The Under Armour High School All-America Baseball Game is a high school baseball all-star game typically held in early July or August in the U.S. state of Illinois created to spotlight the nation's top high school juniors and seniors. The game was first played in 2005 as the Cape Cod High School Baseball Classic presented by Under Armour (or simply the Cape Cod High School Classic). Since 2008 Under Armour has served as the title sponsor. The game is sponsored by Under Armour and enjoys a national audience. Whereas the Cape Cod High School classic began at Spillane Field, games sponsored by Under Armour have been hosted at Wrigley Field since 2008. Baseball Factory and Team One Baseball have been involved in both versions of the event.
For several years starting in 2009, Cal Ripken served as the official ambassador of the game. The game is billed as a game for high school juniors and seniors. By playing in the 2014 game, Kyler Murray became the first player to play in both the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game and Under Armour All-America Football Game. As of 15 July 2016, Murray and A. J. Brown were the only players to have played in both. Under Armour and the Chicago Cubs, who play their home games at Wrigley field (the annual home of the game) have a partnership that preexists the first Under Armour All-America Baseball Game in 2008. Although the game is played on a Saturday, related events begin several days before.
The Under Armour All-America Game, Powered by Baseball Factory, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017 with the game decided in extra innings and featuring a walk-off hit, both firsts in the game's history, and won by the American team, 2-1 in 11 innings.
Since the game's inception in 2008, 284 of the 323 draft eligible players from the Under Armour All-America Game have been selected in the MLB Amateur Draft including 83 first round picks.
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Player selection
Under Armour All-Americans are selected by a committee of Baseball Factory and Team One Baseball scouts have selected the players since the event's inception.
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Game results
Notable alumni
2010
- Addison Russell
2014
- Kyler Murray
2016
- Royce Lewis
- Hunter Greene
See also
- Baseball awards#U.S. high-school baseball
References
External links
- Official website at Baseball Factory
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