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The fourth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference was held virtually September 16-18, 2022.  This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center, and hosted by Rockford University — centered around the theme “Title IX and Women’s Baseball: Where We’ve Been and Where We are Headed.” Thank you for all who attended!

If you have any questions, please contact Leslie Heaphy at [email protected].

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