- 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
Greta@LevelUmp.com website: https://www.levelump.com/
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