Rawlings Sporting Goods will supply the athletic equipment to Tulane University’s Green Wave Baseball Team. The partnership will extend until 2010, and will outfit the Green Wave team with Rawlings wood and aluminum bats, gloves, batting helmets, equipment bags, catcher’s gear, ball buckets and uniforms.

“Our team is very excited to be using Rawlings gear this season. Our partnership with Rawlings will be a great recruiting tool for us — they make the best gloves in the world, are the leaders in protective gear, and really made an impact last season with their Plasma bats. We can't wait to swing the Fusion line this spring,” said Rick Jones, Head Baseball Coach at Tulane University.

Rawlings’ Vice-President of Marketing, David Zumbach, added, “To add a top-ranked program like Tulane’s to the Rawlings lineup can only solidify our identity as being the top performance brand in the game of baseball.”

The Tulane baseball program has been ranked 12th in Baseball America’s pre-season poll. The staff at Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings.

Beginning in the 06’ season, the team will be swinging Rawlings latest creation, the Plasma Fusion bat. The Fusion will be available to retailers in Spring 06’.