 June is Pride Month, and 2021 marks the third year of the Yankees Stonewall Scholarship's initiative celebrating New York City Public School, graduating seniors who have demonstrated strong academic achievement, and impactful support of the LGBTQ community. This year's scholars will be recognized at a game later this month, but they were recently told about their honors in a surprise on a Zoom call that featured Gene Afterman and Brian Cashman, among others. You are, in fact, the 2021 Stonewall Yankees Scholarship. You are the winners. What better way to kick off Pride Month than to celebrate you five winners? We have an amazing group of future leaders here today. You know, we're so excited. This is honestly, like, the biggest honor, like, ever. Um, I honestly, like, wasn't even, like, expecting this at all. I'm honestly shocked. I'm so surprised. And I'm, like, incredibly honored. And I'm, like, so, like, happy to, like, be this fortunate and to be able to, like, receive this, like, opportunity. This is, like, incredible. As somebody who has been a part of this and seen all these scholars kind of grow into their own and continue down this path, it's incredible to hear your stories and what you're doing. Everything that I've done and probably a lot of others isn't really acknowledged by a lot of people. So to be given this opportunity to move forward in college and continue to do these things by not having to worry about financial stuff, it's just, thank you guys so much. And I'm very honored. I know that you're going to do tremendous and wonderful things. You're going to be a force for good change. And, you know, I'm really, I'm very excited about the future when I look at all of you. So congratulations and continue to do marvelous things with your one wild and precious life. Is this even real? I wasn't even sure. I'm just so happy. Um, I have no words. I am just no thing just happy and grateful. Not a single thought. You know, the purpose of this scholarship is to identify, you know, some candidates that are moving the needle out of seeing this space and by identifying those candidates, we're trying to invest in them, reward them for what they've already done. Each recipient on this scholarship, you know, are already different makers. It is amazing. You know, coming, coming from a different country, thinking that you're kind of all alone here in this, in this new, new world and turns out there's like a massive community that wants to see you succeed and grow as a person and have, you know, have this honor and opportunity. I'm just speechless completely. And we look forward to not only celebrating today, but on June 18th at Yankee Stadium, we're going to highlight your achievement in front of our fans at Yankee Stadium and recognize you for what you accomplished today and what you will accomplish in the future.