Prep Baseball Report & adidas Announce Long-Term Partnership
February 25, 2017
The Prep Baseball Report is pleased to announce that it has entered into a long-term partnership with adidas as its official athletic footwear, apparel and accessory brand of all Prep Baseball Report events.
“adidas’ energy and momentum in baseball is undeniable,” said Sean Duncan, President of the Prep Baseball Report. “We immediately knew after talking with its baseball group, and seeing its cutting-edge products, that they were perfect partners for us.”
As part of partnership, adidas will provide thousands of kids with adidas footwear, apparel and equipment for events, showcases and tournaments and will collaborate with the Prep Baseball Report to further elevate the profile of Prep Baseball Report events. Additionally, the Prep Baseball Report will receive adidas' product & marketing expertise and the two will collaborate on marketing opportunities and the development and enhancement of youth baseball.
"Our mission is to help athletes perform better, and adidas and the Prep Baseball Report have a shared vision for the future of baseball," said Aaron Kahn, Senior Director of adidas Baseball. "Over the next five years we'll bring our creativity, our collaborative efforts, and our best and most innovative and products to this partnership to provide kids with best opportunity and equipment they need for elite performance."
adidas is the only baseball company that has the ability to outfit players and teams with footwear, uniforms, headwear, accessories, bats and mitts. adidas is a global designer, developer and marketer of athletic footwear, apparel and accessories with the mission to make all athletes better. adidas is the official uniform, footwear and apparel provider for more than 100 collegiate programs including Arizona State, Indiana, Kansas, Louisville, Miami, Mississippi State, Nebraska, North Carolina State and Texas A&M.
“adidas is hard-charging in the baseball world, both at the professional and amateur levels,” said Duncan. “I think our brands’ trajectories are aligned.”
The Prep Baseball Report is the No. 1 resource for high school baseball in each state they cover through their variety of events, boots-on-the-ground scouting staff, daily coverage, and multimedia platforms. Their multimedia platforms and events work in tandem, ultimately creating the most powerful source of high school baseball scouting coverage in each state. The Prep Baseball Report has more full-time scouts than any other independent amateur scouting company in the country. The Prep Baseball Report is currently in 33 states and Canada, each with a scouting director that focuses on the amateur talent in their territory. The Prep Baseball Report's hyper-local focus is augmented by its national scouting staff that focuses on the top national prospects in all prep classes. More than 800 colleges and pro teams subscribe to the Prep Baseball Report services. They run hundreds of stratified levels of events across the country, headlined by the Prep Baseball Report Future Games and the Super 60 Pro Showcase.
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