Tag: GWG

During Opening Day of the 2022 Atlantic League season, the Staten Island FerryHawks were down 5-3 to the Charleston Dirty Birds in the 9th inning. With a late-inning rally underway, Kelsie Whitmore entered the game for the FerryHawks as a pinch-runner. As she took her spot on first base, fans from both teams erupted into […]

After receiving nearly 1,000 submissions in March as part of the annual Little League® Girls with Game® month, Little League is pleased to announce the top three photos of its Girls with Game 50 (#GWG50) Photo Contest. Launched on March 1, the #GWG50 Photo Contest was launched in coordination with the Girls with Game 50 […]

Dear Girls with Game, I still remember the pressure weighing on my chest and the nerves tingling through my fingers as I would get into my starting blocks just before the gun would go off for a race. In that moment of silence, the thoughts of the task set before you run through your head […]

Barrel racing on horseback, soccer, softball, tennis, golf, and surfing – all sports that Caroline Marks, now a professional surfer, competed in as a young female athlete. A graduate of South Beaches (Fla.) Little League and the third oldest of six children, Ms. Marks spent her childhood like many other kids within the Little League […]

The first full-time female director of the Little League® Europe and Africa Region, Beata Kaszuba-Baker, a native of Poland, oversees the growth and development of nearly 750 teams and more than 11,000 players in more than 30 countries throughout the region. The Little League European Leadership Training Center in Kutno, Poland, hosts the annual Little […]

Though her years of playing competitive softball are behind her, Liz Darling’s passion for the game has been carried into her role as a volunteer with Mount Seymour Little League in North Vancouver, Canada.  In 2016, when her son was finally old enough to play Tee Ball, Ms. Darling started her career as a volunteer […]

Dear Girls with Game, I see you. You are working hard, trying your best, and figuring out who you are and who you want to be. I wish someone would have told me earlier to chase the things that set your heart on fire. Finding your purpose, pursuing your dreams, and having a relentless, determined […]

In celebration of Women’s History Month, and as part of the overall Little League® Girls with Game 50 (#GWG50) Celebration in 2024, Little League International is proud to announce the launch of its #GWG50 Photo Contest, kicking off the organization’s annual Girls with Game month.   Designed to highlight the incredible girls and women in Little […]

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 become the first female to play on an NCAA Division I baseball team. She didn’t anticipate that she would one day lace […]

Dear Girls With Game, For decades, I’ve not only served as an employee for Little League, but have also volunteered at both the local and district levels, just as millions of other adults have done over the years in an effort toward making the Little League experience uniquely special for all kids. One such period […]