[1][4] On June 9, 1946, Villa made history in her own right, when she drove in nine runs and collected eleven total bases in a contest, setting two single-game league records that never would be surpassed.

[5] In 1947, Villa had the chance to join the touring AAGPBL teams that traveled to Central and South America.

After retirement, she focused much of her time and energy visiting friends and family and traveling to reunions of the AAGPBL Players Association.

Besides this, she spent countless hours responding to requests for autographs and corresponding with young athletes interested in hearing of her days in the league.

[7][8] As of 2016, it was noted that Villa-Cryan was still playing golf into her 90s and still spent time referring to fan mail.