FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   ELITE PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL PLAYER AJ ANDREWS JOINS THE TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION’S ALL ME® ADVISORY BOARD   All American Softball Champion Steps Up to Help Educate Young People About     the Dangers of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances   McKinney, Texas (Wednesday, October 7, 2020) – The Taylor Hooton Foundation announced today that professional softball player and Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner AJ Andrews has joined its ALL ME Advisory Board. The Taylor Hooton Foundation is widely acknowledged as the leader in the advocacy against appearance and performance enhancing substance use by the youth of America.   “We are honored and excited to have AJ join our ALL ME Advisory Board,” said Taylor Hooton Foundation President Donald Hooton, Jr. “It is so important that our young people have positive female role models to look up to, especially when it comes to the topic of competing in sports and in life by doing things the right way and without the use of performance-enhancing drugs. This incredible woman has reached the pinnacle of her sport without the use of these substances and will no doubt inspire young ladies to follow in her amazing footsteps. Great role models and leaders combined with our education campaign are the most effective weapons we have in this national epidemic.”   AJ Andrews is an outfielder for the California Commotion in the National Profastpitch softball league. She was drafted out of LSU as a 4-year letter winner, 7th overall in the 2015 Draft by the Chicago Bandits and played her rookie season with them. AJ holds the distinction of being the first woman ever to win a Rawlings Gold Glover Award!   “I am excited to join the Taylor Hooton Foundation’s ALL ME Advisory Board,” Andrews said. “I’m all about inspiring young people to achieves their goals and dreams without taking shortcuts. As a female role model I want other young women to know that when they see me in public, when I train or when I step on the field I’m doing it ALL ME, without the use of drugs. I look forward to amplifying this message about competing the right way to young athletes.  They need to know they can achieve anything they want in life through hard work and dedication”   The “ALL ME” Advisory Board was formed in 2014 with eight active Major League Baseball players and, by 2015, included at least one player from each of the 30 MLB teams.     —-   About The Taylor Hooton Foundation The Taylor Hooton Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to educating North America’s young people about the dangers of anabolic steroids and other appearance and performance enhancing substances.   The friends and family of Taylor Hooton formed the Foundation in 2004 after his untimely death at 17 years old following his use of anabolic steroids.   For more information about the Taylor Hooton Foundation and its efforts, please visit www.taylorhooton.org and www.allmeleague.com.     CONTACT:   Rick Cerrone / Rick Cerrone Communications (914) 715-5491 / rick@rickcerrone.com