“We are incredibly happy and pleased to be expanding our relationship with Athletx and all their brands as their official photography partner,” said Haim Ariav, Founder & CEO at Glossy Finish. “From when I founded the company, our premise has always been to enhance the customer experience by surpassing their expectations with the memories we create. It’s nice to align with a like-minded partner.”

Matt Winer, CTO at Glossy Finish, added, “The sheer number and size of events Athletx hosts pushes us to continue refining our technology and process. We enjoy and respect the challenge and camaraderie that ASG brings to the partnership.”

About Athletx Sports Group
Founded in 2012, Athletx Sports Group brings together multiple brands under one banner, including Baseball Youth, Softball Youth, Game Day USA, Youth Baseball Nationals, and Youth Softball Nationals. In addition to hosting youth baseball and softball events around the nation, Athletx Sports Group's Baseball Youth media team covers the national pastime from the grassroots level up.

About Glossy Finish
An award-winning youth sports photography company, Glossy Finish has built a proprietary process and technology to allow customers to view, purchase, and take home their printed photo memories and digital photos directly from an event. They currently have partnerships with such prestigious organizations as American Youth Football, Babe Ruth League, Cal Ripken League, Offense-Defense Sports, and The Ripken Experience. Learn more at www.glossyfinish.com

“We are excited to officially announce our partnership with Awards Center for the 2018-2019 seasons,” said Taylor Waton, Director of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at ASG. “Not only are they a local company run by amazing people, the quality, design and care that goes into each one of our thousands of awards is unparalleled. We take great pride in providing the absolute best experiences for our athletes and families at our events, and that same standard of excellence should remain constant with the awards that these players work so hard to receive.”

“Awards Center is thrilled to announce this partnership with Athletx Sports Group,” said Awards Center owner Jason Malone. “As a leader and innovator in the awards and recognition industry, we are excited to bring our unique style of custom awards and gift items to the players and coaches participating in tournaments and events put on by the Athletx Sports Group team.”

About Athletx Sports Group
Founded in 2012, Athletx Sports Group brings together multiple brands under one banner, including Baseball Youth, Softball Youth, Drive & Company, Game Day USA, Youth Baseball Nationals, Youth Softball Nationals and Janor Sports. In addition to hosting youth baseball and softball events around the nation, Athletx Sports Group publishes the quarterly Baseball Youth magazine, which covers the national pastime from the youth level up.

About Awards Center
Based in Louisville, KY, Awards Center has sold top quality awards, crystal, acrylic, plaques, trophies, medals, corporate awards, advertising specialties and unique gifts nationwide since 1983. With an emphasis on customer service, Awards Center staffs a peerless team of engravers and designers to ensure each client not only receives a one-of-a-kind award, but also an unforgettable consumer experience.

Cards can include players’ position, statistics and other biographical information, just like their favorite MLB players.

“We’re proud to partner with Topps on this exciting endeavor,” said Rich Janor, Game Day USA Founder and President. “This partnership will enable athletes and families to collect and trade cards with teammates and opponents, increasing sportsmanship and fellowship during competition.  Promoting new friendships through baseball has always been central to our mission.”

Participants in Junior All-American Games (Sarasota, West Palm Beach, Tucson) and other Game Day USA events can now order these fully customizable souvenirs.  The ordering process is quick and simple, and enables the user to upload their own images from a phone, mobile device or personal computer. Parents are encouraged to place orders at least 2-3 weeks prior to an event, to ensure delivery before departure to the event.

Anyone interested in personalized Topps baseball cards can visit topps.com/gamedayusa for all the details and to place an order today.

About Game Day USA
Game Day USA, a subsidiary brand of Athletx Sports Group, is a sports event management organization based in Naperville, Illinois, specializing in weekend baseball and softball events in family destinations. The organization, founded by Rich Janor in 2005, has emerged as a national leader in creating innovative sporting events for all ages and levels.  Included in the event portfolio are both team based events (National Championships, Silver Series, etc.) and individual player events (Junior All-American Games, All-Star Weekends, etc.). Game Day USA operates events in several different states, and has hosted thousands of teams, athletes, and spectators, representing every U.S. state and Canada.

About The Topps Company, Inc.
Founded in 1938, The Topps Company, Inc. is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of physical and digital sports cards, entertainment cards and collectibles, and distinctive confectionery products. Topps' leading sports and entertainment products include Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, Bundesliga, Star Wars, WWE, UFC, Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids, Mars Attacks and other trading cards, sticker album collections and collectibles.  Topps’ app portfolio, including Topps BUNT®, Topps NFL HUDDLE®, TOPPS KICK® and Topps® Star Wars℠: Card Trader, has been a hit with millions of fans around the world. Topps’ confectionery brands include Ring Pop®, Push Pop®, Baby Bottle Pop®, Juicy Drop ® Pop, and Bazooka® bubble gum. Topps was acquired by Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company and Madison Dearborn Partners in October 2007. For additional information, visit Topps.com and Candymania.com.

Together, Athletx Sports Group and Team Meals will fuel the bodies and minds of youth athletes and their families, by providing an option for healthy eating and educational nutrition content, without the guilt of not having the time to prepare meals at home. Team Meals provides pre-cooked meals designed by world-class chefs, and Kyle Bellamy, Director of Performance & Nutrition at University of Miami Athletics, to provide the proper amount of proteins, carbohydrates and nutrition to fuel athletes and their families – focusing on pregame fuel-up, mid-game recharge and post-game recovery.

Team Meals is a pre-cooked meal delivery service whereby athletes and their families order from an artfully crafted online menu, choosing the number and type of meals they would like delivered to their home each week. With award winning chefs and top collegiate nutritionists, former professional athletes and travel parents working to design the menu, every meal provides delicious, adequate and balanced nutrition for athletes and their families. “Helping to take athletes to the next level is what we are all about”, said Nicholas Ferraro CEO and co-founder, “and we believe you can have all the skills in the world, but without proper nutrition you won’t compete at the next level as effectively as you will if your body and mind is at full strength. Working with Athletx Sports Group is a major milestone for our company and we are very proud to be partnered with them. Their organization is a key to youth baseball from coast to coast and teaming up with them to fuel young athletes is a major event for this sport.”

Athletx Sports Group is the parent company to several first class youth diamond sport companies within the industry – Youth Baseball Nationals, Youth Softball Nationals, Game Day USA, and Baseball Youth. Collectively, Athletx represents over 260 individual player and team-based events across the nation, featuring over 8,000 teams, 100,000 players, 25,000 coaches and 250,000 spectators per year. In addition to producing first class events, Athletx boasts a strong media presence with over 525,000 social media followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, along with more than 3.3 million annual web page views and a quarterly baseball magazine, Baseball Youth – the Nation’s Baseball Magazine for Kids. Through these platforms, Athletx Sports Group will provide on-site event access and exclusive deals with Team Meals to athletes and their families.

“Athletx was built on creating great experiences and unforgettable memories for baseball families, like my own,” says Jim Haddaway, Co-Founder & CEO of Athletx. “Our brands are dedicated to delivering something unique, something memorable. We believe that partnering with Team Meals will further our mission to provide our athletes with top-notch experiences on and off the field, and aligns perfectly with our responsibility to give only the best to our athletes and their families!”