portland, Oregon NABA
League
President of the year-1996
World
Champions 1996- 18A Sequent Computers
World
Champions- 2004 38A Portland Red sox
RAY
CRAWFORD IS AN INAUGURAL MEMBER OF THE PORTLAND NABA FORMED IN 1992.
DURING THAT SEASON RAY JOINED A COMMITTEE THAT SAVED THE UPSTART LEAGUE
OF EIGHT TEAMS FROM FAILING. DUE TO HIS INSTRUMENTAL WORK WITH THE CITY
OF PORTLAND TO SECURE FIELDS, RAY WAS NAMED LEAGUE PRESIDENT IN 1993.
THAT YEAR SAW THE LEAGUE GROW TO TWELVE TEAMS AND TWO AGE DIVISIONS. IN
1994 RAY ATTENDED HIS FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AND PLAYED FOR THE
TITLE. SINCE THEN RAY HAS ATTENDED EVERY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AND
LEAGUE PRESIDENT’S CONFERENCE THE NABA HAS HELD. NOT TO MENTION SENDING
AS MANY AS 6 TEAMS A YEAR FROM HIS LEAGUE. RAY HAS PLAYED FOR THE RING 6
TIMES AND WON TWO. IN 1996, RAY WAS VOTED NABA LEAGUE PRESIDENT OF THE
YEAR. IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THE AWARD. LOCALLY, RAY WAS AWARDED THE
CITY OF PORTLAND LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 2000. RAY CURRENTLY RUNS
ONE OF THE PREMIER LEAGUES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAVING GROWN HIS
LEAGUE TO 19 TEAMS.
FITTINGLY, RAY WAS ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE NABA HALL OF FAME IN THE
YEAR 2005 AND PRESENTING HIS PLAQUE IS FORMER PRO BASEBALL PLAYER "MATT
WILLIAMS" IN PHOTO ABOVE .
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