Tag: Alumni

Six Innings with Malaika Underwood, USA Baseball Women’s National Team Assistant Coach

It was never a question of if Malaika Underwood would play baseball, but where. The California native was introduced to the sport at an early age, playing for Chollas Lake […]

Krissy Wendell-Pohl: From the Little League Baseball® World Series to the Hockey Hall of Fame

A 1994 graduate of the Little League Baseball® World Series, a 2004 enshrinee of the Little League® Hall of Excellence, a six-time IIHF World Champion medalist, and a two-time Olympic […]

Little League® Alumni Prepared to Play in 2024 Men’s College World Series

The field is set for the 2024 Men’s College World Series (MCWS), and with eight teams from different regions of the country, there will be plenty of Little League® alumni […]

1974: The Year Little League® Changed Forever

When Carl Stotz created Little League® in 1939, it started out as a simple neighborhood league for his nephews to play organized baseball during the summer in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Nearly […]

Softball Reflections with Ryan Iamurri, a Women’s College World Series Champion

With the initials R.B.I, it seemed like Ryan Iamurri was destined from the start to spend her days at the softball field.   For many, the Little League® journey starts […]

Little League® Grads Hit the Diamond at the 2024 Women’s College World Series

With one of the most historic Summers of Softball officially underway, Little League® is excited to watch more than 25 of its alumnae take the field at the 2024 Women’s […]

Six Innings with Katie Reyes, 2009 Little League Baseball® World Series Graduate

In the top of the sixth inning of Canada’s third pool play game against Germany in the 2009 Little League Baseball® World Series (LLBWS), Katie Reyes, one of two Girls […]

Six Innings with Kelsie Whitmore, the First Female to Play Professional Baseball in The Atlantic League

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, […]

Six Innings with Caroline Marks, Olympic Surfer and 2023 World Surf League Women’s Tour Champion

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 […]

Six Innings with Olivia Pichardo, the First NCAA Division I Baseball Girl with Game

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 […]