Wilson Sporting Goods, Co was selected as the Official Baseball of the Perfect Game Baseball Championship Series. The organization helps top high school baseball athletes gain valuable exposure among college and professional scouts. The alliance combines Wilson’s 50 years of experience in baseball construction with Perfect Game USA’s 14-year tenure as North America’s largest showcases for high school baseball talent.

“So many college and high school teams use Wilson baseballs that this partnership is a natural fit for us. Using Wilson will give these players confidence and consistency,” said Perfect Game USA’s Jerry Ford.

Perfect Game USA hosts tournaments, maintains an extensive online database of player statistics, and showcases amateur players-an essential element in the scouting process that helped to facilitate over 820 Major League draft picks in just the past year and even more Division 1 college selections. As the official baseball, a specialty Wilson A1020 will be used in all Perfect Game Baseball Championship Series events throughout 2006 and other Perfect Game events.

The Wilson A1020 Perfect Game USA baseball is specially constructed to coincide with professional baseball standards, employing flat seams in lieu of the model’s original Super Seam technology. This special construction allows scouts to evaluate players in an environment that accurately simulates professional play. Made of full grain leather, and compressed with Dura-Core technology, the Perfect Game USA baseball was designed to withstand impact and retain hardness nearly 15% longer than competitive brands.

“Perfect Game USA is the nation’s premier showcase company,” said Wilson Baseball General Manager Jim Hackett. “And this partnership will ensure that players have the equipment to perform their best”