Kelly Rodman was a compassionate, driven, and inspiring person in all things life and baseball. Her passion in life paralleled her love for the game in the form of advocating for the talent and mentoring of others who shared in her commitment.

Kelly’s professional baseball journey began when she played for the New England Women’s Baseball League for 12 years after her grandmother saw the advertisement for tryouts in the local paper. During this time, she played for a team in Lynn, Massachusetts, traveling to play internationally in Japan, Dominican Republic, Canada, and Australia. Afterward, Kelly served as the Director of Minor League Operations for Ed Randall’s Fans for the Cure Foundation and a licensing company for MLB, spending time in many of the 30 major league clubhouses. Her philanthropic nature extended to an organization that was near and dear to her heart, Baseball Miracles, whose mission is to bring the game of baseball to deserving children in under-served communities. Kelly was an active member, accompanying the organization on mission trips across the United States and South America.

In 2013, Kelly was invited to Major League Baseball’s Scout School, and in 2014, she joined the Yankees as an associate scout covering the Northeast. Kelly became one of the only full-time female scouts in Major League Baseball and she represented the Yankees at the 2019 MLB Draft. With her tireless work ethic and passion for the game, Kelly was instrumental to the Yankees amateur scouting department and represented the organization with dignity and devotion.

“I have never been discouraged from being a woman scout, or as I like to just say...a scout. What I say to young people: go for it. If you want to work in this game, go for it. Do what you love. Be passionate about it. Go out and do the work.”

- Kelly Rodman, YES Network feature, August 2019.

Kelly Rodman passed away in March 2020 at the age of 44.