Abbotsford’s Raine Padgham has signed with the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack baseball team and this fall she will become the first female player in team history.
Padgham recently graduated from Abbotsford Senior Secondary School and the pitcher had interest from several schools but said the Kamloops-based school felt like the best fit for her right now. She said TRU baseball head coach Ray Chadwick scouted her in the fall and made her feel comfortable very quickly.“It was the feeling of being wanted,” she said of the recruitment process with TRU.
She will be primarily a pitcher for the Wolfpack, but Padgham said she also hopes to get some time playing somewhere on the infield. Padgham said it will be a step up from playing against U18 players to college-aged, but she said she is looking forward to the new challenge. “It’s definitely a little intimidating but I’m also noticing my own pitching skills that I’ll definitely be able to compete,” she said. “Playing against older guys and even having older guys on my own team will make me work harder and I’ll have some role models on my team too.”Padgham has never played against boys over 18, but she pointed out that she has regularly played against women in their 20s and 30s.
“It’s definitely a blessing to get the chance to play in a university program,” she said. “I’m mainly just hoping to open up other universities for other women who are looking to go down that same path and hopefully bring up my chances of going and playing at a higher level.”B.C.
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