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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

PERFECT GAME ANNOUNCES DATES AND VENUES FOR 

 2026 SLATE OF SELECT FESTIVALS 

Sanford, Florida (Tuesday, April 21, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced dates and venues for its 2026 Select Festivals, a premiere series of invitation-only events showcasing many of the nation’s top young prospects at the 11U, 12U, 13U and 14U levels. 

The Select Festivals provide elite players with a unique opportunity to compete alongside and against the best talent in their age group while experiencing a professional-style event environment that includes team workouts, skills competitions and highly competitive games. 

The 2026 schedule begins in early August in Georgia, where both the 11U and 12U Select Festivals, celebrating their seventh season and sixth season respectively, will take place at the historic East Cobb Complex in Marietta. The 11U Select Festival will run August 6-8, followed by the 12U Select Festival August 7-9, creating an exciting weekend of high-level youth baseball at one of the sport’s most well-known amateur venues. 

The eighth annual 13U Select Festival will return to Knoxville, Tenn., and the campus of the University of Tennessee, which had previously hosted the game in 2022 and 2023. The event will be held August 20-23, giving players the opportunity to compete at a premiere collegiate facility while experiencing the atmosphere of one of the nation’s top college baseball programs that produced Hall of Famer Todd Helton, Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey and 2024 All-Star Garrett Crochet, among many others. 

The 14U Select Festival will once again take place at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Fla., the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, from August 27-30. The granddaddy of the Select Fests, the event returns to the professional venue for its 11th year after drawing strong participation and excitement in previous years, offering young athletes the chance to play on a Major League-caliber field. 

“Each year the Select Festivals bring together some of the most talented young players in the country and give them a stage to compete at first-class venues,” said Jheremy Brown, Director of 13U and 14U Select Festivals. “From East Cobb to the University of Tennessee and JetBlue Park, these events create unforgettable experiences for players and families while showcasing the next generation of the game.” 

Across all age divisions, the Perfect Game Select Festivals are designed to celebrate player achievement and provide national exposure for emerging talent. Participants are selected based on performance at Perfect Game events and recommendations from the organization’s nationwide scouting network. 

As in previous years, players will be able to display their talent throughout the spring and summer before the final step in the selection process. For the 11u and 12u Select Festivals the Perfect Game Invitational (PGI) will serve as the final step for our scouting staff and a must-attend event for Select Fest hopefuls. Similarly, both the 13u National Showcase and 14u National Showcase will put the top players from around the country in one location to go head-to-head with a full showcase workout before live action.  

Fans and families who cannot attend in person will be able to watch all Select Fest games live as each one will be available on Perfect Game’s YouTube channel and the free PGTV app. 

Perfect Game will release additional details about the 2026 Select Fests in the coming months. For updates, including player rosters, coaches and streaming information, visit PerfectGame.org and PG’s social media channels 

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Media contacts: 

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, 2,384 players that have played in a Perfect Game event have also played in Major League Baseball. Since 2003, 15,805 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.