'Stand Up to Cancer' Receives Support From Centenary Ball Player

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Most Division III baseball closers are only focused on one thing when they step foot on the baseball field: getting the last three outs to secure a victory for their team. For Centenary College closer Chad Frankenfield, batters aren’t the only thing he is looking to strike out.

The sophomore right-handed pitcher has spent the entire season looking to strike out cancer as he helped raise money for Stand

Up To Cancer (SU2C), a groundbreaking initiative created to accelerate innovative cancer research that will get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now.

Throughout the course of the season, Frankenfield has sold Centenary College Stand Up To Cancer T-Shirts, raising $558 in sales to donate towards the national organization that works closely with Major League Baseball (MLB).

The T-shirts were on full display by parents, fans, students, and athletic administrators throughout the season, especially on the Cyclones “Strike Out Cancer” Breast Cancer Awareness game against Marywood University back on April 27.

After losing his mother to cancer in 2005, Frankenfield has since dedicated countless hours of his life to help support the fight to end the heart-breaking disease and proved to many this season his dedication to the cause.

“The fundraiser went a lot better than I expected” Frankenfield said. “It was rewarding to see how many people wanted to help out and to see so many parents and fans wearing them throughout the season.”

Not only did Frankenfield make a big difference through the T-shirt sales, but the Centenary closer also led the Cyclone pitching staff with a single-season record 1.35 ERA, striking out 15 batters while picking up three saves in his 20 innings pitched. The young sophomore held opponents to a team-leading .184 average over the course of the season as he helped lead the Cyclones to the 2013 Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championship Tournament.