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Hunter Alumna Makes History as First Woman MLB Umpire

August 11, 2025

Jen Pawol, a 2005 graduate of Hunter College's MFA in Studio Art program, has become the first woman to be named a Major League Baseball umpire. The New Jersey native expressed that she was “overcome with emotion” upon receiving the historic news. 

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