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

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.