Moretz Sports has won the Under Armour 2006 Licensee of the Year award. This is the first such award for licensees from Under Armour, Inc. Moretz Sports manufactures performance socks for Under Armour. The announcement was made by John Moretz, CEO, GoldToeMoretz.

“We are so proud to be the recipient of Under Armour’s first ever Licensee of the Year award,” said Mr. Moretz. “The award reflects how hard our team works to be the best, and how much we value the Under Armour Brand.”

“We share a common commitment to excellence in every product that carries the Under Armour name, and we look forward to our continued success together with Moretz Sports,” said Bill Kraus, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Under Armour.

Moretz Sports has been working with Under Armour since 2002. At Moretz Sports, an in-house team of sock industry professionals is specifically dedicated to manufacture and sell-through the Under Armour sockwear program to retail partners such as Dicks’s Sporting Goods, The Sports Authority and Modell’s. Leveraging the Moretz Sports Vendor Inventory Management system for Under Armour’s retail partners has consistently contributed to increased sales for the Under Armour Brand.

The Under Armour performance sock collections for men, women and youth include all sport, all season, running, football, baseball and softball styles. The line also includes specific HeatGear and ColdGear sock styles to complement Under Armour’s high tech branded performance apparel lines designed to give athletes an undeniable advantage on playing fields worldwide in any climate and any condition.