Who Remembers Jen Pawol?

Post by **Jojogunne** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:59 pm

I don't follow softball, so I can't say that I do. But Jen, a former Hofstra softball player, made MLB history when she became the first woman in 17 years to umpire an MLB spring training game last night when she called balls and strikes for the Nationals-Astros game in West Palm Beach. Her Hofstra coach, Bill Edwards, was in attendance:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/395 ... -game-2007

Here's more on Jen:

https://gohofstra.com/news/2016/6/22/sb ... ast-league

Newsday also has a nice article behind its paywall:

https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball ... e-mi0irzxm

Polito · Post by **Polito** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:48 pm

Cool feel-good story, nice to see one, appreciate the heads up, was not aware of her or this!

Wags · Post by **Wags** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:14 am

Thanks for sharing, Jojo. I didn't know about this either. Pretty cool. I wish her success.

stuball888 · Post by **stuball888** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:23 am

nice
shows the legacy left by one of the best college coaches ever

HUSID80 · Post by **HUSID80** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:23 am

She has been all over the national news...great story, most of the coverage did not mention Hofstra unfortunately.