Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award (Women in Baseball)
In 2017, SABR’s Women in Baseball Committee established the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award — “The Dorothy” — named in honor of Dorothy Seymour Mills and her lifetime of contributions to promoting women’s baseball.
Eligible candidates include any person with a sustained involvement in women’s baseball or any woman with a longtime involvement in baseball in any fashion — player, umpire, writer, executive, team owner, scout, etc. Candidates do not have to be living; it can be awarded posthumously. Self-nominations are accepted.
To learn more about the legendary baseball historian Dorothy Seymour Mills, click here.
2027 nominations
To submit a nomination for The Dorothy in 2027, please submit a letter of nomination (self or external); supporting letters; list of accomplishments with supporting documentation (including articles written by/about the candidate; book reviews for books written; links to organizations/tournaments/others that the candidate participated in or helped organize); awards received; or other achievements to Dr. Leslie Heaphy by e-mail at lheaphy@kent.edu or by mail at Dr. Leslie Heaphy, KSU at Stark, 6000 Frank Ave., North Canton, OH 44720.
2026 finalists
Click here to learn more about the finalists for the 2026 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award:
- Sarah Langs
- Jeneane “Lefty” Lesko
- Maud Nelson
- Janet Marie Smith
- Lisa Turbitt
Award winners
- 2025: Jean Hastings Ardell
- 2024: Barbara Gregorich
- 2023: Maybelle Blair
- 2022: Justine Siegal
- 2021: Claire Smith
- 2020: Effa Manley
- 2019: Rachel Robinson
- 2018: Perry Barber