(Oct. 9, 1925 – Jul. 9, 1979) Betty Evans Grayson reached the highest level of competitive softball while still in high school and had a Hall of Fame career that included pitching for a national champion team and even spending time in a professional league.

Although Evans, who took the name Grayson after marriage to City Commissioner Mark Grayson, started as an outfielder with the Lind and Pomeroy Florists team, coach Erv Lind quickly turned her into a pitcher and she led the team to the 1943 ASA National Tournament prior to her senior year at Portland’s Franklin High. The following summer the team won the tournament with five consecutive shutouts.

Evans played for the Chicago Queens of the National Girls Baseball League in 1949, before returning to Portland.
In her softball career, she finished 456-99 with 51 no-hitters and three perfect games. Evans Grayson passed away from complications related to breast cancer in 1979 at age 53.

The ASA Oregon region presents the Betty Evans Grayson Memorial Award for athletic, academic and community involvement to a player 16-and-under every two years. She was the third woman inducted to the ASA Hall of Fame in 1959 and inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.