Julie Croteau

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rdf:langString Julie Croteau

rdf:langString Julie Croteau

rdf:langString Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.

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rdf:langString "I remember when I left the courthouse and I was really upset, because I didn't feel like justice had been served. Now I feel like it's poetic justice: I'm playing professional baseball, and I don't think any of those other guys are."

rdf:langString — Croteau on playing with the Silver Bullets

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rdf:langString Julie Croteau (born December 4, 1970) is an American former college and professional baseball player. She is recognized as the first woman to regularly play men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) baseball, as well as the first woman to coach men's NCAA Division I baseball and one of the first women to play in a Major League Baseball-sanctioned league. Croteau attended Osbourn Park High School in Manassas, Virginia, where she and her parents filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the school to play baseball on the men's team, which she lost. In college, Croteau, a first basewoman, had a .222 batting average her freshman year as the St. Mary's Seahawks finished with a 1–20–1 win–loss–tie record. In 1994, she played for the all-women Colorado Silver Bullets in their inaugural season, where she batted .078 against semi-professional male competition; after the year, she played for the Maui Stingrays of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league. Her baseball glove and photo are on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. As of 2022, Croteau was on the staff of Stanford University.

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rdf:langString * First woman to play men's NCAA baseball