CARY, N.C. - USA Baseball and USA Baseball Sports Properties within Learfield, the media and technology company powering athletics, today announced a partnership with Shot Collar to become an Official Supplier of the organization. The multi-year partnership establishes Shot Collar as the official provider of custom bat weights and laundry loops to USA Baseball’s national teams and development programs.

Through this relationship, Shot Collar will work with USA Baseball to design and create custom bat weights for all six of its national teams to use during international competition and for its 13U/14U Athlete Development and 16U/17U National Team Development Program participants. Shot Collar will also provide all national team and development program coaches, staff, and participants with laundry loops to use during their respective time with USA Baseball.

Additionally, Shot Collar will serve as a co-presenting sponsor of the USA Baseball Community Coach Clinics series and will be on-site during select USA Baseball events throughout the calendar year.

“USA Baseball looks forward to this new partnership with Shot Collar as we begin this year’s national team and development program exposures,” said USA Baseball COO David Perkins. “This partnership allows for the exciting opportunity to provide new tools for our national team and development program participants and foster the continued growth of our Community Coaches Clinics.”

“Shot Collar is honored to join forces with USA Baseball as an Official Supplier,” said Shot Collar Founder/CEO Mike Cather. “We are committed to supporting the nation’s top baseball talent as they hone their skills and represent the USA with pride and excellence on fields across the country and on the international stage.”

USA Baseball Sports Properties within Learfield is dedicated to representing USA Baseball by developing and managing sponsor relationships with brands looking to align with USA Baseball and its events and programming.