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Jen Pawol breaks MLB’s gender barrier as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game
Pawol’s rise to make MLB history came 28 years after the NBA gender barrier for game officials was broken and 10 years after the NFL hired its first full-time female official. The men’s soccer World Cup first hired a female referee three years ago. The NHL has not had any women as on-ice officials.
Jen Pawol will become the first female umpire in MLB history when she makes her MLB debut in the Atlanta Braves-Miami Marlins game on Saturday.
After rising through the ranks, umpiring the lower minor leagues to Triple A, Jen Pawol is on the cusp of making history as ...
Baseball umpire Jen Pawol will make history this week as the first woman to work as an umpire in a Major League Baseball ...
Pawol's rise to the big leagues is a long-overdue shift in Major League Baseball. World Cup Soccer has had female referees ...
Pawol was among 38 hopefuls invited to the Umpire Training Academy at Vero Beach, Florida, and started her pro umpiring ...
Along with being an umpire, Pawol officiated local football and basketball games during her time here in the Southern Tier.
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