Keith Groller

Althoug he covered league, district, and state playoff games as a part-timer in 1981 and 82, Groller officially took over the softball beat as a full-time writer at The Morning call in 1983 and recently completed his 25th season of writing about the local high school and collegiate softball scene. In that time, he has written approximately 1,500 stories on the sport.

Groller was the Call's lead writer on the 1984 ISC World Men's Fastpitch League in 1987. He won community service awards from the Allentown Patriots and East Penn Umpires Association in 1993 and was named the Colonial League's media person of the year, in part for his softball coverage, in 1996 and 2004.

He also volunteered as Pates Park as a P.A. announcer for 10 years. He still does between inning trivia contests, did TV commentary for both local cable companies and was aTV analyst for PCN at the 2002, 2004, and 2005 state championships.

He has promoted the game on his various radio shows, has been a celebrity coach for Carole Weil High School All-Stat Classic, and been involved with charity events with his All-Groller girls team. He also has served on the Lehigh Valley Softball Hall of Fame Committee since its inception in 2001.

But, he's most proud of his efforts in expanding the coverage of girls softball in the newspaper to 50-plus games a year, a weekly column, Top 10 polls, players of the week selections, and closes each season with his annual pitcher, player, coach and rookie of the year awards and Morning Call All-Ara team.