The
Perfect Game All-American Classic
Returns To San Diego In 2015
Perfect
Game in conjunction with Blue Ridge Sports & Entertainment
announce that the Nation’s Top-Rated High School Baseball Players
Will Compete in San Diego
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (July
1, 2015) – Jerry
Ford, President of Perfect Game announced today that the 2015 Perfect
Game All American Classic will take place on Sunday, August 16 at
Petco Park in
San Diego, Calif., home of MLB’s San Diego Padres. This is the 13th annual
edition of the country’s premier high school baseball All-Star
Game.
Far
more than just a game, the event provides a once in a lifetime
opportunity for the players selected. While in San Diego the
participants will participate in a series of baseball related
activities in addition to a visit to Rady Children's Hospital, a
lunch with Honorary Chairman Trevor Hoffman on a beach alongside the
Pacific Ocean as well as the event's annual awards dinner banquet
held on Saturday night at the San Diego Hall of Champions.
The
East vs. West matchup will feature the nation’s best high school
players, battling at Petco Park for the seventh consecutive year,
providing them with a rare opportunity to create Major League
memories. Past alumni of this prestigious event include Nick Adenhart
and Gio Gonzalez (2003), Buster Posey, Jeremy Hellickson, Andrew
McCutchen and Justin Upton (2004), Madison Bumgarner, Matt Harvey,
Jason Heyward and Rick Porcello (2006), Gerrit Cole (2007), Bryce
Harper (2009),
Jose Fernandez and Francisco Lindor (2010), Carlos Correa, Addison
Russell and Joey Gallo (2011), Brady Aiken (2014), and Brendan
Rodgers and Dazmon Cameron last year. In all, 109 players from
previous Classics have already debuted in MLB. Seven players have
been selected No. 1 overall in the Major League Baseball Draft
including Upton, Harper, Cole and Aiken.
Returning
for the second year in a row, Perfect Game is pleased to announce
that Nike will once again serve as the official apparel provider for
the 2015 installment of the Classic.
The
2015 Perfect Game All American Classic will be televised nationally
once
again on MLB Network, Major League Baseball’s Emmy Award-winning
24/7 cable television network.
”Following
our telecast of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft earlier this
month, we are excited to continue to spotlight top high school talent
to baseball fans with the Perfect Game All-American Classic on MLB
Network,” said Tony Petitti, President and CEO of MLB Network.
Rosters
for the 2015 Classic will be unveiled as part of a streamed online
video of the selection show on MLB.com at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on
Monday, July 13 as part of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game Fan
Fest in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“Year
after year I am impressed with the extraordinary high school talent
the PG All-American Baseball Classic brings to the forefront of the
baseball world,” said Jerry Ford, President of Perfect Game. “These
young athletes have the ability to become Major League stars of the
next generation as many have already done before them.”
“We
are very proud to be a part of THE
PREEMINENT High
School Baseball All-American Game in the country. Perfect Game
is
the nation’s top independent baseball scouting service and Jerry
Ford, and his team, excels every year in selecting the very best
players, which is evident by the success the alumni for this game has
had in the MLB.” said David Gardiner, President of Blue Ridge
Sports & Entertainment, Inc. “Also,
our game week is a little different than any others with the
ancillary outings the players undertake, including a visit to Rady
Children’s Hospital.”
The
2015 version of the Classic will include an even stronger focus on
raising money for the event’s beneficiary, Rady Children’s
Hospital. In the weeks leading up to the game, every player in the
Classic will have the opportunity to conduct an online fundraising
contest to raise funds for the Hospital. Also, during the game, a
“Stand up for the fight against cancer” will be held. Since the
inception of the Classic, more than $850,000 has been raised to
assist in the research of pediatric cancer.
For
more information about the event and to view the full event
schedule, please visit www.PGAllAmerican.com.