This is not the first time Balkovec has broken barriers: back in 2019, she became the first woman to become a minor league hitting coach. She has been in baseball for 10 years now, starting as a contract strength and conditional coach before finding her way to Driveline Baseball. She was a Division-I catcher on the softball teams at Creighton University and the University of Mexico and holds degrees in exercise science and kinesiology.
As the hitting coach for the Yankees’ Florida Complex League Yankees, she worked with some of the organization’s top young talent, including MLB.com’s 17th-best prospect Jasson Dominguez.