Genevieve Beacom

Genevieve Beacom (born 30 October 2004) is an Australian baseball pitcher who in 2022 became the first woman to pitch in the Australian Baseball League. Beacom made her debut on 8 January 2022 for the Melbourne Aces in a game against the Adelaide Giants. A left-hander, Beacom throws a curveball, an 85.9 mile-per-hour fastball, and a changeup, and stands at .

Beacom came to the United States to play college baseball, playing softball for the East Central Falcons in the 2025 season while redshirting for the baseball team. She is signed to play for the Oregon State Beavers softball team starting in the 2026 season.

Biography Early life and amateur career Genevieve Beacom was born on 30 October 2004 to her father Brendan. Growing up, Beacom watched her brother, Sam Trend-Beacom, play baseball, and started herself playing Tee-ball at a young age. She was the first woman selected to the Baseball Victoria under-16 team, and was the first female pitcher for the Victorian Summer Baseball League; which consisted of the best 200 players in Australia. When she made her debut, she became the first woman to pitch in the ABL. A left-hander, Beacom throws a curveball, an 85.9 mile-per-hour (MPH) fastball (; most women baseball pitchers throw in the upper 70s for MPH) and a changeup, and stands at . In the 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup, she went four for thirteen batting and pitched innings with eight strikeouts. Australia went 2–3 and did not advance to the finals.

Beacom played in the college's softball team for the 2025 season, starting at first base, while redshirting for the baseball team. She led the team to a 30-17 record, and was a First Team All-League selection in the Missouri Community College Athletic Conference.

Personal life Beacom's brother Sam played college baseball for Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington. She graduated from Flinders Christian community college in Tyabb, Victoria in 2022. She stated she would like to study psychology at a university in the United States.