List of collegiate summer baseball leagues
The following is a list of collegiate summer baseball leagues. Most of these amateur leagues use wooden baseball bats. Generally, they operate from early June to early August.
The unpaid, amateur baseball players involved have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. To find a collegiate summer team, they work with their college coaches and prospective teams' general managers. They report to summer leagues after completing their spring collegiate season with their NCAA, NAIA, and community/junior college teams. Some players arrive late due to their college team's postseason play, which sometimes runs into early June. In some cases, players are drafted during the collegiate summer season. These draftees can remain with their collegiate summer team until they sign a professional contract. During the season, players are housed by volunteer host families and bussed to and from road games.
The leagues vary greatly in their attendances, quality of play, and ability to attract scouts. The Cape Cod League is considered the premier collegiate summer league.[1][2] As of March 2011[update], Baseball America is scouting and ranking Top 10 prospects from 18 leagues[3], indicated below with (BA). OurSportsCentral.com is following 9 leagues (OSC)'[4] and Ballpark Digest is tracking attendance for 12 leagues[5], indicated below with (BD).
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[edit] National Alliance of College Summer Baseball
- Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (BA)
- Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League (BA, BD)
- Cape Cod Baseball League (BA, BD, OSC)
- Florida Collegiate Summer League (BA, BD)
- Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (BA)
- New York Collegiate Baseball League (BA)
- Southern Collegiate Baseball League
- Valley Baseball League (BA)
[edit] National Baseball Congress
- Alaska Baseball League (BA)
- California Collegiate League (BA)
- CenTex Collegiate League [6]
- Coastal Collegiate League [7]
- Jayhawk Collegiate League (BA)
- M.I.N.K. Baseball League [8] (BA, BD)
- Mountain Collegiate Baseball League [9]
- Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association
- Western Major Baseball League
- Walter Johnson League [10]
[edit] Other leagues
- Carolina-Virginia Collegiate League [11]
- Coastal Plain League (BA, BD, OSC)
- Collegiate Baseball League Europe
- Far West League
- Futures Collegiate Baseball League "(BD, OSC)"
- Great South League
- Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League (BA)
- Horizon Air Summer Series (BD)
- Midwest Collegiate League [12] (BA)
- Mountain Collegiate Baseball League [13]
- Myrtle Beach Collegiate Summer Baseball League [14]
- New England Collegiate Baseball League (BA, BD, OSC)
- Northwoods League (BA, BD, OSC)
- Ohio Valley Summer Collegiate Baseball League
- Pacific West Baseball League
- Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (OSC)
- Prospect League (BA, BD, OSC)
- Texas Collegiate League (BA, BD, OSC)
- West Coast League (BA, BD, OSC)
[edit] Defunct leagues
- Big States League
- Central Illinois Collegiate League
- Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League
- KIT Summer Collegiate Baseball League
- Eastern Collegiate Baseball League [15]
- Sierra Baseball League
- Saskatchewan Major Baseball League
[edit] References
- ^ Summer College Leagues: Top 10 Prospects
- ^ 10 Best College Baseball Summer Leagues
- ^ 2010 Summer League Top 10 Prospects
- ^ College Wood Bat on OSC
- ^ 2010 Summer Collegiate League Attendance by Average
- ^ http://www.centexbaseballleague.com/
- ^ http://www.coastalbaseball.com/
- ^ http://www.minkleaguebaseball.com/
- ^ http://www.mcbl.net/
- ^ http://www.walterjohnsonbaseball.com/
- ^ http://www.cvscl.com/
- ^ http://midwestcollegiateleague.com/
- ^ http://www.mcbl.net/
- ^ http://mbcsbl.org/
- ^ http://www.ecblbaseball.com/
