Paloma Benach
| Boston Hunters – No. 12 | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
| Born: June 12, 2003 | |||
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| WPBL debut | |||
| 2026, for the Boston Hunters | |||
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Paloma Benach is an American professional baseball pitcher.
Early life and education
Her parents founded D.C. Girl's Baseball because of her desire to bring baseball for girls to Washington D.C. after she played on an all-girls team which won predominantly male tournament in Orange County. "We just started gathering girls slowly to create teams and just play wherever we could. And now it’s a full organization that is fostering four or five teams."[1] At age 12, Benach was interviewed by WAMU, along with one of her coaches and another player, about her experience as a girl playing Little League baseball and then moving to the all-girls league founded by her parents,[2] and at 17, she expressed in a Washington Post interview and feature article about her that she wanted to continue playing baseball as long as possible, despite a lack of professional options for women players at the time.[3]
Baseball career
In 2019, Benach was chosen as one of two Washington, D.C.-area players to participate in the inaugural High School Girls Baseball Invitational, a development camp run jointly by Major League Baseball and USA Baseball.[4] Benach was the first woman to play as part of Occidental University's baseball team.[5] She currently plays for the Boston Hunters of the Women's Pro Baseball League.[6] During the inaugural season, Benach struck out during the final inning of the game in which the Firebells clinched first place for the regular season. [7]
Personal life
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References
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- ↑ "Paloma Benach: 'A baseball player through and through'". The Occidental News. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
- ↑ "D.C. Girls Play Baseball On A Team Of Their Own". WAMU. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
- ↑ "This 17-year-old pitcher has found a place in baseball. She doesn't want to give it up". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
- ↑ "Two local athletes chosen for MLB-sponsored High School Girls Baseball Invitational". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
- ↑ "Paloma Benach: 'A baseball player through and through'". The Occidental News. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
- ↑ "Paloma Benach". Women's Pro Baseball League. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
- ↑ "Firebells clinch first place in WPBL regular season behind 3-way play of Kelsie Whitmore". The IX Sports. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
- ↑ "Meet All of the Out Queer Players of the WPBL". GoMag. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
- ↑ "How Incredible (Gay) Is the New Women's Professional Baseball League?". Autostraddle. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
