Level Ump with Greta Langhenry - supporting Women in Umpiring

• Greta Langhenry, President & Co-Founder of Level Ump
• Growth with women in sports
• Loss of Sue Zipay, AAAGPBL, All-Girls Baseball, All Women’s Tournament, Rockford Peach
• Sue also made sure that her tournament had all women officiating the All Women’s Baseball Tournament
• Greta’s love of the game
• Bridging generations of the love of the game with her Dad
• Only girl on the baseball team
• Was told she could no longer play baseball then softball was the only alternative
• Liked softball, but it’s a different game, the rules are different, but fun to watch
• Discovered Jen Pawol, Pam Postema, Emma Charlesworth-Seiler & wanted to be an umpire
• Every umpire has many elements to their uniform including:
• At least one pair of socks, steel toed boots, shin guards, yoga pants, regular pants, cup or pelvic protector, A belt, an undershirt, a chest guard, an over shirt, a hat, the mask. Sometimes they wear the full bucket - not a mask and helmet separate.
• Martha Rigney fashion designer helping Level Ump with uniforms for women
• The cost of equipment & umpire school
• Wendelstedt Umpire School, the Harvard of Umpire Schools
• MLB Umpire School
• 2 umpire schools,
• Jen Pawol & Pam Postema the 2 women
• Level Ump, America its Past Time
• Rickwood Field, 4-man crew of black men, the first time that MLB has done that
• Level Ump is a 501c3 organization funded by donations
• In 2019 Greta was the only woman enrolled in umpire school, Level Ump is creating more opportunities for women to attend schools through scholarships
• Rigorous program at Wendelstedt Umpire School - 5 weeks of School Sun up to Sun down 6 days a week
• Supporting veterans through the Wounded Warrior Umpire Camp in Carlisle, PA – gives wounded warriors and opportunity to participate. The program pays for their travel, equipment, meals and more
• Greta was honored to work with the program and the people in the program & still keeps in contact with several of them
• WWA builds connections with the veterans at the camp
• Greta was the first woman to umpire in the Florida Collegiate Summer League
• Umpiring the Savannah Bananas in the Coastal Plain League
• Banana Ball with Jesse Cole goes out of his way to hire veterans from the Wounded Warrior Umpire program for the Banana’s games on the road
• Savannah Bananas potential positive impact on traditional baseball & increase fandom
• One of the USAWNT woman is now playing with the Firefighters
• Greta’s journey into the world of umpiring and now building a network of support for umpires

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