ATLANTA, GA – Minority Baseball Prospects today announces Truist Park- Atlanta, Georgia (Home of the World Series Champion Atlanta Braves) as the home of the 2022 HBCU All- Star Game on Friday June 3, 2022. The Game will be in collaboration with the Henry "Hank" Louis Aaron Fund. First pitch is set for 7:30pm Eastern Standard Time.
Senior right fielder Tremaine Spears, junior pitcher Enrique Ozoa, senior pitcher Mykel Page, senior second baseman Jovante Dorris and senior catcher Taj Porter was named to the HBCU All-Star team. The Jaguar player will be playing on Team Marvin Freeman.
"These guys getting selected to this all star game shows that there hard work is being rewarded. They earned everything they are getting and I'm proud of these guys, said Chris Crenshaw, Southern Head Coach.
In January of 2021 The Atlanta Braves established The Henry Louis Aaron Fund, under the banner of the Atlanta Braves Foundation, after Henry's passing.
The fund was created to continue to support Henry Aaron's life-long passion to increase minority participation in baseball on the field, in baseball's business operations, in careers at minor and major league level, and in the front offices of Clubs across Major League Baseball
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