CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Fighting Illini baseball program's annual Honor and Serve Day scheduled for Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.m. CT will benefit the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for Dr. Hedrick's fetal surgical team. Dr. Hedrick's team successfully separated conjoined twins Addy and Lily Altobelli, daughters of Illinois baseball alumni Dominic Altobelli ('06-'09) and his wife, Maggie.

Over $4 million has been raised for the surgical team at CHOP. The Gift will be presented by the Illinois Baseball Dugout Club in honor of Addy, Lily, Maggie and Dominic Altobelli to Fund New Discoveries to Transform Personalized Pediatric Surgical Care. The incredible story of the Altobelli family can be watched here.

Dominic Altobelli played in 97 games with 91 starts for the Illini, posting a career .348 batting average. During his time in the Orange and Blue, he tallied 125 hits, including 12 home runs and 91 RBI. Altobelli has continuously supported the Illinois baseball program since departing Champaign, including serving as a guest speaker to the team during the Illini's Zoom Speaker Series during the 2020 COVID season.

The adult size game-worn jerseys by the Illinois baseball players will be auctioned off immediately following the game. Youth jerseys will also be available for sale. In addition, Gameday Spirit will be selling Honor and Serve T-shirts which can be found here. All proceeds from the jersey auction and a portion of the Gameday Spirit T-shirt sales will go toward Dr. Hedrick's surgical team at CHOP.

Illinois baseball would also like to invite all veterans as well as active military to join us in this celebration as we honor the military and serve the community at Illinois Field.