2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference schedule

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Here is the schedule of events for the seventh annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on Zoom on September 19-21, 2025. The conference is open to all baseball fans.

Note: All times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Friday, September 19 | Saturday, September 20 | Sunday, September 21


Friday, September 19

  • 6:30-8:00 p.m.: Welcome Remarks and Virtual Happy Hour

Saturday, September 20

  • 10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Maura B. Rosenthal, “Advocacy, Involvement, and Change: How “Prattie” and “Maddy” Promoted Women in Physical Education and Sport in Massachusetts”
  • 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Kel Raleigh, “Running Home: Belonging, Identity, and Healing in Women’s Baseball”
  • 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Groundskeepers Panel: Alexa Brown (Tulsa Drillers), Nicole Sherry (Baltimore Orioles), Leah Withrow (Reno Aces), moderator Megan Kruger
  • 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Lunch Break
  • 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Naomi Ryan, “Breaking Barriers with Biomechanics: Dr. Kristen Nicholson Leads the Wake Forest Pitching Lab into the Future”
  • 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Cathy Headley, “The Unsung Hero: Chaperones in the AAGPBL”
  • 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Break
  • 2:45 p.m.-3:55 p.m.: My Baseball Story Panel, moderated by Kat Williams
  • 4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Women’s World Cup Update: Kat Williams and Leslie Heaphy
  • 4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: Allison Levin, “Sustainable Growth for the WPBL: A Case Study”
  • 5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Roberta J. Newman, “Beer and Silver Bullets: The Role of Women’s Baseball in Branding Coors Light”
  • 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Break
  • 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.: Keynote Address: Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton
  • 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 21

  • 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Qingyi “Red” Li, “The Cost to Love: Japanese Women’s Struggle and Rebellion against Patriarchy Through Baseball Storytelling”
  • 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Bill Pruden, “Ashley Bratcher: The Rewards and Challenges of Life Beyond the Diamond”
  • 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Liz Thompson, “A New Scorebook”
  • 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Break
  • 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Barrett Snyder, “Rachel Balkovec: A Comprehensive Profile”
  • 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Jarrod D. Schenewark, “Minnie Fisher Cunningham and the Democratization of Baseball Spaces for Women in Texas”
  • 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: National History Day award recipient presentation
  • 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Baseball Operations Panel: Hannah Snedecor (Rockford Rivets), Alisha Wetzl (Savannah Bananas)

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