Tag: GWG50

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 […]

#GWG50 Staff Spotlight: Ashlea [Nash] Miller

For the June edition of the #GWG50 Staff Spotlights, enjoy this first-person letter from Ashlea Miller, Little League® Director of Softball Development, as she walks you through her own GWG50 […]

Little League® Diamond Leader Discussions: Rachel Perkins

For more than 30 years, Rachel Perkins has dedicated her life to youth sports. A former softball player herself, Ms. Perkins has carried her love and passion for the game […]

Little League® Celebrates and Recognizes #GirlDads

As part of the ongoing Girls with Game 50 Celebration, Little League® recognizes the importance of fathers in a young female athlete’s life. Whether they are putting on their coach’s […]

History Made at the 2024 Maria Pepe Little League Baseball® Legacy Series

  Little League® International continued its Girls with Game 50 Celebration on June 7-9, welcoming nearly 100 young girls and their families to the first ever “Maria Pepe Little League […]

Maria Pepe Enshrined into the Little League® Hall of Excellence

Over the course of the past 50 years, there have been countless girls and women who have led in the movement to help bring opportunities to females within the Little […]

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 […]

Baseball Australia Hosts Country’s First Ever All-Female Little League Baseball® National Tournament

For the first time in the Australia’s history, six all-female Little League Baseball® teams, coaches, and volunteers came together in Lismore to compete for the national title in an all-female […]

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 […]

Little League® Gearing Up for the Most Memorable “Summer of Softball” to Date

Already months into its Girls with Game 50 (#GWG50) Celebration, honoring 50 years of girls and women in the program as well as the establishment of the Little League Softball® […]