51 min
44: ILA Borders | Empowering, Inspiring, and Transforming Lives - First Female Professional Baseball Player From The Hart - Presented by the First Bank Center for Family-Owned Businesses
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ILA Borders started playing baseball at the age of 10. She went through all the ranks from Little League, 4 years on boy's Varsity High School Baseball, 4 years on men's collegiate baseball (becoming the first woman to get a win on a men's collegiate team in NAIA and NCAA. and to receive a scholarship to play), 4 years of men's professional baseball in the American Association (became the first woman to win a men's professional baseball game). Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
After retiring from baseball, she started to coach kids, high school and collegiate athletes baseball skills and became a firefighter/paramedic. She has been in the firefighting world for 15 years. She recently wrote a book called "Making My Pitch" with co-author Jean Ardell and started up a non-profit called, “Fire Up Bootcamp”. Ultimately they are looking to inspire, empower and transform lives by providing opportunities for growth.
To learn more about Ila and her journey, you can contact her on her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ila-borders-6b6b7b135/
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthehart/message
ILA Borders started playing baseball at the age of 10. She went through all the ranks from Little League, 4 years on boy's Varsity High School Baseball, 4 years on men's collegiate baseball (becoming the first woman to get a win on a men's collegiate team in NAIA and NCAA. and to receive a scholarship to play), 4 years of men's professional baseball in the American Association (became the first woman to win a men's professional baseball game). Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
After retiring from baseball, she started to coach kids, high school and collegiate athletes baseball skills and became a firefighter/paramedic. She has been in the firefighting world for 15 years. She recently wrote a book called "Making My Pitch" with co-author Jean Ardell and started up a non-profit called, “Fire Up Bootcamp”. Ultimately they are looking to inspire, empower and transform lives by providing opportunities for growth.
To learn more about Ila and her journey, you can contact her on her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ila-borders-6b6b7b135/
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthehart/message
51 min