US EditionJen Pawol Is About to Become the First Female Umpire in Major League Baseball History
TRUIST PARK, ATLANTA, UNITED STATES, AUG 8 – Jen Pawol ends a 122-year gender barrier in Major League Baseball umpiring after a decade-long interview process and extensive softball umpiring experience.
- On Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced Jen Pawol will ump this weekend’s Marlins-Braves series in Atlanta, making her the first woman to officiate an MLB regular-season game, breaking a 122-year barrier.
- Her journey involved a 10-year interview process after seven years as an NCAA softball umpire, culminating in her MLB umpire tryout camp appearance.
- Despite there being only 76 MLB umpires, she has officiated over 1,200 minor league games through relentless video study and passion.
- On Aug. 10, West Milford High School and the WM Athletics Hall of Fame will host a watch party with a noon tailgate for her first MLB game behind home plate, for the Braves-Marlins game.
- Representation milestones like hers often lead to future recruitment of young women in sports officiating, she said her debut moves the cause forward for women officials in pro sports.
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N.J. Woman to Umpire an MLB Game
(Atlanta, GA) — A New Jersey native will make history this weekend as Major League Baseball’s first female umpire in a regular-season game. Jen Pawol will umpire three of the four games between the Miami Marlins and Braves in Atlanta. She will be on the bases during a doubleheader on Saturday at Truist Park in Atlanta and behind the plate for the series finale on Sunday. The 48-year old Pawol was born and raised in West Milford, N.J., and …
First female to umpire an MLB game has Southern Tier ties
ENDICOTT, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – The gender barrier among MLB umpires will soon be broken, as Jen Pawol will become the first woman to call an MLB game this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. A 48-year-old originally from New Jersey, Pawol has ties to the Southern Tier as well. She was an umpire in the Endicott Umpires Chapter for several years. Pawol became an all-state softball and soccer player in New Jersey for three seasons i…
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