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HBCU Student-Athletes Participate in The Suit Up Experience

The past week has been one for the ages for 50 HBCU baseball players/student athletes.

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Photos by Ricky Flo

Sen. Royce West speaks to HBCU baseball players during the Suit Up Experience luncheon
Sen. Royce West speaks to HBCU baseball players during the Suit Up Experience luncheon

The past week has been one for the ages for 50 HBCU baseball players/student athletes.

Mark Cuban's Suit Up
Mark Cuban’s Suit Up Experience with HBCU Baseball Players

After participating in practices and various community service events, the athletes then played in the 2024 HBCU Swingman Classic at Globe Life Field, as part of MLB’s All-Star Week festivities in Arlington.

Sen. Royce West chats with HBCU baseball players
Sen. Royce West chats with HBCU baseball players

The next day the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation, partnered with Mark Cuban Heroes Baseball Center for The Suit Up Experience. The Experience featured student athletes receiving head-to-toe care as well as suits, ties, shoes, socks and haircuts. Students also enjoyed a luncheon where they heard from State Sen. Royce West and Jean Lee Batrus, executive director of the MLB Youth Development Foundation.

Sen. Royce West and Jean Lee Batrus MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation Executive Director

The young men also took part in a number of workshops, covering everything from etiquette and grooming tips, wardrobe styling, and shoeshine and tie-tying tutorials, to financial literacy, career readiness, healthy living, mental health and more.

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Dressing HBCU baseball players
Dressing HBCU baseball players

“Whether or not these young men pursue careers on the baseball field, The Suit Up Experience is just another way to spotlight and develop our HBCU student-athletes into major league citizens,” said Batrus.

HBCU baseball players learning to tie and care for their ties
HBCU baseball players learning to tie and care for their ties
HBCU baseball players with their new clothing
HBCU baseball players with their new clothing

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Dorothy Gentry is the sports editor for the Texas Metro News.

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