Timothy Cress

Male Player 

Tim Cress has been playing USSSA softball since 1995. He has played on many teams including Dynamic Marketing, Pollock Law, Softball Supplements, Players Softball Club, Titan Sports/Town Tavern, PSI Alert, Harkin Softball, PMA 35+ TYJA Masters Softball, PMA 40+TYJA Masters Softball, Allstate Softball, Boneyard, Country Paintworks, Northeast Auto, Dirt Dawgs, Globo Gym, Check King and CK/RDD/S&S Easton in the Men’s classification. In the Co-ed classification, he has played on Cobra Kai, Grass Stains and Dysfunctionals. Tim’s lifetime pitching record is an impressive 300wins and just 50 losses. He has a .700 lifetime batting average and was voted by USSSA RISoftball.com as the Best Hitter over All Classes in 2009 and again in 2012.

Tim's list of individual awards:

• 2000 DeBeers Northeast B NIT Tournament MVP
• 2002 Northeast C Regionals Tournament MVP
• 2002 Northeast C NIT All-Tournament Team
• 2003 C Nationals NIT, CT Tournament MVP
• 2006 RI East Bay B/C Open Tournament MVP
• 2006 RI C State Championships All-Tournament Team
• 2007 RI March Madness Open Tournament MVP
• 2007 Northeast C NIT All-Tournament Team
• 2007 Northeast D Nationals All-Tournament Team
• 2008 B/C Elmwood Tournament All-Tournament Team
• 2008 B/C Dick’s Sports Tournament All-Tournament Team
• 2009 RI East Bay Open Tournament MVP
• 2010 CT Men’s C NIT All-Tournament Team
• 2010 TYJA/Reebok C NIT All-Tournament Team
• 2010 40+ Masters World Series All-Tournament Team
• 2010 RI C State Championships All-Tournament Team
• 2011 Northeast C Nationals All-Tournament Team
• 2013 TYJA/Reebok Series All-Tournament Team
• 2013 RI Mixed Co-Ed D States Tournament MVP
• 2013 RI Mixed Co-Ed D States All-Tournament Team
• 2015 RI D State Championships Tournament MVP
• 2015 RI D State Championships All-Tournament Team
• 2015 40+ World Championships Tournament MVP
• 2016 CT B/C States Championships All-Tournament Team
• 2017 MA Turkey Shootout Tournament MVP

Over the last 25 years, Tim has played softball in over 30 states and 2 countries. He was asked multiple times to represent Team Mass in the New England All-Star Governor’s Cup. He has played in over 150USSSA Tournaments (Worlds, Nationals, States, Firecracker, Regionals, local, etc.) and over 20 USSSA World Series Tournaments. His teams have won over20 Tournament Championships and finished in the top ten at the World Series 10 times. Tim was also part of the National Gold team that was honored at the 2017 Hall of Fame ceremonies with the Team of Distinction Award.

Tim’s most exciting time came in the summer of 2015. Tim had major back surgery in 2014 and he wasn’t sure if he’d even be able to play again. After months of therapy, he made it back onto the field in July of 2015. Later that year, his team won the RI States and he was named the Tournament MVP. Later that summer, his team won the Men’s 40+ World Series in CT and was named Tournament MVP.

Tim loves that he has played with guys from the age of 19 to over 50. Over the years, he has seen the the game become an ultra-competitive, crazy-fast sport that’s become a great combination of athleticism, finesse and power. It seems 100mph faster than when he started. He sees fantastic camaraderie around everyone who play

"There are a lot of personalities, characters, rivalries and friendships that keep things extremely interesting and entertaining. I’m happy to say that over the past 25+ years, I’ve met some of my bestfriends thru softball who are now like family. We’ve attended each other’s weddings, children’s births and even our family & friends funerals together. Softball has been very amazing and important to me.”​