| Olivia Pichardo | |
| Team: | Brown Bears |
| Number: | 19 |
| Position: | Utility player (baseball) |
| Birth Date: | 26 February 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Queens, New York |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Right |
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Olivia Pichardo is an American baseball player for Brown University. She is the first woman to play NCAA Division I baseball.
Pichardo was born in Queens, New York.[1] [2] She began playing baseball in kindergarten, and played varsity baseball in high school.[3] [4] She also played on the Next Level Baseball travel team, as well as the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League's New York Crush. She also interned for the New York Mets in their amateur scouting department.
In November 2022, as a freshman, Pichardo became the first woman named to an NCAA Division I baseball roster when she made the Brown University team as a walk-on.[5] In March 2023, she became the first woman to play in an NCAA Division 1 baseball game, when she pinch-hit.[6]
In July 2023, she became the first woman to hit a home run while playing in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League; she was playing for the Sag Harbor Whalers.[7]
Pichardo was signed to the 2024 roster of the Dubois County Bombers, making her the first woman to be signed to that team’s roster. The Dubois County Bombers are a summer collegiate baseball team.[8] [9]
She is a utility player.
In 2022, she was on the roster for the United States women's national baseball team, where she played in a five-game series against Canada. She served as both an outfielder and right-handed pitcher. She made four starts in the outfield and one as a pitcher.[10]