EvoShield has agreed to manufacture uniforms for the University of Virginia’s baseball program, marking its first apparel contract with an NCAA Division I school.

UVA’s Head Baseball Coach Brian O’Connor’s championship program has worked with EvoShield designers to create seven different uniforms for the Cavaliers for 2025, including the introduction of a new uniform combination the Cavaliers will introduce in the coming season. Coach O’Connor said, “Seven of the eight programs in the 2024 College World Series, including us, are EvoShield partners, so it makes sense for us to build on our relationship with a company that has baseball in its DNA. Being baseball-focused, EvoShield brings a level of design and understanding about what today’s college players want in uniforms and apparel that we haven’t previously experienced.”

EvoShield said “the understanding noted by Coach O’Connor comes from years of working with elite players at all levels of baseball.”

Scott Paulson, director of sports marketing for Wilson Sporting Goods and its EvoShield brand, stated, “College players today love to have a variety of uniform choices that help make a statement about their program. As a baseball-focused brand, we’re honored to partner with the outstanding UVA program as their sole provider of uniforms and apparel for the upcoming season.”

EvoShield already serves as UVA baseball’s protective gear sponsor, providing elbow, leg and hand guards, helmets, and sliding mitts, as well as batting gloves, catcher’s gear and bags. Wilson also supplies the Cavaliers with Wilson A2000 gloves and DeMarini BBCOR bats that the team rode to in the 2024 College World Series.

The Cavaliers will also have a variety of EvoShield apparel options in the latest designs and materials, manufactured in the brand’s Tennessee factory, for coaches and staff to wear for training and off-field. Wilson also supplies the team with Wilson A2000 gloves and DeMarini BBCOR bats.

EvoShield also makes uniforms and apparel for the Savannah Bananas and top elite travel baseball team programs. EvoShield and the University of Virginia plan to release the Cavaliers’ 2025 uniforms and apparel at the American Baseball Coaches Association’s Annual Conference in January 2025.

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