In The News: Department of Mechanical Engineering

E News Online

There's no crying in baseball, but Hailey Dawson's ceremonial first pitch at the Baltimore Orioles game might make you tear up just a little bit.

KLEW-TV

Here’s a feel good story for you tonight.

New York Magazine

he tradition of celebrities throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Major League Baseball games is a long and storied one. Chris Pratt has done it! 50 Cent has done it (poorly). Julia Stiles has done it in boots. Hell, even Hero Cat "threw" out a ceremonial ball one time. But not until Hailey Dawson arrived at a Baltimore Orioles game all the way from Las Vegas on Monday night has a celebrity first pitch looked so good.Ny

Tech Times

Five-Year-Old Girl Throws First Pitch With Robotic Hand Made By 3D Printer

CNN

Hailey Dawson, 5, has quite an arm -- and attached at the end -- is a "special hand."

FOX News

UNLV Mechanical Engineering Program Director Brendan O’Toole on making a 3-D printed prosthetic hand for a 5-year old girl.

NY Daily News

Injured Giants star Jason Pierre-Paul is drawing inspiration from a 5-year-old girl with a robotic hand who threw out the first pitch at the Orioles game on Monday.

ESPN

Ahead of Monday's Oakland Athletics-Baltimore Orioles game at Camden Yards, the crowd got to witness some serious inspiration as 5-year old Hailey Dawson threw the first pitch. Born with Poland Syndrome that resulted in an underdeveloped right hand, Hailey made the ceremonial toss using her Flexy-Hand 2, a 3-D printed prosthetic device.

MLB

All eyes were on 5-year-old Hailey Dawson before the Orioles-Athletics game Monday as Dawson -- using an Orioles-themed robotic hand -- threw the ceremonial first pitch to her favorite player, All-Star Manny Machado, several feet in front of home plate.

USA Today

5-year-old Hailey Dawson was born with a rare congenital disease called Poland Syndrome, which causes underdevelopment in the pectoral muscle and sometimes affects the use of fingers on one side of the body. Hailey was unable to use her right hand, and that’s where the UNLV engineering department and its students came in.

FOX Sports

Hailey Dawson was born with Poland syndrome, a rare birth defect that typically results in underdeveloped or missing chest muscles on one side of the body and underdeveloped hands, particularly shortened or fused fingers.

MASN Sports

Before they root for the Orioles to complete a four-game sweep of the Athletics, fans attending at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Aug. 17 are in for a very "special" treat when they watch guest Hailey Dawson throw out the ceremonial first pitch.