Arlington, Texas — The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation today announced three-time GRAMMY Award winner Darius Rucker will headline the 2022 TEX Gala taking place on Monday, June 20, at 6 p.m.

Since 1991, the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation has been dedicated to improving the lives of individuals in the community, especially children, the military and first responders, and their families. The annual TEX Gala raises money for the Foundation to serve organizations and individuals throughout the North Texas community and beyond.

Event attendees will experience a red-carpet arrival and enjoy a fantastic meal on the playing surface of Globe Life Field. Live and silent auctions will feature exclusive Rangers experiences and an assortment of sports and Hollywood memorabilia, with the evening culminating in a live performance from country music star Darius Rucker.

Rucker first attained multi-Platinum status in the music industry as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of GRAMMY award-winning Hootie & the Blowfish. Since re-introducing himself to the world as a Country artist, he won his third career GRAMMY award for Best Solo Country Performance for his 9x Platinum version of Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel," one of the top five best-selling Country songs of all time.

Rucker has released four albums that topped the Billboard Country albums chart and produced 10 No. 1 Country Radio singles. His current single, “My Masterpiece,” follows recent feel-good No. 1 “Beers And Sunshine,” with both set to be featured on his forthcoming album planned for 2022.

Tables and sponsorships for the 2022 TEX Gala, presented by Choctaw Casinos & Resorts can be purchased at texasrangers.com/texgala.

Last year's inaugural TEX Gala, headlined by GRAMMY Award-Winning country music artist Tim McGraw, raised a total of $1.625 million for the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation.

About the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation

Since its inception in 1991, the Foundation has invested more than $50 million in our community and is dedicated to improving the lives of children in need. The Foundation provides funding for children, the military and first responders and their families, educational, health, and athletic programming and partnerships. Signature programs include the Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy at Mercy Street Sports Complex, presented by Toyota, the 2018 Allan H. Selig Award for Philanthropic Excellence Award-winning Richard Greene Scholars and the new Charley Pride Fellows program. Faced with ever-increasing need in our communities, we are providing more financial support than ever to our neighbors in need through the support of partner organizations and emergency relief organizations.

About Choctaw Casinos & Resorts

Owned and operated by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the third-largest Indian Nation in the United States with close to 200,000 tribal members and 10,000 employees. Choctaw Casinos feature a variety of gaming, hotel and resort properties throughout southeastern Oklahoma. Locations include Durant, Grant, Pocola, Idabel, Broken Bow, McAlester, Stigler and Stringtown. The Choctaw Casino & Resort-Durant underwent a $500 million expansion in August 2021 that added 1,000 more rooms and created 1,000 new jobs. In addition to the increased room capacity, the new Sky Tower also features an expanded gaming floor and fresh amenities such as new pools, parking garage, retail space, entertainment options and dining venues. For more information, visit www.ChoctawCasinos.com.

About Darius Rucker

Rucker first achieved multi-Platinum status in the music industry as lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the GRAMMY Award-winning band Hootie & the Blowfish, who have sold more than 25M albums worldwide including their Diamond-certified debut Cracked Rear View, which remains among the Top 10 best-selling studio albums of all time. Since releasing his first Country album in 2008, Rucker has earned a whole new legion of fans with four No. 1 albums on the Billboard Country chart, including RIAA Platinum-certified Learn to Live and True Believers, plus ten No. 1 singles at Country radio. In 2014, Rucker won his third career GRAMMY Award for Best Solo Country Performance with his 9x Platinum version of Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel,” one of the top five best-selling Country songs of all time. He recently co-hosted the 54th annual CMA Awards and topped the charts at Country radio once again with “Beers And Sunshine” in February. Follow up single “My Masterpiece” is available everywhere now as Rucker puts the finishing touches on a forthcoming album.

As a lifelong philanthropist, Rucker supports the MUSC Children's Hospital in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina and has also raised millions of dollars for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital through his annual Darius & Friends benefit concert and golf tournament. Rucker has also advocated for over 200 charitable causes supporting public education and junior golf programs in South Carolina through the Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation, and serves as a National Chair for the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville.

For more information, visit www.dariusrucker.com and follow on social media @DariusRucker.