matt arminio

 Matt Arminio played fast-pitch softball for 20 years beginning in 1979 with the Hundley Hawks of Hamilton. His career included playing in 16 A.S.A. state tournaments, 4 regional tournaments, 3 national qualifiers and 18 national tournaments. He was a two-time state Most Valuable Player, a regional MVP and a three-time national qualifier MVP. He also played in 5 I.S.C. state tournaments and 9 I.S.C. world tournaments and was a two-time I.S.C. state Player of the Year. He also was the MVP of 19 other A.S.A. tournaments. He also played for the Dayton Merchants, West Liberty, Hamilton Merchants and the Ashland E.S.S. Merchants and finished his career with a .338 batting average. Matt also was a reserve and varsity softball coach at Hamilton High from 1984 until 1990. He was assistant coach in 1985 when Big Blue won the state title and as head coach in 1987 Hamilton reached the final four. As head coach, Matt compiled an 85-20 record and won 3 Greater Miami Conference titles, 2 district titles, 1 regional title and 1 state berth. Matt was a three-sport athlete at Fairfield graduating in 1977. He played football, basketball and baseball for the Indians. He continued playing baseball for two years at Columbia State Community College and two years at Austin Peay State University. He is a member of several other halls of fame including the Fairfield Athletic Hall of Fame (Class of 2010), the Butler County Fast-pitch Softball Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor (2010) and the Ohio A.S.A. Fast-pitch Softball Hall of Fame (2004).