USA Racquetball, on behalf of the USAR Hall of Fame Committee and the USA Racquetball Board of Directors, has the honor and pleasure of announcing two new inductees to the USA Racquetball Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to Rhonda Rajsich and Scott Winters, who will be inducted with fanfare into the USA Racquetball Hall of Fame at the 2026 National Indoor Championships in Tempe, AZ in February.
Team USA
Rhonda Rajsich, USA Racquetball Hall of Fame, Class of 2026, Professional
Rajsich is the most decorated Female racquetball player of all time, exhibiting dominance at the Professional, Amateur, and Outdoor levels. She’s the first Hall of Fame candidate who could qualify for all three categories and be elected on the individual merits of her accomplishments in any of the three disciplines. She joins the Hall as the 10th ever Professional Female elected.
She burst onto the scene at the 2000 US Open, reaching the final as a #44 seed (a record that remains the highest seed ever to reach a ladies' professional final). She finished #3 on tour that season, then spent the next 20 years straight in the top 10. She owns 4 #1 year-end pro titles and 28 Tier 1 Tournament wins (5th all-time). She has four US Open titles and has made the US OPEN Singles Final another seven times in her career.
In her Amateur/International career, she has won the USA National singles title 12 times, represented Team USA 22 times internationally, and holds 16 IRF singles titles and 3 IRF doubles titles. Lastly, in Outdoor, she owns 9 major outdoor singles titles and 16 major doubles titles.
Congratulations to Rhonda on this well deserved honor.
Scott Winters
Scott Winters, USA Racquetball Hall of Fame, Class of 2026, Contributor
Winters built a career in the sport, both professionally and as a volunteer to multiple regional and national racquetball associations. After running racquetball programming at several huge clubs in Southern California after graduating from college, he was hired by manufacturers to help grow the sport nationally. Winters worked for several racquetball manufacturers throughout his career, from Richcraft (where he was their National Sales Manager) to Etsusa (where he developed a brand-new racquetball line for the company) to a brief stint at Head/Penn in the early 2000s. However, Winters is best known for his time at Ektelon, where he served as VP and General Manager of the legendary brand for nearly 20 years, when Ektelon was the leading manufacturer in the sport. He served as the chairman of the Racquetball Manufacturers Association from 2002 to 2007, representing the manufacturers to the larger Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association at the time.
While building his professional influence, he remained incredibly active as a volunteer. He was a co-founder of the California Amateur Racquetball Association in 1985. He was on the AARA National tournament staff from 1984 to 1990. He served as the National Junior Commissioner for several years during this same timeframe, during which he also helped run Junior Worlds and wrote a junior programming manual with Mike Yellen. He founded the Military Racquetball Federation and the National Firefighters Racquetball Association. Lastly, in 2004, he was instrumental in the formation of World Outdoor Racquetball, collaborating with Hank Marcus to help found the organization and using his influence at Ektelon to help design a new, better ball more suitable for outdoor play. This led to the creation of the red “Fireball” that helped transform the outdoor sport in its early years.
