Oct. 2, 2009

DAYTON, Ohio - University of Dayton head coach Tony Vittorio and select members of the 2010 baseball squad will help with this weekend's Hal McCoy Baseball Clinic in conjunction with Building Bridges, Inc. at Fifth Third Field on Saturday.

"The University of Dayton Baseball Program is honored and humbled to be able to work the Hal McCoy Building Bridges Baseball Clinic. We will be able to teach the great game of baseball to many young baseball players who will be eager to learn more about baseball as well as the more important game of life," said Vittorio. "We will also be able to support the Building Bridges Organization that has done so much for young people who are less fortunate. Building Bridges is a first class organization that has changed lives to the positive. All of this as well as being around Hal McCoy, a Hall of Fame sports writer from Dayton, Ohio.

Dayton baseball will join with Wright State University and Sinclair to provide instruction to 200 kids ages 7 to 13 at the home of the Class A Dayton Dragons. Money raised will help benefit Building Bridges, Inc., an organization dedicated to helping at-risk and underprivileged youth in the Miami Valley.

The Flyers will also participate in the Real Men Wear Pink promotion, sponsored by the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. UD Baseball will help raise breast cancer awareness in conjunction with Zeta Tau Alpha.