SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

The eighth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference was held on October 9–11, 2026. All baseball fans were welcome to attend.

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — was a virtual Zoom event.

The conference featured a Women’s Professional Baseball League players panel with Paloma Benach, Beth Greenwood, and Brittany Apgar; a special presentation by Gabrielle Augustine, Curator at the National Baseball Hall of Fame; a Past, Present, and Future panel with Shae Sloan, Emma Charlesworth-Seiler, Sarah Camarillo, and C.J. Silas; a Celebration of Women’s Baseball in 2026 with Becky Brouse Davis of This is Women’s Baseball; research presentations; pylon unveiling; and the presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award to Janet Marie Smith.

• Video highlights: Click here to watch highlights from the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
• Program: Download the 2026 conference program (PDF)
• Schedule: Click here for the full schedule of panels and presentations. Zoom sessions were held from 6:30-7:45 p.m. on Friday, October 9; 10:00 a.m.-8:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, and 11:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 11. (All times listed are in the Eastern Time Zone.)

All registrants are encouraged to send a children’s sports book to be donated to the local Rockford community. Examples include: Players in Pigtails; She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story; A Whole New Ball Game, etc. Books can be shipped directly to IWBC at: Rockford University, 5100 Building Room 25, 5050 E. State Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Or choose a book and donate in your local community and send us a note about where you donated.