NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference and the American Cancer Society are once again teaming up on the Cover Your Bases initiative with the conference’s baseball and softball programs during the 2019 season.
 
Cover Your Bases is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and baseball/softball teams/organizations, at every level across the country. Cover Your Bases impacts local communities and helps save lives by educating fans about key cancer prevention tips around eating healthy, staying active, sun safety and cancer screenings.
 
Throughout April and into remaining regular-season games in May, Sun Belt teams are creating protection and prevention awareness opportunities outlined at Cancer.org/SunSafety. At the Sun Belt Softball Championship (May 8-11) and Baseball Championship (May 21-26), the conference is slated to reinforce sun smart measures via in-venue giveaways and information, in-game recognitions and live broadcast mentions.
 
Collaborating in Cover Your Bases, combined with participating in Coaches vs. Cancer's Suits & Sneakers Week and 3-Point Challenge, is a part of the conference’s partnership with the American Cancer Society in the Sun Belt Fights Cancer (SunBeltFightsCancer.org) initiative.
 
About the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Our Global Headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia, and we have regional and local offices throughout the country to ensure we have a presence in every community.
 
For more information on the American Cancer Society, visit Cancer.org.
 
About the Sun Belt Conference
Entering the second decade of the new millennium, the Sun Belt Conference continues to challenge itself, and its competitors, in all aspects of intercollegiate athletics. Not content with being simply the youngest football conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the conference has shown that it can rise each and every season that comes along. And since the birth of the league as an FBS member in 2001, the evidence is clear that the conference is indeed rising above competitors and peer conferences.
 
Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Louisiana, ULM, South Alabama, Texas State and Troy give the league 10 football members. Little Rock and UTA compete as Sun Belt members in sports other than football.
 
For more information on the Sun Belt Conference, visit SunBeltSports.org.