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Pawol to become first woman to umpire in regular-season MLB game

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AUG 6 – Jen Pawol, who has umpired in the minors since 2016 and spring training in 2024, will officiate three games this weekend, marking MLB's first regular-season female umpire.

  • Major League Baseball is set to make history by having Jen Pawol as the first female umpire to oversee a regular-season game this weekend in Atlanta.
  • Jen Pawol will officiate three games, including two on Saturday and one behind home plate on Sunday.
  • Pawol, a New Jersey native, has over 18 years of umpiring experience, with her professional journey beginning in the Gulf Coast League in 2016.
  • MLB is the third major American sports league to hire a female game official, following the NBA and NFL.
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Pawol feels like `fully charged battery ready to go' ahead of milestone assignment

NEW YORK — Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, when she got the call she had awaited for a decade.

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KMGH broke the news in on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
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