Ripken Baseball to Host Ripken Select Tournaments in Texas and Florida in 2023

(BALTIMORE – Sept. 21, 2022) Known for providing the best baseball experience in youth sports, Ripken Baseball will take its popular Ripken Select Tournaments to Florida and Texas in 2023. Each tournament will take place at first-class facilities for one week in the summer, where every player will be treated like a Big Leaguer.

The Ripken Select Tournaments 2023 lineup will include:

· June 4-9, 2023 – Publix Sports Park in Panama City Beach, Fla. (Second Year Returning)

· July 9-14, 2023 – Old Settlers Park in Round Rock, Texas (Third Year Returning)

· July 23-28, 2023 – Gardens Park in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., (First-Time Event)

“Ripken Select Tournaments allow us to reach more ballplayers across the country and take the greatest experience in youth baseball beyond our own complexes in Maryland, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Kentucky,” said Mike Kenney, Executive Vice President of Ripken Baseball. “Next summer is shaping up to be our biggest in company history with the addition of The Ripken Experience™ Elizabethtown and three Ripken Select Tournaments in Florida and Texas.”

Ripken Select Tournaments were first introduced in 2021 at a single location in Round Rock, Texas, through a 60+ team event. Based on demand, the Ripken Select Tournaments expanded in 2022 and will continue the tradition next summer.

As part of their continuous growth in youth sports, Ripken Baseball also recently announced the addition of The Ripken Experience™ Elizabethtown in Kentucky, which will host its first tournaments in 2023. It joins Ripken Baseball’s lineup of youth sports destinations, including The Ripken Experience™ Aberdeen (Maryland), The Ripken Experience™ Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), and The Ripken Experience™ Pigeon Forge (Tennessee). Across its facilities, clinics, and tournaments, Ripken Baseball hosts more than 120,000 participants and 350,000 guests from all 50 states annually.

To learn more or to sign up for a Ripken Select Tournament, go to RipkenBaseball.com or call 410-306-7575. If you have an interest in hosting a Ripken Select Tournament in the future, contact hraburn@ripkenbaseball.com.

About Ripken Baseball

Ripken Baseball brings teammates, coaches, and families together through its Big-League Experiences, while teaching the values of the game, and how to play it the right way – the Ripken Way. Recently expanding the best experience in youth sports to satellite locations through Ripken Select Tournaments, Ripken Baseball continues to innovate the game through tournaments, camps, clinics, and spring training at their state-of-the-art baseball and softball facilities – The Ripken Experience™ Aberdeen (Maryland), The Ripken Experience™ Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), The Ripken Experience™ Pigeon Forge (Tennessee), and The Ripken Experience™ Elizabethtown (Kentucky).