Hopkins is the daughter of Ron Hopkins, who served as a baseball scout for the
Pittsburgh Pirates,
Texas Rangers, and
Oakland Athletics during her childhood. After performing well during a two-week
Major League Baseball scouting development program in 2015, Hopkins was hired by Mariners Scouting Director Tom McNamera to be an area scout of high school and college players for the
Four Corners region of the United States. As the first female scout in more than 50 years, she says she occasionally faces surprise from players she is scouting when they discover she's female. == Personal ==