Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League

Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League
SportBaseball
Founded1987; 38 years ago (1987)[1]
CommissionerDeron Brown
MottoFuture MLB stars in your backyard
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)		Lima Locos (2023)
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]

History

Following the 2023 season, the league announced that five teams–Cincinnati Steam, Jet Box Baseball Club, Licking County Settlers, Richmond Jazz, Sandusky Bay Ice Haulers–would skip the 2024 season to "reorganize [...] for future long term stability" with the option to return after one season, and that the Royal Oak Leprechauns would leave the league.[4] The Leprechauns joined the Northwoods League.[5] The Flag City Sluggers will be joining the league beginning with the 2025 season, joining the seven teams that competed in 2024.[6]

Teams

Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League is located in USA Midwest and Northeast
Sluggers
Sluggers
Mariners
Mariners
Locos
Locos
Monarchs
Monarchs
Clippers
Clippers
Joes
Joes
Copperheads
Copperheads
Scouts
Scouts
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GLSCL Teams for the 2025 Season
Team City Stadium(s)
Flag City Sluggers (eff. 2025) Findlay, Ohio Fifth Third Field at Marathon Diamonds
Lima Locos Lima, Ohio Simmons Field
Michigan Monarchs Adrian, Michigan Siena Heights University Baseball Diamond
Muskegon Clippers Muskegon, Michigan Marsh Field
Grand Lake Mariners Celina, Ohio Montgomery Field
Hamilton Joes Hamilton, Ohio Foundation Field
Southern Ohio Copperheads Athens, Ohio Bob Wren Stadium
Xenia Scouts Xenia, Ohio Grady's Field at AIA Sports Complex

Notable GLSCL alumni

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.
  4. ^ "GLSCL goes to 7 teams for 2024 season". Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (Press release). October 6, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "Northwoods League adds Royal Oak Leprechauns for 2024". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. October 23, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  6. ^ "The Flag City Sluggers will be joining the league for the 2025 season". Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (Press release). July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

Further reading