A freshman from Queens, New York, made history at the Friday Diamond Baseball game.
Olivia Pichardo of the Browns became the first woman to play in NCAA Division I baseball.
NCAA signs on the field prior to a game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Ole Miss Rebels during the Division I Men’s Baseball Tournament at Charles Schwab Field Omaha on June 26, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA via Getty Images)
She struck out a left batter in the bottom of the ninth, and took the first in the Browns’ 10-1 loss.
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Pichardo joined the US women’s national baseball team last summer and was an intern for the New York Mets in the Amateur Scouting Division. She also competed in the Friendship Series against Team Canada in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, over the summer.
Pichardo became the first woman on a Division One list.
Van Wickle Gates stands on the edge of Brown University’s main campus in Providence, RI, August 16, 2022. (Reuters / Brian Snyder)
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“I’m living my dream right now and the perfect college experience I’ve always wanted, so this is really cool,” Pichardo said when she made the team.
“Olivia has gathered the most complete experience I’ve seen from a player since becoming head coach,” said Grant Achilles, the team’s head coach at the time.
I threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Mets on Women’s Day at Citi Field in August.
A Brown University seal atops the Van Wickle Gates on the edge of the main campus in Providence, Rhode Island, August 16, 2022. (Reuters / Brian Snyder)
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Pichardo was a high school player at Garden School in the seventh grade.
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