Dates
for 2015 Perfect Game National Showcase,
Perfect Game All-American
Classic revealed
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Perfect Game has announced the dates for the 2015 Perfect
Game National Showcase and the 2015 Perfect Game All-American
Classic. The National Showcase will take place Wednesday, June 17
through Monday, June 22 and will once again be held at JetBlue
Ballpark in Fort Myers, Fla. The 2015 Perfect Game All-American
Classic will return to Petco Park in San Diego, Calif. on Sunday,
August 16, and for the third year in a row will be broadcast on
MLB Network.
The National Showcase will
consist of over 300 of the top prospects from the high school class
of 2016 from across the country. The event serves as the beginning of
the scouting circuit for the 2015-16 season, held just after the 2015
MLB Draft, giving scouts and college recruiters an excellent
opportunity to analyze the top players as they perform with and
against one another.
Since the event's
inception in 2001, nearly 200 future big leaguers have attended the
National Showcase, and over 1,600 players that have attended the
event have gone on to be selected in Major League Baseball's First
Year Amateur Player Draft. In 2014, 37 of the 72 players selected on
the first day of the draft (the top two rounds) had previously
attended the National Showcase, 30 of which did so in 2013. This
includes all 15 high school players selected in the first round.
Preceding the PG National
Showcase will be the 2015 Junior National Showcase. The Junior
National Showcase will have over 200 of the top prospects from across
the country from the 2017 and 2018 high school classes, and will be
held June 14-16, also at JetBlue Ballpark in Fort Myers.
2014 marked the 12th year of the Perfect Game All-American Classic, and since the game's
inception in 2003 seven former PG All-Americans have been selected
with the first overall pick, including Brady Aiken in 2014. Over 90
former All-Americans have made their MLB debuts, and 149 have been
selected in the first round of the draft. Through the years more than
one out of every three PG All-Americans have gone on to be drafted in
the first round.
The proceeds of the
Perfect Game All-American Classic support pediatric cancer treatment
and research, with Rady Children's Hospital serving as the primary
beneficiary since the game was moved to Petco Park in San Diego in
2009. Since the game's inception in 2003 over $800,000 has been
raised for this cause.
For the second consecutive year Nike Baseball will serve as the official on and off field performance footwear and apparel provider for the Perfect Game All-American Classic. Participating players will have the opportunity to experience and debut Nike's latest footwear and apparel innovations throughout the event. Nike
Baseball, Rawlings, Louisville Slugger, EvoShield and Zepp Labs will
all be activating partners with the Perfect Game National and Junior
National Showcases.
To view the full 2015
Perfect Game event schedule please visit this link:
https://www.perfectgame.org/schedule/