Kelsie Whitmore (center) and Stacy Piagno (right) sit in the dugout at Peoples Home Equity Ballpark at Arnold Field during the Stompers' 2016 Championship season. (James W. Toy III / Sonoma Stompers)
Hayley M. Slye / Sonoma Stompers
SONOMA, Calif.– Kelsie Whitmore and Stacy Piagno of the Sonoma Stompers Professional Baseball Club, presented by Virginia Dare Winery, will be honored in a pre-game ceremony at the San Francisco Giants game on Sunday, July 23.
Whitmore and Piagno became the first female teammates on a co-ed professional baseball team since the 1950’s when they signed with the Stompers last summer. On July 15, Piagno became one of just three women to earn the win in an American men’s professional baseball league since the 1950’s.
Piagno and Whitmore will be honored alongside members of Stanford Women’s Volleyball, Stanford Women’s Tennis, Deaf Women’s National Soccer Team, USF Club Volleyball, USF Track & Field, Anne Span, Anne Cribbs and Jennifer Croteau.
The home plate ceremony will begin at 12 p.m. tomorrow, prior to the Giants’ matchup with the San Diego Padres.
STOMPERS TICKETS
Tickets and merchandise are available now either online or at the fan shop at 234 W Napa Street in downtown Sonoma. Tickets will also be available at the box office on game days, beginning 30 minutes prior to the game.
For more information, please contact the front office at 707-938-7277, or email info@stompersbaseball.com