Foothills Girls Baseball Program

Did you know:

  • In 2024 there were 85 female players in our league and we formed four all-girls teams in T-ball, Coach Pitch (2) and Minors 'A'.   The number of girls playing baseball at Foothills has doubled in the past four years!

 

  • During Registration girls have the option of selecting either an all-girls team or co-ed.  We always make sure to place multiple girls on co-ed teams.

 

  • Girls have the option of either playing in their regular age group or they can play down one year, this is the player's choice.  Please contact our Registrar if you would like to play down a year.

 

  • There are multiple special events set up for girls baseball this season.  There will be a Girls Clinic in May and Pre-Season Girls Training.

 

  • Multiple former Foothills players have played on U14 and U16 Provincial Alberta Girls Teams and one former player recently played on the Canadian National Women's Team.

 

  • In December 2023 two current Foothills Players were invited to play in the Leighton Accardo Tournament in Arizona with the top U12 Female players in North America

 

  • Female baseball (U16) will debut at the 2025 Canada Summer Games
Studies have concluded the benefits of girls playing sports:
  • Girls who participate in sport are less likely to be depressed, more likely to reach higher academic goals and more likely to demonstrate improved self-confidence (Merkel, 2013)

 

  • Girls who play sport are 11% more likely to say they’re “happy the way they are” (Girls’ Index Impact Report, Ruling Our Experiences, 2017)

 

  • Statistics show that 41% of girls between ages 3 and 17 don’t participate in sports, and 84% of adult women don’t participate in sports at all.

 

  • Girls are participating in sport at rates much lower than those of their male counterparts. (26% of 5-17 year old girls average 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity everyday vs. 48% of 5-17 year old boys*)

 

  • If a girl hasn’t participated in sport by the age of 10, there is only a 10% chance that she will be physically active as an adult. (CAAWS, 2016)

 

  • By the age of 14, girls are 1.5x more likely to drop out of sport than boys. (Girls in Sport Study, Gatorade, 2017)

 

  • According to an EY & espnW survey 94% of women in C-suite positions played competitive sports and 80% of Fortune 500 female executives played sports when they were young