Baseball News
SPRING / 2014
MESSAGE FROM THE ASSOCIATION Dear Friends and Alumni of Yale Baseball, It’s hard to believe that the 2014 season is underway, but not surprising that the Yale Baseball team is competing hard and improving with every game. As a member of the incredible support network for the program, I am excited to see our team and coaches giving us reason to be proud (including an 8-7 win against top-ranked LSU on March 2nd!). It has been a wonderful year for the Yale Baseball Association. We gathered in New Haven this fall for our annual Yale Baseball tailgate at the Yale-Harvard football game. On a snowy night in February, we held the inaugural Yale Baseball Leadoff Dinner. It was a great opportunity for the team and supporters to spend time together in preparation for the 2014 season. Congressman Ron DeSantis ’01 was honored as the Yale Baseball Man of the Year and if you haven’t already I encourage you to check out the event press release on the Yale Bulldogs website. Our association has much to celebrate and feel good about, but our work is not done. It’s important that we keep the momentum going and that each of us does what we can to support the program financially. I write today to ask you to make your annual gift as we strive to meet our $66,000 annual fundraising goal. We were able to meet and exceed
this goal last year, by raising $68,600 for Yale Baseball and it would be a great testament to the strength of this group if we could repeat that success. As you know, the work of this association provides crucial support for Coach Stuper and all of the student-athletes. No gift is too small to help them achieve their goals. There are multiple ways to show your support. Write a check payable to Yale University and mail it to Yale Baseball Association, P.O. Box 1844, New Haven, CT 06508-1844. Visit giving.yale.edu to pay by credit card and be sure to select ‘Athletics’ and ‘Baseball’ from the drop down menus. You can also visit our association page for more information. Thank you in advance for supporting Yale Baseball!
Adam Barrick Yale Baseball Association President
YALE BASEBALL LEADOFF DINNER
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n February 15th Yale Baseball held the first annual Yale Baseball Leadoff Dinner. The event brought many alumni and friends of the program together for a low key night of mixing and mingling. Coach Stuper previewed the 2014 season and introduced this year's team. For the first time, an award was given to the Yale Baseball Man of the Year, which honors a member of the Yale Baseball community
whose life and work symbolizes everything the program stands for. This year's honoree was Congressman Ron DeSantis '01 who has taken the lessons learned at Yale Field to Harvard Law School, the U.S. Navy and now the 6th congressional district of Florida. The evening was a success and one the program hopes to continue for years to come.