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PERFECT GAME AND THE SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES TO HOST YOUTH CLINIC WITH FORMER MLB ALL-STARS AHEAD OF SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AT HOOVER MET COMPLEX

Hoover, Ala. (Wednesday, May 14, 2025) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, in partnership with The Sports Facilities Companies (SFC), the nation’s leading provider of sports and recreation venue management, today announced a special Youth Clinic to be held Monday, May 19, at the Hoover Met Complex in Hoover, Alabama.

The clinic will welcome nearly 500 students from Birmingham City Schools and Hoover City Schools for a morning of instruction, games and inspiration led by five former Major League Baseball players: 13-year veteran Wes Helms, World Series champion Brett Myers, three-time All-Star reliever Tom “Flash” Gordon, All-Star slugger Ryan Klesko and seven-year veteran Jason Phillips.

The event will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the day before the start of the 2025 SEC Baseball Tournament and will feature on-field stations with athletic games, skills training and competitive challenges. Activities will be led by Jered Goodwin, vice president of scouting operations at Perfect Game, ensuring a dynamic and developmental experience for every child involved.

Each participant will receive a Rawlings baseball glove, a Perfect Game baseball, a clinic T-shirt, and one ticket valid for any session of the SEC Baseball Tournament. Lunch will also be provided.

“We’re thrilled to bring together MLB veterans, talented youth and our scouting team for a day that celebrates the game of baseball and gives back to the local community,” said Goodwin. “This is about more than just baseball — it’s about creating lasting memories and inspiring the next generation of athletes.”

“At SFC, our mission is to create places where sports change lives, and this clinic is a perfect example of that,” said Shannon Ealy, SFC’s General Manager of the Hoover Met Complex. “We’re proud to partner with Perfect Game to offer local students a meaningful experience alongside baseball legends and community leaders.”

This event underscores the shared commitment of Perfect Game and SFC to expanding access to the sport and delivering high-impact opportunities for young athletes. The clinic is at full capacity and closed to the public.

The Hoover Met Complex is a premier multi-sport venue and longtime home to elite baseball events, including Perfect Game tournaments. It will once again host the SEC Baseball Tournament, which begins Tuesday, May 20. The tournament has been held at Hoover Met annually since 1998, excluding 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendance records were broken in each of the past two years, with more than 180,000 fans attending in 2024.

For more information on Perfect Game, visit www.perfectgame.org. To learn more about the Hoover Met Complex, visit www.hoovermetcomplex.com.

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Greg Casterioto / Gcasterioto@perfectgame.org / (267) 246-5709

About Perfect Game

Perfect Game is the world’s largest elite youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, producing over 9,800+ events, hundreds of thousands of games, and showcases each year across the country. Perfect Game is dedicated to giving amateur players exposure to take their game to the next level, whether that be in college or in the professional ranks. At Perfect Game events, players perform with top-level competition in front of college recruiters and professional scouts from all over the country. Because of this, these events prove to be invaluable to college coaches as well as Major League Baseball, as they can scout a large population of talented ballplayers in one location. To date, more than 2,240 players that have played in a Perfect Game event have also played in Major League Baseball. Since 2003, 15,134 Perfect Game alumni have been selected in the MLB First-Year Amateur Player Draft. In the 2023 Draft, for example, 95 percent of all players selected had played in Perfect Game events, and every player selected on the Draft’s first day had previously attended Perfect Game events.

About The Sports Facilities Companies (SFC)

The Sports Facilities Companies (SFC) are the Nation’s leading resources for the management

and development of sports, recreation, wellness, and events facilities. As a turn-key solution for

community leaders and developers alike, SFC services span the gamut of sports and recreation

needs from sports tourism & recreation master planning, program planning, and feasibility

through professional facility management services. Our 60+ managed venues and 2,500+ team

members, represented by the SF Network, welcome more than 25 million guest visits and

produce over $500 million in economic impact each year. To learn more, please visit

SportsFacilities.com and theSFnetwork.com.

About the Hoover Met Complex (HMC)

The Hoover Metropolitan Complex (HMC) is a world-class, multi-sport and event complex located in Hoover, Alabama. The HMC includes the Hoover Met Stadium, the state-of-the-art Finley Center with Hoover Heights Climbing Center, an RV Park, outdoor baseball/softball fields, multipurpose fields, the HMC Tennis Center, and all- inclusive Explore Playground and Splash Pad. The Hoover Met Stadium has served as the home of the SEC Baseball Tournament since 1998. The Hoover Metropolitan Complex is owned by the City of Hoover, Alabama. HMC is a member of the SFNetwork the nation’s largest and fastest growing network of sports facilities and is operated by the industry-leader in outsourced operations, Sports Facilities Companies.