IHSAA Reverses Field, Allowing Female Student Athlete To Play Baseball
The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has agreed to permit Heather Bauduin, a 16-year-old Wabash, Indiana high school junior, to try out for her school's previously all-male baseball team, both this season and next.
Bauduin was originally informed that she was barred from participating in baseball by an IHSAA state-wide rule, which prohibits girls from participating in high school baseball if the school offers softball.
The rule was challenged by Public Justice, a Wa