Joan Joyce
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1957 | Selected as an Amateur Softball Association All-American, the first of 18 consecutive years |
| 1974 | First woman honored with a Gold Key from the Connecticut Sports Writers Alliance |
| 1975 | Named Bill Lee Male Athlete of the Year |
| 1983 | Inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame |
| 1989 | Inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame |
| 1991 | Inducted into the Hank O'Donnell Sports Hall of Fame |
| 1995 | Named Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Coach of the Year, the first of five times |
| 1995 | Named Palm Beach County (Florida) Coach of the Year |
| 1996 | Inducted into the Palm Beach County (Florida) Sports Hall of Fame |
| 1997 | Inducted into the Waterbury (Connecticut) Hall of Fame |
| 1997 | Inducted into the Connecticut Sports Museum Hall of Fame |
| 1998 | Inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame |
| 1999 | Inducted into the New England Women's Sports Hall of Fame |
| 1999 | Inducted into the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame |
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