Kate Fahy remembers being selected to her first Little League district baseball all-star team.

It meant a lot. A girl who'd initially worried about fitting in when joining her Little League team was being recognized as not just part of her team but one of the area's best players.

"It was a huge accomplishment for me," Fahy said.

But what really stands out to her about the experience is her dad relaying telling her he'd met a coach from a different team there who'd told him another girl who'd been selected for the honor was the best player on his team.

Now both girls are a year or two away from likely playing varsity high school baseball.

This past weekend, Fahy and Hwangbo further solidified their already deep commitments to a game neither sees as just for boys.

The two were among more than 90 girls selected to participate in MLB's and USA Baseball's Trailblazer Series, a baseball training program held at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida.

The program launched in 2017 but is under a bigger spotlight with women beginning to stream into baseball through the Women's Professional Baseball League that launched this year and the participation of a few women in the high-level-baseball-meets-entertainment Banana Ball, which is selling out large professional parks, including Yankee Stadium.

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"I was definitely nervous when I first started playing (baseball)," Fahy said. " 'Baseball is a boys sport' ," I'd always been told."

Hwangbo, an eighth-grader at Dobbs Ferry Middle School, who played last year for Dobbs Ferry's modified baseball team and now is on the Eagles' JV, and Fahy, an eighth-grader at Hackley School, who's on Hackley's modified baseball team, received hours of instruction, as well as played in game s in Florida.

After arriving in Florida April 17, the two, whose passion for the sport is evident in the fact both play on multiple baseball teams and have zero plans to quit, set out to further hone their games

Before being selected, both, as required, provided videos showing their skills.

Hwangbo, for instance, catches, plays third and pitches for Dobbs Ferry's JV. You can't do any of that without a strong arm.

Hwangbo started, as most youngers in the sport, playing T-ball. She tried softball but didn't really like it. Several years ago, she joined Little League Baseball.

Unlike many, she didn't encounter opposition, either subtle or overt.

"I was pretty lucky. I grew up in a good place. One of the coaches asked me if I wanted to play," Hwangbo said.

Most pressure she feels seems largely self-imposed and born from the fact she's a girl playing what many still regard as a boys sport.

"I definitely feel pressure. I feel I have to be better to be considered somewhat good. I (also) feel I don't want to let the team down," she said.