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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PERFECT GAME ATHLETES RAISE OVER $138,000 FOR CHARITABLE PARTNERS THROUGHOUT MONTH OF AUGUST
Sanford, Florida (Monday, September 14, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced that its August premier events raised a combined $138,422 for children's hospitals and charitable organizations, with 1,112 total supporters contributing across five showcases. Since 2016, Perfect Game athletes have raised over $1.8 million for various charitable causes and organizations.
The annual fundraising initiative, which runs in conjunction with several of Perfect Game's marquee events each year, gives players, families and fans the opportunity to support causes that reflect the communities in which Perfect Game competes.
"We are so proud of the young men who compete in our events and how them and their families continue to show up not just on the field, but for the communities around them," said Perfect Game CEO Rob Ponger. "August's total is a reflection of how deeply our Perfect Game family cares about giving back."
August Event Totals:
DICK'S All-American Classic — $37,152 Benefiting Nemours Children's Hospital
Top Fundraiser: Frank Thomas III ($5,770)
14U Select Festival — $40,927 Benefiting Golisano Children's Hospital
Top Fundraiser: Christopher Cabrera ($7,485)
13U Select Festival — $29,084 Benefiting Dolly Parton Children's Hospital
Top Fundraiser: Christopher Domenech ($10,385)
12U Select Festival — $14,305 Benefiting the Believe in Baseball Foundation
Top Fundraiser: Christian Sosa ($3,645)
11U Select Festival — $16,954 Benefiting the Believe in Baseball Foundation
Top Fundraiser: Jeffrey (JJ) Zimmerman ($4,120)
Since launching its charitable fundraising efforts, Perfect Game has continued to expand the initiative across its national event calendar, pairing top-tier amateur baseball competition with meaningful support for children's health and youth-focused causes.
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Media contact:
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 nearly 10,000 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, over 2,600 players that have played in a Perfect Game event have also played in Major League Baseball. Since 2003, 16,400 Perfect Game alumni have been selected in the MLB First-Year Amateur Player Draft. In the 2025 Draft, for example, 92 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.