This Sunday, June 4, FOX Sports Sun will premiere Season 3 of "Rays Rookies," an original television series produced by Sunburst Productions in partnership with the University of South Florida.
Hosted again by Zach S. Williams and Kayla Huth, the show is designed to engage the Rays growing youth fan base, and will include baseball bloopers, trivia, top-10 plays, baseball tips, tutorials and interviews with Rays players and coaches.
The season premiere will feature Rays third baseman Evan Longoria. FOX Sports Sun, the statewide television home of the Tampa Bay Rays, will air the third season every Sunday at noon from June 4 to August 13 with the six original episodes this season according to the following schedule:
• Episode 1: Sunday, June 4 at 12:00 p.m. on FOX Sports Sun
• Episode 2: Sunday, June 18 at 12:00 p.m. on FOX Sports Sun
• Episode 3: Sunday, July 2 at 12:00 p.m. on FOX Sports Sun
• Episode 4: Sunday, July 16 at 12:00 p.m. on FOX Sports Sun
• Episode 5: Sunday, July 30 at 12:00 p.m. on FOX Sports Sun
• Episode 6: Sunday, August 13 at 12:00 p.m. on FOX Sports Sun
In conjunction with their partnership for the production of ''Rays Rookies,'' the Rays and the USF Foundation have partnered to create a scholarship endowment to help fund the First Generation Scholarship students in the College of Arts and Sciences. This is a $160,000 gift over four years, currently in its third year. Once the four-year gift cycle is completed, the endowment will continue to fund two First Generation Scholars in perpetuity. Past episodes from the first and second season of "Rays Rookies" are available for viewing at raysbaseball.com/video.
For more information about "Rays Rookies," visit raysbaseball.com/raysrookies.