The International Women’s Baseball Center (IWBC) will hold a major fundraising event to help raise money needed to build #APlaceofTheirOwn on Monday, November 1, 2021 at The Standard (214 E. State Street, Rockford IL 61104) from 6pm to 9pm with a VIP meet and greet beginning at 5pm.

The evening will include a 50/50 raffle and drawings for sports-themed collection items. A special menu has been created as well thanks to Taco Betty’s. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased on Eventbrite, at Taco Betty’s, or at the door. Special event tees will also be available for purchase or can be pre-paid on Eventbrite. 

The evening will be highlighted by the attendance of well-known All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) players and IWBC ambassadors, Shirley Burkovich and Maybelle Blair, who will be available to those in attendance for autographs and photos.

Sponsor opportunities are available! Sponsorships may be secured under the ticket section of the Eventbrite event page or for additional sponsor questions, please contact sportmakeup@gmail.com.

The IWBC and the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) have opened registration for the third annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will take place virtually on September 10-12, 2021. This year’s conference theme is “Breaking Barriers: Women in Baseball Around the World.”
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• Register: Click here to register online. The conference is open to all baseball fans.


• Cost: Virtual attendance is $50 per person, and includes access to all panels and presentations, pylon unveiling, a digital program, and 1 raffle ticket. Additional raffle tickets are $5 apiece. Deadline to register: September 10, 2021. Scholarship opportunities are available; contact Leslie Heaphy for information.

Schedule: Stay tuned for more details on panels and presentations.

Contact: For questions, please contact Leslie Heaphy or Kat Williams.
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​​Mark your calendars for Friday, September 10, 2021 at the beautiful Ingersoll Golf Course in Rockford, Illinois for our inaugural Golf Scramble! This wooded 18-hole course with narrow fairways and gently rolling terrain offers 6107 challenging yards on its par 71 course.

For more information or to register, visit the official IWBC Golf Scramble Eventbrite Page. Contact IWBC Director Cathy Headley to learn more about sponsorship opportunities. If interested in participating virtually or organizing a scramble to support IWBC in your own community, please email us!

Sponsored by International Women’s Baseball Center and Women in Baseball Committee of Society for American Baseball Research.



Adult Contest:
Deadline: July 30, 2021
There are two categories for entries for adults (Professional and Amateur).  The winning entry in each category plus runner-up may have their art displayed during an IWBC/SABR event in 2021. The winning entry in the professional and amateur category will receive a $100 prize. Photos of winning entries and runners up will also be included in an upcoming issue of the Women in Baseball Newsletter for SABR as well as their This Week in SABR weekly email newsletter and in the IWBC newsletter.

For more information on the adult contest guidelines, visit Women on the Diamond Art Competition 2021. 

Youth Contest:
Deadline: August 23, 2021
School Entries (under age 16). Winner will receive a set of art materials for the individual student. All schools that enter students will have their name placed in a drawing and two winners will be chosen. The winning schools will each receive $150 worth of age appropriate books about Women’ baseball for their libraries. Photos of winning entries and runners up will also be included on the IWBC/SABR websites and other social media. There may also be an opportunity for art work to be displayed at events hosted by the IWBC and SABR.

For more information on the youth contest guidelines, visit Youth Art Contest 2021 IWBC SABR. 

SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center have announced a call for papers for the third annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, scheduled for September 10-12, 2021, at Rockford University in Rockford, Illinois.

This year’s conference theme is “Breaking Barriers: Women in Baseball Around the World.” All topics related to women’s baseball are welcome for individual oral and poster presentations.

Please submit abstracts of approximately 200 words, along with contact information and a short biography, by July 12, 2021, to Leslie Heaphy at lheaphy@kent.edu.

All notifications will be made by August 2. In the event the conference cannot be held in person, we will proceed with online presentations, panel discussions, and other demonstrations of baseball scholarship.

For coverage of the 2020 virtual conference, visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference.

IWBC Reads, our literacy initiative that uses the magic of books to touch on topics relevant to all aspects of women in the sport, continues with a strong lineup for the spring season!​ Join us for in-depth discussions (often with the authors joining the conversation) of great, recently published books that touch on topics relevant to all aspects of women in sports. Worldwide participation is free but registration is required.

For more information and to register, visit the Eventbrite event page for the books that interest you:

April 17, 2021 2:00 EDT
Throw Like a Woman by Susan Petrone 
Book details
Club Discussion Registration

Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star by Kat D. Williams
Book details
Club Discussion Registration