Annual Showcases of High Excessive Faculty Gamers + Groups
Irving, TX – Panini America, the world’s largest sports activities and leisure collectibles firm, and the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame have entered right into a multi-year settlement for Panini to function the title sponsor of the Hoophall Traditional, Hoophall Invitational, and Hoophall West highschool showcases.
Getting into its twenty fourth yr, the Panini Hoophall Traditional will happen January Fifteenth-Nineteenth, 2026, at Springfield School’s Blake Area in Springfield, Mass., and have greater than 50 of the nation’s high girls and boys groups from throughout the nation competing over 5 days. The 2026 Panini Hoophall Invitational is scheduled for January 17 and 18 throughout seven native Springfield excessive faculties and faculties and can characteristic 76 groups taking part. The 2026 Panini Hoophall West is scheduled for January 1st-Third, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona, and contains greater than 20 taking part groups.
Panini, which is a long-time accomplice of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame, may have full integration throughout the Panini Hoophall Traditional, Panini Hoophall Invitational, and Panini Hoophall West, together with on court docket and as a part of the in-game broadcast. Panini may also create and implement activations on a number of ranges, in addition to content material growth.
All video games from the Panini Hoophall Traditional, Panini Hoophall Invitational and Panini Hoophall West will probably be televised or distributed digitally throughout a number of platforms. The total broadcast schedule of video games will probably be introduced at a later date.
“Increasing our partnership of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame to turn out to be the title sponsor of the Panini Hoophall Traditional, Panini Hoophall Invitational, and Panini Hoophall West is a pure extension of our relationship and the ever evolving NIL house,” mentioned Jason Howarth, Senior Vice President of Advertising and Athlete Relations for Panini America. “We look ahead to serving to to develop these already wonderful occasions.”
Hoophall Traditional has produced 12 of the final 15 No. 1 total picks, together with 11 straight from 2011-21. Since 2004, 120+ Hoophall Traditional members have gone on to play within the NBA, together with Kevin Durant (2006), James Harden (2007), Kyrie Irving (2010), Anthony Davis (2011), Karl-Anthony Cities (2014), Jaylen Brown (2015), Jamal Murray (2015), Bam Adebayo (2016), Jayson Tatum (2016), Zion Williamson (2018), Cade Cunningham (2020), Jared McCain (2023), and Cooper Flagg (2024). For an entire record of alumni, please go to hoophall.com/occasions/spalding-hoophall-classic/alumni/.
“We’re proud to broaden our long-standing partnership with Panini because the title sponsor of Hoophall Traditional, West, and Invitational,” mentioned John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame. “Panini’s continued dedication to highschool athletes and the expansion of the sport makes them an excellent accomplice as we work collectively to have fun basketball’s historical past and showcase its future stars.”
About Panini America
Panini America is a subsidiary of The Panini Group, established over 60 years in the past in Modena, Italy with subsidiaries all through Europe, Latin America and the USA. Panini is the world chief in formally licensed collectibles and is probably the most important writer of collectibles within the U.S., with official licenses for NFL, NFLPA, NASCAR, FIFA, LIV Golf, the Skilled Fighters League, School, Disney, and different key properties from many different licensors. Panini can be the unique buying and selling card and sticker accomplice of the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame, Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame, Elite 11 and Pop Warner Little Students, Inc.
Panini has distribution channels in additional than 150 international locations and employs a employees of over 1,200. For extra info go to us at www.paniniamerica.web, www.paninigroup.com orhttp://weblog.paniniamerica.web/. You may as well observe Panini America on social media platforms Fb, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
In regards to the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame
Positioned in Springfield, Massachusetts, the town the place basketball was born, the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame is an impartial non-profit 501(c)(3) group devoted to selling, preserving, and celebrating the sport of basketball at each degree—women and men, beginner {and professional} gamers, coaches, and contributors—each domestically and internationally. The Corridor of Fame museum is residence to greater than 475 inductees and over 40,000 sq. toes of basketball historical past. Almost 200,000 folks go to the Corridor of Fame museum annually to be taught concerning the recreation, expertise the interactive reveals, and take a look at their expertise on the Jerry Colangelo “Court docket of Desires.” Greatest recognized for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the sport’s elite, the Corridor of Fame additionally operates over 150 highschool and collegiate competitions yearly all through the nation and overseas. For extra info on the Basketball Corridor of Fame group, its museum, and occasions, go to hoophall.com and observe @hoophallclassic.
