Extra Inning Softball has announced the following live streaming schedule for the Empowering Girls for Life convention to be held Saturday & Sunday at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois:
- Jessica Mendoza & Carol Hutchings–Sat. August 11 @ 10 am CST*
- Sammy Marshall, Alexis Holloway & Jenna Lilley–Sat. August 11 @ 1 pm CST
- Jennie Finch & Stacey Nuveman–Sat. August 11 @ CST*
- Patty Gasso–Sun. August 12 @ 1 pm CST*
* content will be available for subscribers to Extra Inning Softball; to sign up, go HERE
Note: all panels will be recorded and posted on ExtraInningSoftball.com within the next week so check back regularly to see which panels have been archived for viewing.
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The Empowering Girls for Life convention includes the following speakers:
NOT TOO LATE TO GET TICKETS!
Click on the link for the EmpowerGirls.life website and go to the Tickets tab link to sign up for $35 for General Admission and–if you want to add a VIP Pass of $35 to each ticket–you will be able to meet the speakers, get their autographs on a poster.
The first 1,500 who sign-up will receive a special SWAG bag valued at $70 including coupons, vouchers, tickets, and more but if you purchase a ticket and use the Extra Inning Softball Promo Code of EIS you will be guaranteed to receive a SWAG bag and an Empowering Girls for Life t-shirt.
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Key Softball Speakers At The Convention:
- Jennie Finch – Olympic Gold Medalist, All-American Champion, National Player of the Year, 2001 undefeated season (including 51 consecutive victories) at the University of Arizona and former Chicago Bandit.
- Jessica Mendoza – Olympic Gold Medalist, first female color analyst for ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, first female commentator for post-season in MLB history.
- Stacey Nuveman – former four-time NCAA Division I softball All-American, three-time Olympic medalist and Head Coach of the Chicago Bandits.
- Patty Gasso – Head Softball Coach at the University of Oklahoma and four-time NCAA Champion.
- Carol Hutchins – current Head Softball Coach at Michigan, two-time NFCA Coach of the Year and all-time winningest coach in NCAA Div. I history.
- Kate Drohan – current Head Softball Coach at Northwestern.
- Jenna Lilley – Oregon All-American and member of USA Softball National Team.
- Jen Tyrrell – head coach of the Beverly Bandits 16U club team and PGF Nationals championship coach.
- Jami Lobries, Ph. D – Vice President of USSSA Fastpitch.
- Alexis Holloway – current Notre Dame pitcher, winner of the PGF 18U National Championship game last summer, 2017 National Player of the Year.
- Alexis Mack – current Oregon standout player, 2017 Pac-12 batting champion.
Other Outstanding and Accomplished Speakers:
- Victoria Arlen – Paralympian Gold Medal Swimmer, ESPN sportscaster and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars contestant.
- Laurie Hernandez – USA Gymnastic Gold Medalist and winner of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
- Christa Dietzen – Captain of US Women’s National Indoor Volleyball Team, two-time Olympic Medalist, World Championship Gold Medalist and two-time NCAA National Volleyball champion at Penn State.
- Christie Pearce Rampone – Professional soccer defender for Sky Blue FC, three-time Gold Medalist with USA Olympic Soccer Team and two-time World Cup Champion.
- Jessica Tenuta – 24-year-old Co-founder/CPO of Packback and Shark Tank winner.
- Kaeya Majmundar – 22-year-old creator of Ziptank & BZBox and Shark Tank winner.
- Kathrine Switzer – First woman to run in the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry in 1967. Won the Women’s New York City Marathon in 1974, named Female Runner of the Decade, Billie Award winner and Emmy award winner as a TV commentator and journalist.
- Kendall Coyne – Led the 2018 gold medal Olympic Hockey team as co-leader in points scored. Helped Carl Sandburg win a 2010 Illinois High School Softball State Championship.
- Lawyer Milloy – Former 2001 Super Bowl Champion with New England Patriots, 1st team All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler, Jim Thorpe Award winner, and two-time MLB draftee.
- Tracey Fuchs – Northwestern Field Hockey Head Coach, two-time field hockey athlete of the year, and member of two Olympic and four World Cup teams.
- Whitney Reynolds – Host of the Whitney Reynolds Show.
For more information, go to: www.empoweringgirls.life