AAGPBL Board President, Richard “Rick” Chapman is a native of Northen, Ohio with five siblings.  His mother was Dorothy “Mickey” Maguire Chapman who was an AAGPBL player from 1943 to 1949.  He had a good baseball career and was invited to a try-out with the Kansas City Royals in 1970.  Injuries in 1971 forced him to retire from baseball.  He was a graduate of Madonna University, near Detroit.  After 33 years with General Motors (Detroit), He retired in 2005, and moved to Kansas City with His wife, Lisa, and daughter, Mickayla.  He has been an Associate member of the Players Association since its inception and is currently the President of the Players Association.  He invites folks to stop by to visit him at the Kansas City Royals Team Store in Kauffman Stadium where he works many of the home games.

AAGPBL Board Vice President, Carol Sheldon resides near Detroit, Michigan and studied at Western Michigan University and Michigan State University.  She taught for 33 years, coached for 39 years, and served as a State of Michigan Official for 50+ years.  Her undergraduate years included playing intercollegiate basketball, field hockey, track, golf, and softball.  She’s played major softball her whole life, including as a senior athlete.  She was inducted into the USSSSA Michigan Hall of Fame, and as a 43-year-old she took up playing baseball in the Great Lakes League.  In 2003, she was inducted into the National Women’s Baseball Hall of Fame, and in 2012, she traveled to Hong Kong to play baseball in the Phoenix Cup.  Carol has been an Associate Member of the AAGPBL Players Assoc. since 1992, and she chairs the Public Relations and Archives and Memorabilia Committees and helps coordinate the AAGPBL Facebook page and website.

AAGPBL Board Treasurer, George Chapman resides in Michigan and is the older brother of Rick Chapman.  George’s mother, Dorothy Chapman (Mickey Maguire) played in the AAGPBL from 1943-1949.  George retired from General Motors after 36 ½ years in the Purchasing group in 2008.  George has BA and MBA degrees. George became a member of the Players Association in 2009 and was elected as a Board Member and Treasurer in 2014.  George has always been a baseball fan and continues to support women in baseball.

AAGPBL Board Secretary, Merrie Fidler is a California native and a retired high school English and P.E. Teacher, and she coached volleyball, basketball, softball, track and tennis.  As an athlete Merrie played interscholastic and intercollegiate volleyball, basketball, and softball, and she played on a city softball team into her mid-30s.  Merrie began researching the AAGPBL in the fall of 1971 and completed her Master’s Thesis on the League in 1976 at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  In succeeding years, Merrie was able to attend the first AAGPBL Reunion in Chicago in 1982 and the opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s first exhibit for Women in Baseball in 1988.  After retiring from teaching and coaching in 2003, Merrie became involved in AAGPBL committee work, updated and published her thesis in 2006, and was elected to the Players Association Board of Directors in 2007.  She has served as Board Secretary since 2008.

AAGPBL Board Director, Jeneane Lesko AAGPBL Board Director, Jeneane Lesko is a distinguished former player of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She showcased her talent with the Grand Rapids Chicks (1953–1954) and Allington’s All-Stars (1955–1956), igniting a lifelong passion for the game. Her journey with the Association began in 1992, and since joining the Board in 2001, Jeneane has held pivotal roles—from President and Vice President to Secretary. Her leadership has also extended to key committees, where she has been instrumental in producing the Association’s newsletter and managing its website. Since 2018, Jeneane has taken her advocacy to new heights, actively representing the AAGPBL at Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League events, girls’ baseball clinics, and other national gatherings. Serving  first as  chair  and  later as a  dedicated  member  of the  Public Relations Committee, she continues to champion the enduring legacy of women in baseball.

AAGPBL Board Director, Lois Youngen was born in 1933 in the small town of Ragersville, Ohio, also the birthplace of Alta Weiss, a pioneer female pitcher in the early 1900’s. Growing up in LeRoy, Ohio (aka Westfield Center) she played baseball with the neighborhood boys and later softball with a town team. During her senior year in high school she went to spring training with the Fort Wayne Daisies, graduated from high school and became a Fort Wayne Daisy. She played in the League for four years, 1951-1954, for The Daisies, Comets, and Blue Sox. In 1953 Jean Faut made her famous as she caught Jean’s second perfect game, South Bend 4-Kalamazoo 0. She earned degrees from Kent State, Michigan State and her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1971.  She retired after 36 years at the University of Oregon where she taught and also coached tennis, basketball and track and field before Title IX.  She retired as Director of Physical Activity and Recreation Services. Lois was a past president of the Players Association has and has served as a Director for a number years.  She is also a supporter of women’s baseball wherever it is played in the world!

AAGPBL Board Director Sue Zipay, a long-time Florida resident, played for the Rockford Peaches during 1953-1954. After her years as an AAGPBL player, Sue was married, raised three children, and took up tennis, which eventually became her career. She and her son, Bob have co-owned the Englewood Tennis Club since 1989. Sue’s tennis career spanned over 40 years, during which she served as a Florida Tennis Association League Coordinator for USTA Junior Team Tennis in Region 5 prior to assuming the role of League Director for team tennis junior league in Manatee, Sarasota, & Charlotte counties. Sue served on the AAGPBL Board in the 1990s and her current term began in 2014. Sue is also founder and president of American Girls Baseball (AGB) and hopes to see a new “League of Their Own” develop.