Jaida Lee

Jaida Lee
Pitcher
Born: January 1st, 2006
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
  • Team Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Metro Property Management Knights

Jaida Lee (born 2006) is a Canadian baseball player. At age 16, she was in 2022 the first female to compete in men’s baseball at the Canada Summer Games.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Lee is a senior at Gonzaga High School, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Born in St. John's, to Dave and Amanda Lee.[7][8][9][10] Lee started playing baseball at 6 years old, and has been playing on boy's and men's baseball teams since the age of 10.[9][4]

  1. ^ Franke, Bernd (2022-08-10). "Female pitcher makes Canada Summer Games baseball history". St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  2. ^ Moore, Mike (2022-07-31). "'They all shut up': Jaida Lee talks about pitching for N.L.'s men's baseball team at Canada Games". CBC. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  3. ^ Puchalsk, Bernie (2022-08-08). "Jaida Lee makes her pitch and becomes the first female playing men's baseball at a Canada Games". Niagara 2022 Games. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  4. ^ a b Redmond, Don (2022-08-10). "Newfoundland woman fastballer on men's team shifts from Welland to Blue Jays' opening pitch". Insauga. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  5. ^ "Jays Talk Plus: Confidence Rankings + Women in Baseball with Kelly McCormack & Jaida Lee". Sports Net. 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  6. ^ Joyce, Luke (2022-07-19). "Team NL Heading to 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara in August". The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  7. ^ a b Atter, Heidi (2022-08-14). "Canada Games history maker Jaida Lee throws first pitch at Blue Jays home game". CBC. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  8. ^ "16-year-old N.L. baseball star Jaida Lee to throw 1st pitch at a Jays game". CBC. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  9. ^ a b Puchalski, Bernie (2022-01-21). "Making Her Mark - Newfoundland and Labrador Rising Star Jaida Less is Set to Make History in Niagara". Baseball Canada. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  10. ^ "Jaida Lee leads N.L.'s under-17 baseball team to win with strong pitching performance". CBC. 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2022-08-14.