NotAboutEgo
07-24-2006, 06:23 PM
08/02/2005
(Notre Dame, Indiana) After two years of research and planning, a collegiate baseball opportunity for women is now a reality!
Saint Mary's College celebrates the 100th anniversary of when baseball was first played on its campus by announcing that it will offer a club sport opportunity in baseball for its students and the female students from the University of Notre Dame.
According to club sponsor John Kovach, the Archivist at Saint Mary's and a member of AAU Women's Baseball Committee, 26 different colleges and universities in the Midwest and east had expressed an interest in forming a women's baseball club. "Many of these institutions though, were looking for a model of a program already in place and Saint Mary's has chosen to be the leader in this movement," according to Kovach. "Since the first organized women's baseball was played at a women's college (Vassar), it makes sense that a women's college should be the leader in the new movement. Plus, from Saint Mary's perspective with it being the 100th anniversary of baseball introduced on campus, it's historically important as well," he went on to add.
The women from Saint Mary's and Notre Dame will attend baseball clinics led by college and professional baseball coaches. They will have the opportunity to play a number of games this fall and will look to tentatively close the baseball season with a Women's Baseball Festival at Stanley Convalesce Regional Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Finally, the student-athletes will get an opportunity to learn about the history of girls and women in baseball along with current issues that exist in the lack of baseball opportunity for females.
The organizational aspects of creating a women's baseball club on the collegiate level will be available later this fall on CD and more discussions with officials from the NCAA and NAIA will take place to help the programs evolve. "This information is meant to be a guideline that can be tweaked for the special needs on any size college or university," said Kovach. "This is a strong grass roots opportunity which will give many women a chance to experience or re-experience baseball. These women may join existing teams in their area or decide to create teams where there are none.
Eventually, we could see women's baseball as a an intercollegiate sports opportunity. Right now however, we take it a step at a time," Kovach went on to say.
For more information on the collegiate women's baseball club sport, contact Kovach at jkovach@saintmarys.edu. :clapping :gt :dance
(Notre Dame, Indiana) After two years of research and planning, a collegiate baseball opportunity for women is now a reality!
Saint Mary's College celebrates the 100th anniversary of when baseball was first played on its campus by announcing that it will offer a club sport opportunity in baseball for its students and the female students from the University of Notre Dame.
According to club sponsor John Kovach, the Archivist at Saint Mary's and a member of AAU Women's Baseball Committee, 26 different colleges and universities in the Midwest and east had expressed an interest in forming a women's baseball club. "Many of these institutions though, were looking for a model of a program already in place and Saint Mary's has chosen to be the leader in this movement," according to Kovach. "Since the first organized women's baseball was played at a women's college (Vassar), it makes sense that a women's college should be the leader in the new movement. Plus, from Saint Mary's perspective with it being the 100th anniversary of baseball introduced on campus, it's historically important as well," he went on to add.
The women from Saint Mary's and Notre Dame will attend baseball clinics led by college and professional baseball coaches. They will have the opportunity to play a number of games this fall and will look to tentatively close the baseball season with a Women's Baseball Festival at Stanley Convalesce Regional Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Finally, the student-athletes will get an opportunity to learn about the history of girls and women in baseball along with current issues that exist in the lack of baseball opportunity for females.
The organizational aspects of creating a women's baseball club on the collegiate level will be available later this fall on CD and more discussions with officials from the NCAA and NAIA will take place to help the programs evolve. "This information is meant to be a guideline that can be tweaked for the special needs on any size college or university," said Kovach. "This is a strong grass roots opportunity which will give many women a chance to experience or re-experience baseball. These women may join existing teams in their area or decide to create teams where there are none.
Eventually, we could see women's baseball as a an intercollegiate sports opportunity. Right now however, we take it a step at a time," Kovach went on to say.
For more information on the collegiate women's baseball club sport, contact Kovach at jkovach@saintmarys.edu. :clapping :gt :dance