2024 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference schedule
Here is the schedule of events for the sixth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on Zoom on September 20-22, 2024. The conference is open to all baseball fans.
Note: All times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Friday, September 20 | Saturday, September 21 | Sunday, September 22
Friday, September 20
- 6:30-8:00 p.m.: Welcome Remarks and Virtual Happy Hour
Saturday, September 21
- 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Amanda Lane Cumming, “Women of the Portland Mavericks”
- 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Umpires Panel: Greta Langhenry, Tiesh Diaz, moderator Perry Barber
- 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Lunch Break
- 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Ryan Woodward, “She Played Here: Mapping History on the Women’s Baseball Heritage Trail”
- 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Cathy Headley, “Fandom, Family, Baseball”
- 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Break
- 2:45 p.m.-3:55 p.m.: My Baseball Story Panel: Bethany Morlan, Allison Levin, Jillian Geib, Kara Blackstone, moderator Kat Williams
- 4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Women’s World Cup Recap: Kat Williams and Leslie Heaphy
- 4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Naomi Ryan, “A Hat and an Opportunity: Billy Wagner leads Naomi Ryan to the Next Level”
- 5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Anna Sielaff, “Champaign County’s All-American Girl: Dottie Schroeder”
- 5:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m.: Break
- 6:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: IWBC Introductions
- 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.: Keynote Address: Jean Fruth
- 8:00 p.m.-8:10 p.m.: Pylon Unveil
- 8:10 p.m.-8:20 p.m.: Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award announcement
Sunday, September 22
- 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Katherine Walden and Gregory Bond, “The Foundry Field Project: Baseball, Community & History in South Bend’s Urban Core”
- 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Jason Schwartz, “Before Jackie: The Early Life of Rachel Robinson”
- 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Karen DeLuca Stephens, “Eleanor Roosevelt, The National Youth Administration, and Boston Youth Baseball: 1935-1939”
- 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Break
- 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Barrett Snyder, “Striking Out Mental Health Stigma in the Dugout: Breaking Barriers with Melissa Lambert”
- 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Cathy Kreyche, “Women in Play: The 24-Hour for Africa Baseball Game at Tucson Electric Park in 2003”
- 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Fabio Montella, “The Murrays”
- 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Uganda Baseball Panel: Anna Kimbrell, Meggie Meidlinger, moderator Kat Williams
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