The Atlanta Braves professional baseball team, in partnership with Truist, has announced the continuation of a unique philanthropy initiative that will support the baseball and softball programs at six historically Black colleges and universities throughout the U.S. South.
The “2025 Homers for Hank Together With Truist” initiative pledges to complete the Braves’ $1 million commitment to invest in local HBCUs first announced in 2021. For every home run hit by the Atlanta Braves throughout the season, Truist donates $755 to the Henry Louis Aaron Fund (Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs in his Major League career), which will facilitate the gifts to the participating HBCUs. Each institution has announced a specific project that will benefit from their upcoming donations.
- The Alabama A&M University baseball program will receive an HD camera system for analysis and steaming.
- The baseball and softball programs at Albany State University in Georgia will collectively receive arena-style batting cages, field improvements, new uniforms, and various new equipment.
- The baseball and softball programs at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, will collectively receive field maintenance equipment, backstop padding, a storage building, field tarps, and a batting cage.
- The softball program at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, will receive a pitching machine and equipment.
- The baseball program at Jackson State University in Mississippi will receive a turf home plate halo and HitTrax technology.
- The South Carolina State University softball program will receive a pitching machine and equipment.
