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American baseball player (born 2004)
Baseball player
Olivia Pichardo (born February 26, 2004) is an American baseball player for Brown University. She is the first woman to play NCAA Division I baseball.
Pichardo was born in Queens, New York.[1][2] She began playing baseball in kindergarten, and played varsity baseball in high school.[3][4] She also played on the Next Level Baseball travel team, as well as the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League‘s New York Crush.[3] She also interned for the New York Mets in their amateur scouting department.[5]
In November 2022, as a freshman, Pichardo became the first woman named to an NCAA Division I baseball roster when she made the Brown University team as a walk-on.[6] In March 2023, she became the first woman to play in an NCAA Division 1 baseball game, when she pinch-hit.[5]
In July 2023, she became the first woman to hit a home run while playing in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League; she was playing for the Sag Harbor Whalers.[7]
Pichardo was signed to the 2024 roster of the Dubois County Bombers, a summer collegiate baseball team, making her the first woman to be signed to that team’s roster.[8]
She is a utility player.[5]
International career
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In 2022, she was on the roster for the United States women’s national baseball team, where she played in a five-game series against Canada.[4] She served as both an outfielder and right-handed pitcher.[6] She made four starts in the outfield and one as a pitcher.[9]
- ^ Sterling, Wayne (2023-03-18). “Olivia Pichardo becomes first woman to play in Division I baseball game”. CNN. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ Martin, Chantz (November 22, 2022). “Brown University freshman Olivia Pichardo makes history, becomes first woman on Division I baseball roster”. Fox News.
- ^ a b Scott, Jelani (March 17, 2023). “Brown’s Olivia Pichardo Makes History As First Woman to Play D-I Baseball”. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ a b “Brown’s Olivia Pichardo becomes first woman to play in D-I NCAA baseball game”. Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ a b c “Olivia Pichardo becomes first woman to play in an NCAA Division 1 baseball game”. CBS News. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ a b Williams, Madison (November 21, 2022). “Brown Walk-On Is First Woman Ever to Make D-I Baseball Roster”. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ “Pichardo 1st woman to homer in summer league”. ESPN.com. July 25, 2023.
- ^ WFIE Staff (December 26, 2023). “Dubois Co. Bombers sign first woman to roster”.
- ^ McCann, Savannah. “Actions Speak Loudest: Talent Carried Olivia Pichardo To Her Place In History”. www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
