SWAC – MEAC Challenge to be located in Jackson

KSG in Association with Overtime Sports announces today that it has secured the inaugural SWAC – MEAC Challenge to be played at 45-year-old Smith Wills Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.

This is the inaugural 3 day, 9 game tournament featuring teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference “SWAC” vs. the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference “MEAC”. This tournament was previously held in New Orleans’ Wesley Barrow Stadium and has been relocated as part of KSG’s transformation of Smith Wills Stadium into an NCAA Academy in Jackson, Mississippi much like the MLB academies built in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Houston, and Puerto Rico.

“Our plan is to renovate and create a place where local High Schools, Colleges and Universities from all over the country are invited to come and play games at Mississippi’s oldest professional baseball facility – Smith Wills Stadium and get a taste of true southern hospitality. This is an example of the validity and usefulness of older stadiums all over this country, these are places where baseball can still live and thrive along with so many other events”, says Bennett

“We have over 85 NCAA Collegiate games already scheduled along with at least 25 High School baseball games scheduled for 2020 with special events, concerts and a number of other sporting events”

The SWAC – MEAC Challenge will feature Jackson State University, Alcorn State University, Southern University, North Carolina A&T, Florida A&M and Western Illinois playing in the tournament on February 21st – 23rd, 2020.

KSG – Overtime Sports plans to release a full schedule of baseball events to be played at Smith-Wills Stadium on Tuesday, February 4th.