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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | Winter Park, Florida | August 4, 1993||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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College team | Indian River CC Pioneers South Florida Bulls | ||||||||||||||
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Veronica Rose Gajownik (born August 4, 1993) is a former American softball and baseball player, and an American baseball manager. She was a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. [1] [2] In 2023 she was named the Hillsboro Hops’ manager for the 2023 season; [3] this made her the first woman to manage a High-A team, [4] and the first openly LGBTQ manager in minor or major league baseball history. [5]
Veronica Gajownik was born in Winter Park, Florida, on August 4, 1993. [6] She is the daughter of Marcel Gajownik and Glenn Richards, a chief meteorologist for WOFL. [7] Veronica was introduced to baseball by her father and started to play baseball with boys in Oviedo recreation leagues. [7]
Gajownik started playing softball when she attended Paul J. Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Florida. [7] She played for the Hagerty Huskies and has a .531 batting average as a junior with a .694 on-base percentage. [8] She also competed in summer competitions for Team North Florida, the Tampa Mustangs and Team Florida. [8]
Gajownik attended Indian River State College in 2013 and University of South Florida during 2014–2015 where she played softball for the South Florida Bulls. [9]
Gajownik joined the Arizona Diamondbacks organization as a video assistant with the Hillsboro Hops, their High-A affiliate, in 2021. [3] In 2022, Gajownik served as a coach for the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Double-A Texas League [10] and for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. [11] In 2023 she was named Hillsboro's manager for the 2023 season; [3] this made her the first woman to manage a High-A team, [4] and the first openly LGBTQ manager in minor or major league baseball history. She is married to a woman. [5]
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | Winter Park, Florida | August 4, 1993||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
College team | Indian River CC Pioneers South Florida Bulls | ||||||||||||||
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Veronica Rose Gajownik (born August 4, 1993) is a former American softball and baseball player, and an American baseball manager. She was a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. [1] [2] In 2023 she was named the Hillsboro Hops’ manager for the 2023 season; [3] this made her the first woman to manage a High-A team, [4] and the first openly LGBTQ manager in minor or major league baseball history. [5]
Veronica Gajownik was born in Winter Park, Florida, on August 4, 1993. [6] She is the daughter of Marcel Gajownik and Glenn Richards, a chief meteorologist for WOFL. [7] Veronica was introduced to baseball by her father and started to play baseball with boys in Oviedo recreation leagues. [7]
Gajownik started playing softball when she attended Paul J. Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Florida. [7] She played for the Hagerty Huskies and has a .531 batting average as a junior with a .694 on-base percentage. [8] She also competed in summer competitions for Team North Florida, the Tampa Mustangs and Team Florida. [8]
Gajownik attended Indian River State College in 2013 and University of South Florida during 2014–2015 where she played softball for the South Florida Bulls. [9]
Gajownik joined the Arizona Diamondbacks organization as a video assistant with the Hillsboro Hops, their High-A affiliate, in 2021. [3] In 2022, Gajownik served as a coach for the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Double-A Texas League [10] and for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. [11] In 2023 she was named Hillsboro's manager for the 2023 season; [3] this made her the first woman to manage a High-A team, [4] and the first openly LGBTQ manager in minor or major league baseball history. She is married to a woman. [5]