Dale Williams, 2013 National Collegiate Umpire Award winner.

Dale Williams ’64 (Kineseology) has had a long and illustrious career as a sports official. He served as an umpire at four College World Series, officiated the 1984 Olympics, and walked the NFL sidelines for many years as a referee. He even worked the 1986 Super Bowl as a head linesman. After all that experience, the National College Baseball Hall of Fame has named Williams this year’s recipient of the National Collegiate Umpire Award, honoring a lifetime of excellence in umpiring.

“During my umpiring career, God has blessed me with great friends, experiences and success,” Williams told the Hall of Fame’s website, CollegeBaseballHall.org. “Having umpired with the other outstanding men on the ballot, I feel honored and humbled my colleagues have chosen me, and I thank them and the College Baseball Hall of Fame for this prestigious award.”

Williams’ baseball career shone at California State University, Northridge, back when it was San Fernando Valley State. He lettered from the moment he arrived on campus in 1961, and had an illustrious career that was capped off with a CSUN Hall of Fame induction in 1986.

The College National Collegiate Umpire Award will be presented on June 29 in Lubbock, Texas, as part of College Baseball’s Night of Champions. The event features the presentation of several of college baseball’s most prestigious awards, as well as the induction ceremonies for the 2013 inductees into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

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