Meggie Meidlinger - USA Women's Baseball Team pitcher, World Cup Gold winner gives back

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Meggie Meidlinger - Architect, Baseball pitcher, 2015 USA Women’s Baseball Team Gold-Medal winner & role model continues to give back to the game

• Full battery from Catcher to Pitcher
• Maximizing mechanics as a pitcher
• Why are young girls expected to move out of baseball and onto softball?
• Successful Women’s sports in professional & basketball teams. Why not baseball?
• Little League to High School – teammates who support one another
• “Yeah, that’s right, you just got struck out by a girl”
• High School – Meggie knew she wanted to continue to play baseball
• Sophomore year first female in Virginia to win a varsity boys baseball game
• Meggie pitched a Perfect Game as a Senior in High School
• Pitching with 100% confidence from the mound
• Sports Illustrated – Faces in the Crowd - Did Life change after that?
• After high-school there were no scholarships or teams for women’s collegiate baseball
• Meggie followed her love of Architecture into college.
• Now as a professional architect Meggie design’s from a Pitcher’s perspective
• Found baseball again with Women’s National Baseball team
• Special things can happen when you are able to blend things together – Uganda – Architect & baseball
• USA Women’s Baseball National Team players: Anna Kimbrell, Stacy Piagno, AJ Hamilton joined Meggie to run a baseball clinic for young girls in Uganda
• Baseball is bigger than itself
• Since 2019 there are now over 300 girls are now playing baseball in Uganda in 8 separate regions
• Kids hungry to learn more about the game – how to throw a curveball
• MLBDevelops Trailblazers – Meggie & fellow teammates coach young girls in baseball
• See young girls opportunities growing at an exponential rate
• The All-Americans & Ila Borders as a pitcher was an inspiration for Meggie as she grew up
• Kelsie Whitmore a great role model for young girls today
• Division 1 NCAA women’s baseball – when will we see this happen
• Women’s Baseball World Cup this Summer – 1st 2018 in Thunder Bay this year
• 6 teams in the World Cup
• USA Women’s Baseball Team won the World Cup in 2006
• Faith & belief is a huge part of Meggie’s path in her career and giving back
• What is baseball if it is not fun
• USA Team will be training in July in Minneapolis
• The team is “Ready to dominate”
• Meggie is grateful for the trailblazers who have brought so much to the game including the AAGPBL, Ila Borders, the Silver Bullets and many others.