“I’ll be straight up about that. I didn’t wish to go play school softball,” mentioned Whitmore, who confirmed no sick will towards softball whereas on her solution to turning into the 2021 Huge West Convention Participant of the 12 months. “There have been no alternatives for girls in baseball, so I had no selection. However I did it. I wouldn’t take it again; it’s a part of my journey.”
Lauren Boden, 33, and her sister Susanne Boden, 30, dropped every little thing of their busy lives as medical doctors to coach for these tryouts.
Regardless that they didn’t make the lower, each girls mentioned they have been overjoyed simply to compete within the sport they loved taking part in as ladies earlier than transitioning to softball at Division III Pomona-Pitzer.
“It was simply nice to be again in a brilliant aggressive environment,” mentioned the youthful Boden, who, alongside together with her sister, hopes to check out once more subsequent 12 months. “And truthfully, each time you’re informed ‘no,’ it lights a bit spark underneath you. I’m leaving right here much more motivated.”
League co-founder Justine Siegal mentioned each girl who has ever picked up a baseball now has the possibility to play with out being the one girl in a dugout stuffed with males.
