Samantha Magalas (born April 9, 1982) became the first woman in Canadian history to play for a men's university baseball team.
Samantha became the starting first baseman for York University in Toronto in 2004, and competed for the rest of the season.
[2] In 2004, she earned a Top Ten Player award while playing in the Women's Baseball World Series in Japan, and was named an All-Star at the Women's World Cup in Edmonton, Canada, earning the honour of best first baseman.
She was also Canada's only female coach for the women's baseball team at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.
Previously, she worked at OUA Ontario University Athletics as a high performance sport convenor.