Starting off 2016 on a great note: MLB Umpire Camps awarded two female umpires scholarships to umpire school. While a few women have attended umpire school and even umpired in the minors, this is the first time scholarships have ever been awarded to women to attend professional school. Jen Pawol (New York), a USA Baseball WNT alum, and Annie Monachello (Missouri) will be attending the Minor League Baseball Umpire Training Academy in January. #Umpire #MiLB #MLBUmpireCamps #Jen

2015 turned out to be quite the year for women in baseball. It began with the first national girls baseball tournament (hosted by Baseball For All) in June, closely followed by the first female to make the MLB international registration list, French teen Melissa Mayeux. Soon after, women's baseball debuted for the first time in international sports competition, with the USA Women's National Baseball Team taking gold in Toronto at the Pan-American Games. Jessica Mendoza became