Nov 22, 2022 · You likely heard the news of Olivia Pichardo becoming the first woman to make a Division I baseball team this week, but it wasn't her first brush with fame. Back in 2019, as a 15-year-old, she hit triple digits on a speed pitch radar gun at Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field.

Mar 17, 2023 · With a pinch-hit appearance late in Brown's contest against Bryant on Friday, Olivia Pichardo made history as the first woman to appear in a Division I baseball game.

Nov 21, 2022 · Olivia Pichardo is making history as the first female baseball player to be on an active NCAA Division I roster. Pichardo was added to the Brown baseball team for the 2023 season on Monday. The 18-year-old freshman made the Bears' roster as a utility player after trying out for the team this fall.

The first girl to play on a boys varsity high school baseball team was Nellie Twardzik, on April 24, 1935. Twardzik started at first base for the Bartlett High School Indians in Webster, Massachusetts from 1935 through 1937.

Girls CAN and DO play baseball. With over 100,000 girls playing youth baseball in the United States it’s time to address the need to support this ever growing community by working together toward our common goal- More all girl baseball teams, tournaments and opportunities.

Jan 12, 2023 · Pichardo says the fun of baseball temporarily faded at the age of 14, when she started "getting insecure about being a girl playing baseball," while others switched to softball.

Mar 18, 2023 · Brown University Bears freshman utility player Olivia Pichardo became the first woman to play in a Division I baseball game on Friday. Pichardo pinch-hit in the bottom of the …

Feb 28, 2024 · When Olivia Pichardo stepped onto her first Little League Baseball® field at six years old, she went out there to have fun, but little did she know that she would grow up to …

Mar 17, 2023 · Olivia Pichardo, a freshman who made the Brown baseball team as a walk-on in the fall, made NCAA history on Friday, becoming what the school said was the first woman to appear in a Division I...

Mar 23, 2023 · Brown's Olivia Pichardo became the first woman to appear in a Division I college baseball game this past weekend. Walter Villa tells the behind-the-scenes story of Pichardo's journey.