Our aim is to promote more women in to the sport as well as encouraging and developing those who are already playing baseball.
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ALT On a dark gray background, a crystal award appears on the left, indicating the hustle award, with a black background on a wood surface. In the top right corner, an image of Ally Clark appears, the winner of the award.
ALT Congratulations Nominees! Appears in red centered in a slide. Behind the wording is a watermarked International Women’s Baseball Center logo, a yellow outline of a girl swinging a bat, with a grey and black globe behind her. International runs up the left side in black block letters with women’s baseball appearing in a cursive script in red across the middle. Below this, in white block letters, centered under women’s reads center. The border of the slide is broken into quadrants with royal blue, navy, gold, and teal appearing on the edges.
ALT A navy, gold and grey border appears with the International Women’s Baseball Center logo watermarked in the center. The text reads: We would like to extend congratulations to the wonderful nominees for our Inaugural Hustle Award this year! Please join us on Founders’ Day, February 22, 2023 via Zoom to hear the winner. Our nominees are: Abi “Batts” Battisto; Alice “Ally” Clark; Elizabeth “Beth” Greenwood; Donna Cohen; Amanda “Doris” Hocking; Melissa Ludtke; Sheryl Hall. Join us the rest of the month as we highlight the accomplishments of these individuals in the world of international women’s baseball. The majority of the lettering is black, with the names appearing in red, with bullet points.
ALT A navy, gold and grey border appears with the International Women’s Baseball Center logo in the bottom right corner. The text reads: The Hustle Award. This prestigious award, bestowed by the International Women’s Baseball Center in honor of beloved Rockford Peaches player, Shirley “Hustle” Burkovich, celebrates an individual who demonstrates outstanding commitment, leadership, and dedication to the empowerment of women in all aspects of baseball and life. Like many girls of her generation, Shirley began playing baseball with her brother and the neighborhood boys. In 1948, her brother convinced her to try out for the AAGPBL and, at just 16 years old, Shirley joined the AAGPBL and played from 1949-1951. After retirement Shirley never stopped serving as an advocate for women and girls in baseball, working with the AAGPBL Players’ Association and being an IWBC founder. Whether she was advocating for girls and women in baseball, acting as a mentor, mediator, or defending and supporting her
