6-621: The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League ( GLSCL ) is a collegiate summer baseball league in the Great Lakes region of the United States . 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
12-478: 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
18-600: 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. The Leprechauns joined the Northwoods League . The Flag City Sluggers will be joining the league beginning with the 2025 season, joining the seven teams that competed in 2024. Collegiate summer baseball Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in
24-584: The ability to compete using professional rules and equipment, giving them experience and allowing professional scouts the opportunity to observe players under such conditions. To find a collegiate summer team, players 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 , NJCAA , CCCAA , and NWAC 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
30-496: 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 Alaska Baseball League (ABL) and the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) are considered
36-441: The league follows NCAA rules. 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. 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
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