I'm a senior athlete who had breast cancer.
At 51 years young I play baseball with the Las Vegas Sandvipers men's baseball team in the 25+ age division and professional full tackle football for the Las Vegas Showgirlz women's football team.
I'm also the steersman for the St. Rose Hospitals Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Racing team.
I'm also a 9-year breast cancer survivor.
My goal is to convince Major League Baseball to let a real live pink bat me swing their wood-painted pink bat on a Mother's Day in a real live Major League Baseball game. Why? Because it's the right thing to do to let a real live breast cancer survivor who is also a real live baseball player swing that pink bat!
I'm Susan G. Komen Southern Nevada's 2008 Athlete Survivor of the Year and the New Balance Athletic Shoes 2008 Honorary Team Member.
On the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color line I made MSBL baseball history by becoming the first woman to execute a rare 9-3 double play with my teammate Steve Johnston.
Then March 9, 2009 I tried out for the Detroit Tigers Minor League Baseball team in Lakeland, Florida by personal invitation from the Major League Detroit Tigers management to come. Glenn Ezell, director of player development for the Tigers, told me at the end of the tryout that I can throw out my age and gender because I can play real live baseball without them!
Plus on May 25, 2009 I made baseball history again by becoming the first woman baseball coach to win a national MSBL tournament.
Las Vegas, NV
