Diamilette Quiles, who made history in 2019 when she became the first woman to play in Puerto Rico's Superior Double-A baseball league, has accepted a role on the coaching staff of the Montañeses de Utuado for the 2023 Double-A season. She will serve under manager Efrain Cano Garcia.
"It's an honour to have Quiles on our coaching staff," commented president Omar Méndez.
Quiles, 38, is a 13-season veteran of the women's Double-A league. She has represented Puerto Rico in two WBSC Women's Baseball World Cups and in the 2015 Pan American Games. She starred in the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup, going 10-for-23, with a .435 batting average. She appeared in two games at the IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Americas Qualifier in 2022.
