Ooltewah’s Madison Hayes Named MLB Finalist For Pitch, Hit, and Run Program

June 30, 2014

Rick Nyman,

Ooltewah’s Madison Hayes was named one of the 24 national finalists for Major League Baseball’s Pitch, Hit, and Run Program. She’ll be competing in the 11 to 12-year-old girls division. The competition will take place as apart of the All-Star game festivities on Monday, July 14th at Target Field, the home of the Minnesota Twins. Here’s the release from MLB.

The 24 national finalists in the 2014 Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run program presented by Scotts, the official youth skills competition of Major League Baseball, were announced yesterday live on MLB Tonight on MLB Network. These 24 boys and girls will compete at the National Finals and participate in activities during MLB All-Star Week.

The competition will take place on the field at Target Field on Monday, July 14th at 2 p.m. CT prior to Gatorade All-Star Workout Day. Beginning in March, approximately 625,000 youth participated in over 4,000 competitions that took place across North America. Scotts, the “Official Lawn Care Company of Major League Baseball,” is in its second year sponsoring the grassroots program. Two former Pitch, Hit & Run National Finalists — Eric Hosmer of the Kansas City Royals and Chris Parmelee of the Minnesota Twins — have reached the Major Leagues.

A complete list of finalists is below.

2014 National Finalists
7-8 Year Old Girls Age Division
Name	Hometown	MLB Team
Madison Hamby	Surprise, AZ	Arizona Diamondbacks
Gabriella Emeana	Copperas Cove, TX	Houston Astros
Liberti Simmons	Waurika, OK	Texas Rangers

7-8 Year Old Boys Age Division
Alex Clemmey	Middletown, RI	Boston Red Sox
Joseph Thatcher	Seaford, NY	New York Mets
Jake Pereira	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Atlanta Braves
9-10 Year Old Girls Age Division
Lita Vorseth	Mesa, AZ	Arizona Diamondbacks
Nina Olivia King	Lee’s Summit, MO	Kansas City Royals
Nicolina Pezzone	Struthers, OH	Cleveland Indians

9-10 Year Old Boys Age Division
Cole Young	Wexford, PA	Pittsburgh Pirates
Clay Grady	Suffolk, VA	Washington Nationals
Brayden Sawyer	Grundy Center, IA	Minnesota Twins
11-12 Year Old Girls Age Division
Madison Hayes	Ooltewah, TN	Atlanta Braves
Brooke Denning	WaKeeney, KS	Kansas City Royals
Alyssa Ochoa	Baldwin Park, CA	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

11-12 Year Old Boys Age Division
Carmelo Hernandez	Santa Maria, CA	Los Angeles Dodgers
Nicholas Noonan	Glen Allen, VA	Washington Nationals
Cole Latos	Allen, TX	Texas Rangers

13-14 Year Old Girls Age Division
Amy Jensen	Parker, TX	Texas Rangers
Alicia Zappia	Rancho Bernardo, CA	San Diego Padres
Josie Peterson	Enders, NE	Colorado Rockies

13-14 Year Old Boys Age Division
Andrew Gravdahl	West Fargo, ND	Minnesota Twins
Matt Novis	Tempe, AZ	Arizona Diamondbacks
Casey Harp	Pipe Creek, TX	Houston Astros

Pitch, Hit & Run (PHR) invites youth to demonstrate their skills by competing in pitching, hitting and running competitions. PHR participants advance through four levels of competition, beginning at the local level, which is hosted by organizations, leagues, or volunteers within a community, and continuing through sectional and team competitions. All 30 MLB Clubs hosted team championships at their ballparks on weekends from May 31st through June 29th. The top three competitors nationwide from each age group (7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14) advanced to the 2014 Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run program presented by Scotts National Finals.

The 2014 MLB All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15th.