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Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League

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Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League
SportBaseball
Founded1987; 36 years ago (1987)[1]
CommissionerDeron Brown
MottoFuture MLB stars in your backyard
No. of teams13
CountryUnited States and Canada
Most recent
champion(s)
Hamilton Joes (2021)
Official websitewww.glscl.org

The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (GLSCL) is a collegiate summer baseball league in the Great Lakes region of the United States.[2] It is affiliated with the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball and comprises teams with college baseball players from around North America. The league is sanctioned and supported by Major League Baseball. Players are not paid so as to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and the league follows NCAA rules.[3] Many of the teams play in baseball stadiums that are normally occupied by college teams.

The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League uses wooden bats to prepare collegiate players for the transition to professional baseball.[1][2]

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Collegiate summer baseball

Collegiate summer baseball

Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operate from early June to early August. In contrast to college baseball, which allow aluminum or other composite baseball bats, players in these leagues use only wooden bats, hence the common nickname of these leagues as "wood-bat leagues". Collegiate summer leagues allow college baseball players the ability to compete using professional rules and equipment, giving them experience and allowing professional scouts the opportunity to observe players under such conditions.

United States

United States

The United States of America, commonly known as the United States or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City.

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

The National Alliance of College Summer Baseball consists of 12 summer baseball leagues sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. Formed in 1876 and 1901 respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903. They remained legally separate entities until 2000, when they merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. It is considered one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Teams

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Mariners
Mariners
Jet Box
Jet Box
Locos
Locos
Monarchs
Monarchs
Clippers
Clippers
Leprechauns
Leprechauns
Ice Haulers
Ice Haulers
Steam
Steam
Joes
Joes
Settlers
Settlers
Jazz
Jazz
Copperheads
Copperheads
Scouts
Scouts
  North Division
  South Division
Team City Stadium(s)
North Division
Jet Box Baseball Club Sterling Heights, Michigan Milford High School Baseball Diamond Jimmy John's Field
Lima Locos Lima, Ohio Simmons Field
Michigan Monarchs Adrian, Michigan Siena Heights University Baseball Diamond
Muskegon Clippers Muskegon, Michigan Marsh Field
Royal Oak Leprechauns Royal Oak, Michigan Memorial Park
Sandusky Ice Haulers Sandusky, Ohio Sports Force Competition Field
South Division
Cincinnati Steam Cincinnati, Ohio P&G MLB Cincinnati Reds Youth Academy Panther Athletic Complex
Grand Lake Mariners Celina, Ohio Montgomery Field
Hamilton Joes Hamilton, Ohio Foundation Field
Licking County Settlers Newark, Ohio Denison University Field
Richmond Jazz Richmond, Indiana McBride Stadium
Southern Ohio Copperheads* Athens, Ohio Bob Wren Stadium
Xenia Scouts Xenia, Ohio Grady's Field at AIA Sports Complex


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Milford High School (Michigan)

Milford High School (Michigan)

Milford High School, a public high school in the Huron Valley School District serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, is located in Highland Township in Oakland County, Michigan, near Highland. The school was founded in 1861. After over a century in Milford, the school moved to its present location in Highland Township in 1956. The new high school would survive the 1976 opening of Lakeland High School and has been renovated and expanded several times since. The athletic teams were originally called the Trojans when the school was located in downtown Milford, Michigan. Later the teams were renamed "the Redskins". The mascot was later changed to the Mavericks during the 2002–2003 school year which in turn meant the last graduating class for the Redskins was in 2005. The new athletic team name—the Mavericks—was adopted after a school-wide vote.

Jimmy John's Field

Jimmy John's Field

Jimmy John's Field is a baseball field in Utica, Michigan, home to four teams that play in the United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL), an independent baseball league. It opened on May 30, 2016.

Lima Locos

Lima Locos

The Lima Locos are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Lima, Ohio. The team is a member of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, one of 11 leagues in the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball.

Lima, Ohio

Lima, Ohio

Lima is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwest Ohio along Interstate 75 approximately 72 miles (116 km) north of Dayton, 78 miles (126 km) southwest of Toledo, and 63 mi (101 km) southeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Adrian, Michigan

Adrian, Michigan

Adrian is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Lenawee County. The population was 20,645 at the 2020 census. Adrian lies in Michigan's 5th congressional district.

Marsh Field (Muskegon)

Marsh Field (Muskegon)

Marsh Field is a baseball field in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. The field has been home to many professional teams in the past, and is now used as part of developmental baseball leagues. Some notable teams to call Marsh Field home include the Muskegon Clippers, a now defunct farm team of the New York Yankees, the Muskegon Belles, an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team for the 1953 season, the Muskegon Lassies, an AAGPBL team that played at Marsh Field from 1946–1950, and the Outwin Zephyrs, a Negro league baseball team.

Cincinnati Steam

Cincinnati Steam

The Cincinnati Steam is a collegiate summer baseball club that competes in the South Division of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, which is one of twelve leagues formed under the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball.

Celina, Ohio

Celina, Ohio

Celina is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, Ohio, United States about 58 miles northwest of Dayton. The population was 10,400 at the 2010 census. Celina is situated on the northwestern shores of Grand Lake St. Marys.

Hamilton Joes

Hamilton Joes

The Hamilton Joes are a collegiate summer baseball team that competes in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (GLSCL), one of eight leagues formed under the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball (NACSB). The team plays at Hamilton's Foundation Field.

Hamilton, Ohio

Hamilton, Ohio

Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Ohio, United States. Located 20 miles (32 km) north of Cincinnati, Hamilton is the second largest city in the Greater Cincinnati area and the 10th largest city in Ohio. The population was 63,399 at the 2020 census. Hamilton is governed under a council-manager form of government; the current mayor is Patrick Moeller and the city manager is Joshua Smith. Most of the city is served by the Hamilton City School District.

Foundation Field

Foundation Field

Foundation Field is a 300-seat baseball stadium located in Hamilton, Ohio. The field opened in 2002. It hosted the Florence Freedom in 2003 while Champion Window Field was being constructed and is currently hosting the Hamilton Joes of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League. The field is also home to the Miami University Hamilton Harriers college baseball team.

Denison University

Denison University

Denison University is a private liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio. One of the earliest colleges established in the former Northwest Territory, Denison University was founded in 1831. The college was first called the Granville Literary and Theological Institution, later took the name Granville College, and, in the mid-1850s, was renamed Denison University, in honor of a key benefactor. The college enrolled 2300 students in Fall 2019 and students choose from 56 academic majors.

Notable GLSCL alumni

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Chad Cordero

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David Dellucci

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Jonathan Sánchez

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Jay Jackson (baseball)

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Brian Bixler

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Brad Hennessey

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Eric Wedge

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Dayton Moore

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Source: "Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 13th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Summer_Collegiate_League.

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References
  1. ^ a b Torres, Richard (July 4, 2007). "Right place, right time: Great Lakes League makes investment in Anderson". The Herald Bulletin. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dusty Hawk Caps Successful Start To Summer With All-Star Selection". Bowling Green Falcons. Bowling Green State University. July 16, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  3. ^ Reed, Tom (July 5, 2007). "League gives players a crack at using wooden bats". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
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