Ila Borders: Baseball Trailblazer Turned Fire Fighter
from The 27th Inning Hosted by Michael Grennell
Former pitcher Ila Borders comes on the show in this week's episode to talk about her journey as one of the first women to play in men's professional baseball. She recounts the challenges that she faced and the triumphs that she achieved over her career playing in college — where she earned fame as the first woman to both win a collegiate baseball game and earn a baseball scholarship — and her career playing in independent league baseball with the St. Paul Saints, Duluth-Superior Dukes, Madison Black Wolf and Zion Pioneerz. She now enjoys her second career as a firefighter, where she also works to help promote inclusivity and diversity in the fire service through her organization, Fire Up Bootcamp. Check out their website at fireupbootcamp.com to learn more about their mission and how you can donate and help them in their cause.
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