Smiley, Joe

IN A SPONSORSHIP THAT SPANNED 17 YEARS, PARKETTE TEAMS HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR LASTING SUPERIORITY. PARKETTE WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE "TEAMS TO BEAT" IN ANY TOURNAMENT IN WHICH THEY PARTICIPATED.

THEIR LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:

-1958 KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONS

-1962 KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONS

-1966 KENTUCKY STATE RUNNER-UP

-1967 KENTUCKY STATE RUNNER-UP

-1968 KENTUCKY STATE RUNNER-UP

-1969 KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONS

-1984 KENTUCKY STATE RUNNER-UP

PARKETTE WON MANY STATE, DISTRICT AND INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, PARTICIPATING IN GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT KENTUCKY AND IN OHIO. INDIANA. TENNESSEE, WEST VIRGINIA, AND ILLINOIS. PARKETTE HAS PLAYED THE BEST IN THE MIDWEST REGION AND HAVE ALWAYS DONE WELL.

JOE OWNED RESTAURANTS IN LEXINGTON. AND EVEN THOUGH HIS BUSINESSES WERE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, HE ALWAYS COULD FIND TIME TO COME TO THE BALLPARK AND CHEER FOR HIS TEAM. JOE SMILEY HAS GRACIOUSLY LENT FINANCIAL AID AND SUPPORT TO SOFTBALL.