wendelstedt umpire school

• Perry Barber a 40 year path as a leading woman umpire in baseball and an icon to young women aspiring to play and officiate the game
•  Jeopardy championship and baseball trivia launched Perry into a love of baseball
•  $660 game show winnings,  NY city sublet, Bon Ami cleaner, Rice-A-Roni + beer & skittles
•  She was the intro musical act for Springsteen
•  Perry's mom opened the door by suggesting the idea of umpiring
•  'dem Mets - a loveable history
•  American Girls Baseball Classic a mix of AAGPBL legends, contemporary icons and new young girl and women players
•  Baseball for All - Justine Siegal - broadening young women's opportunities in the game
•  International Women's Baseball Center IWBC
•  Baseball Rule #1
•  It helps to have a semi-eidetic memory
•  Perry's sister joins her in Daytona Beach at the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School
•  The Atlantic League and Joe Klein
•  Perry has her nephew join her in umpiring a game
•  Umpires should move to reconcile - being authoritative without being arrogant
•  Tampa Tarpons & Clearwater Threshers Umpire story
•  First Rule of Umpire School
•  American Girls Baseball Classic in Sarasota
•  Moving to the future of MLB women umpires - watch Jen Pawol
•  Women umps who have paved the way Bernice Guerra, Christine Wren, Pam Postema Theresa Fairlady, Shana Kook

 Thanks to Perry Barber for sharing her stories and passion paving the trail for girls and women in the sport of baseball.  Perry can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/perrybarber

Learn more about the IWBC at https://bit.ly/49Lr4dN International Womens Baseball Center – celebrating 10 years
https://www.iwbc.org/ Zoom call:  - Feb 22nd 6 pm
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Jamal Allen wasted no time in becoming a professional baseball umpire.  Six months after graduating from Longwood, he headed to the Wendelstedt Umpire School and completed a season in the Northwoods League, a collegiate wooden bat circuit.  Last season, Jamal started his professional career in the Florida Complex Rooke League and is expected to umpire in Class A baseball in either the California League, Carolina League, or Florida State League for the 2024 season.  Special commentary from Kyle Nichol, Longwood '14 and  former minor league umpire.