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June 12, 2008
MLB URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY PLAYER TO SIGN WITH MINNESOTA TWINS, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, AT 2 PM
WHAT: Long Beach Wilson High School and MLB Urban Youth Academy player Aaron Hicks will sign a contract with the Minnesota Twins. Hicks was selected in the first round, the 14th selection overall, in last week’s MLB First-Year Player Draft. Hicks hit .473 this season with four home runs, 12 doubles, five triples, 37 walks and 23 RBI. He can also pitch, throwing in the low 90s and posting a 3-0 record with three saves and a 1.13 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 19 innings.
WHO: Aaron Hicks John Leavitt, signing scout for the Minnesota Twins organization.
WHERE: Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy El Camino College, Compton Center 901 East Artesia Blvd. Compton, Calif. 90221 310-763-3479
WHEN: Friday, June 13 2 p.m.
About MLB Urban Youth Academy
The MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy is part of Major League Baseball’s Urban Youth Initiative. Encompassing more than 15 acres on the campus of El Camino College, Compton Center, the Academy is a state-of-the-art facility featuring four fields including a show field complete with scoreboard, grandstand seating, dugouts and lights; an auxiliary field; softball field; youth field; and a 12,000 square-foot clubhouse consisting of a weight room, locker room, and other training facilities, as well as batting cages and pitching mounds. The Academy operates on a year-round basis, offering free baseball and softball instruction, as well as clinics to youth throughout Southern California and is the permanent home of the annual Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series. For additional information regarding the Academy, or any other upcoming clinics and seminars, please call the hotline at (310) 763-3479, or visit the website at: www.YouthBaseballAcademy.com
CONTACT: Toby Zwikel/Mike Senyo, Brener Zwikel & Associates, Inc. (818) 462-5599, 5616/tobyz@bzapr.com; mikes@bzapr.com Silvia Alvarez, Major League Baseball, (212) 931-7881
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