Temecula native Kelsie Whitmore became the first woman to start in a professional baseball game for a league connected to Major League Baseball Sunday, May 1. Valley News/Courtesy photo
NEW YORK — When it comes to breaking barriers in baseball, Temecula’s Kelsie Whitmore knows a thing or two. Before pitching and playing in the outfield for the U.S. women’s baseball team from 2014-2019, and spending parts of two seasons with the Sonoma Stompers of the independent Pacific Association, Whitmore was on top of her baseball game at, not only the youth level, but also at Temecula Valley High School.Despite there being no options for a female to get a scholarship to play baseball at Cal State Fullerton at the time of her high school graduation in 2016, Whitmore went on to be a top softball player for the Titans. She was even named 2021 Big West Player of the Year. As of last month, she broke through nationally again in the baseball world when she signed with the Staten
