10th Annual Wiffleball Tournament in Honor of East Brunswick's Patrick Awosogba

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On February 22, 2015, Patrick Awosogba, a School of Arts & Sciences student at Rutgers University, passed away playing in a pickup basketball game at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center. Awosogba, a freshman, had a rare heart condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In HCM, the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick; causing an arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat.

Every summer since, former East Brunswick High School classmate and baseball teammate Greg Sampson organizes a wiffleball tournament fundraiser to raise scholarship money for Patrick’s parents to present to a highly-deserving East Brunswick High School student.

“I am truly thankful for East Brunswick Complex for allowing us to host the wiffleball tournament in honor of my friend Patrick Awosogba. BJ, as I called him, was my little league and high school baseball teammate and more importantly my friend,” said Sampson. “Every year we host a fundraiser for a scholarship in his name that is given to an athlete with high academic achievement. The tournament is an awesome experience getting to see new and old friends come together. I am truly thankful to be able to help keep my friend's memory alive.”

The event will take place on Saturday, August 3, 2024
Check in 9:00am
East Brunswick Baseball Managers Complex
367 Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

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