Assumption students at Polar Park. The University and the Worcester Red Sox enjoy a partnership that provides unique opportunities for students and the team benefits from the intellectual capital of Assumption University.

Assumption University enjoys the special privilege of serving as one of the Worcester Red Sox’s 21 Founding partners, a designation that provides countless opportunities for our students such as internships and scholarships as the University enhances its commitment to the redevelopment and revitalization of Worcester. The partnership is transforming the way in which institutions of higher learning across the country interact with and collaborate with professional sports organizations, in particular, minor league baseball.       

The partnership transcends baseball in that the University and the team are committed to serving and enhancing the Worcester community.

Polar Park Becomes the Classroom

Through this strategic partnership with the Worcester Red Sox, Polar Park becomes a classroom for Assumption students. Internships complement the Assumption’s academic programs in business studies, data analytics, human services and rehabilitation studies, the communications track in English, and many more.

The ballpark and team are an extension of the institution’s footprint and influence as it infuses the Assumption educational enterprise to downtown Worcester by utilizing the academic assets of the University to provide unique learning opportunities. 

How a Love of New England and a Love of Sports Led Alex Dumais ’24 to Assumption – and the Worcester Red Sox 

“Experiential learning gives you the capability to take the things you’ve learned in class and apply them to the world around you,” she said. “My first year, I took an Intro to Marketing course, and the marketing and management courses that I took throughout my four years at Assumption just kept building upon each other. By the time I became an intern in the WooSox front office, I could really take pieces that I learned from my courses and apply them here.”   

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Alex Dumais '24 poses at Polar Park.

PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS

  • The Assumption University and Worcester Red Sox partnership provide students the opportunity to engage in meaningful volunteer opportunities so that students may build impressive resumes. For instance, the team engaged with students in the Grenon School of Business to conduct a comprehensive market research project that collected important information as team leadership was selecting the name of the team.

    Members of the Assumption Baseball team also join with the Worcester Red Sox to mentor young baseball and softball athletes from the Worcester area through youth baseball clinics held at Polar Park. Several Assumption student-athletes share their love of the game while instructing the young athletes on fielding, pitching, and hitting.  

     

  • During the inaugural season of the Worcester Red Sox, the Assumption University Baseball team was invited to play the first-ever game at Polar Park. (Which included Assumption students hitting the first two home runs at the ballpark!) The 508 game, played on May 8 in the 508 area code, is a fantastic opportunity for our student-athletes as they receive the full minor league game day experience. Since elevating to University status, our student-athletes continue to benefit from opportunities such as this as the institution looks forward to our future with the Worcester Red Sox

  • Soon, the University and the Worcester Red Sox will offer matching scholarships to local residents with a demonstrated need. Scholarships awarded by the team will be matched by Assumption if the student attends Assumption University.