Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the

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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

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, which allow aluminum or other composite

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, 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. 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

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, NAIA,

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, 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 the collegiate summer season. These draftees can remain with their collegiate summer team until they sign a professional contract. During the season, players were often housed by volunteer host families in the area, but as of recently with the influx of funds into lower-leagues of baseball, teams often are able to stay in a local hotel. They generally travel by private coach bus to and from road games, and stay in a local hotel in the area of their road games for the duration of each road series of games. The leagues vary greatly in their attendances, quality of play, and ability to attract scouts. The

Alaska Baseball League The Alaska Baseball League (ABL) is an amateur collegiate summer baseball league based entirely in southern Alaska. Players in the league must have attended one year of college and must have one year of NCAA eligibility remaining. In the past, ...

(ABL) and the

Cape Cod Baseball League The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over 1,000 forme ...

(CCBL) are considered the two premier collegiate summer leagues.

Active leagues

This list is organized by federation.

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball The National Alliance of College Summer Baseball consists of 12 summer baseball sports league , leagues sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Leagues * Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League – Eastern Pennsylvania, Nort ...

Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The league has experienced moderate success in having alumni appear in Major League Baseball. The ...

– Eastern Pennsylvania; Northern New Jersey; Staten Island, New York *

Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League The Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League (CRSCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league located in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan areas. The CRSCBL is a member of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball ...

– Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area *

California Collegiate League The California Collegiate League (CCL), founded in 1993, is a collegiate summer baseball league headquartered in Moorpark, California, United States. It is associated with both the National Baseball Congress and National Alliance of College Su ...

– Cape Cod area of Massachusetts *

Florida Collegiate Summer League The Florida Collegiate Summer League (FCSL) is a six-team Collegiate summer baseball, wood bat collegiate summer baseball league located in the Central Florida region of the southeastern United States. The league was founded in the fall of 2003 ...

– Orlando area *

Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League 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 baseb ...

– Michigan and Ohio *

Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League The Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League (HCBL) is a summer baseball organization located in The Hamptons in the U.S. state of New York. It is a seven-team league consisting of the Sag Harbor Whalers, Southampton Breakers, Westhampton Aviators, ...

– The Hamptons (Eastern Long Island, New York) *

New England Collegiate Baseball League The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 13-team collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule during June ...

– New England *

New York Collegiate Baseball League The New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1978 and sanctioned by the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball, National Amateur Baseball Federation and Major League Baseball. Each ...

– Central and western New York state *Southern Collegiate Baseball League – Charlotte metropolitan area (North and South Carolina) *

Sunbelt Baseball League The Sunbelt Baseball League (SBL) is a non-profit collegiate summer baseball league with teams located in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia and Oxford, Alabama. The SBL is a member of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball, which is parti ...

– Georgia *

Valley Baseball League The Valley Baseball League is an National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA and Major League Baseball, MLB-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball, collegiate summer baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. The league was s ...

– Shenandoah Valley and nearby areas (Virginia) Source:

National Amateur Baseball Federation The National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF) is a nonprofit organization that serves as a governing body for amateur baseball in the United States. The organization was founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1914 and is the oldest continually-operat ...

Chicago Suburban Baseball League *Great Lakes Bay Baseball Association *

Metropolitan Collegiate Summer Baseball League of Illinois The Metropolitan Collegiate Summer Baseball League of Illinois is a collegiate summer baseball league consisting of eight teams based in Illinois. Formed in 1978, the league is affiliated within the National Amateur Baseball Federation. The maj ...

* Northern League *Shoreline League * St. Louis Metro Collegiate Instructional Baseball League *Tri-State Collegiate League

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*CenTex Collegiate League *Coastal Collegiate League *Houston Collegiate Summer League *Ohio Valley League *Pacific International League *Rocky Mountain Baseball League *Sunflower Collegiate League *Western Baseball Association

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Appalachian League The Appalachian League is a Collegiate summer baseball, collegiate summer baseball league that operates in the Appalachian regions of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Designed for rising freshmen and sophomores using wooden ...

- Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina

Other (unaffiliated) leagues

*All-American Amateur Baseball Association - Pennsylvania *Arizona Collegiate Wood Bat League *

Atlantic Baseball Confederation Founded in 2002, the Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league composed of teams located throughout New Jersey. The league President is Mike Kolesar. The ABCCL aims to prepare collegiate b ...

- New Jersey *

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- Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas (atletcollegeleague.com) *Ban Johnson Amateur Baseball League *Bay Area Collegiate League *Beach Collegiate Summer Baseball League *Blue Chip Collegiate Baseball League (Formerly known as the LICBL) *Cascade Collegiate League *Centennial State League - Northern Colorado *

Coastal Plain League The Coastal Plain League (CPL) is a wood-bat collegiate summer baseball league, featuring college players recruited from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from the Class D level Coastal Plain League which operated in the area f ...

- North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia * Collegiate Baseball League Europe *Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League *Corn Belt Baseball League *Cotton States Baseball League
Front Range League
- Colorado, Nebraska *

Futures Collegiate Baseball League The Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league that began play in 2011. Entering the 2025 season, the league has two active franchises in Massachusetts, two in Connecticut, and one each in New Hampshire and ...

- Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont *Golden State Collegiate Baseball League *Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League (GNCBL) *Honor the Game College Wood Bat League *Hudson Valley Collegiate Baseball League *

Independence League Baseball Independence League Baseball is a collegiate summer baseball league in the United States with teams playing in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The league played its inaugural season in 2022 with ten teams and had eight teams for 2023. eight ...

- Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming *Interstate Collegiate Baseball League *Kansas Collegiate League *Maryland Collegiate Baseball League *

Mid-Plains League The Mid-Plains League is a Collegiate summer baseball, collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond. Players are not paid, so as to maintain their college eligibility. Teams are run s ...

- Kansas, Missouri *Mile High Collegiate Baseball League *

MLB Draft League The MLB Draft League is a baseball league that began play in 2021. Created by Major League Baseball (MLB) and ''Prep Baseball Report'' (PBR), the league operates a split-season format of 80 games with a hybrid amateur–professional structure: f ...

– northeast United States * M.I.N.K. Collegiate Baseball League - Missouri, Iowa *New Jersey Amateur Baseball League *Northern Utah League *

Northwoods League The Northwoods League is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league. All players in the league must have National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. The league is amateur, and players are not ...

- Great Lakes states and

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*Ohio Valley Summer Collegiate Baseball League *Ohio Collegiate Summer Baseball League * Old North State League *Pacific Coast Collegiate League *

Pacific Empire League The Pacific Empire League is a collegiate summer baseball league based on the west coast of the United States with six teams from California and Oregon. The league was founded on December 13, 2023. History The Beginning On December 13, 2023, si ...

*Palm Springs Collegiate League *

Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) is a 16-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 2010. As of 2022, all teams are within the state of New York. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order ...

- New York state *Piedmont Collegiate Baseball League *Play Ball Collegiate League *

Prospect League The Prospect League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. So as to maintain their colleg ...

- Great Lakes states, Missouri, Tennessee *

Rockingham County Baseball League The Rockingham County Baseball League is a summer baseball league in Rockingham County, Virginia and neighboring areas. It was founded in 1924 and is one of the oldest continuous baseball leagues in the country. The league has included teams fro ...

- Virginia * Southern California Collegiate Baseball League *Sunset Baseball League *

Texas Collegiate League The Texas Collegiate League (TCL) is a collegiate summer baseball league made up of teams from the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The league's headquarters are in Coppell, Texas. Uri Geva, owner of the Brazos Valley Bombers, is the le ...

- Texas, Louisiana *Tidewater Summer League *

West Coast League The West Coast League (WCL) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league founded in 2005, comprising teams from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alberta. The WCL was previously named the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCB ...

- US: Washington state, Oregon; Canada: British Columbia, Alberta *

Western Canadian Baseball League The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league. The league is home to teams based in the Canadian Prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and has roots dating back to 1931 in Saskatchewan's Southern Bas ...

- Alberta, Saskatchewan * Wild Wild West League - metro

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Defunct leagues

* Basin League * Big States League *

Central Illinois Collegiate League The Central Illinois Collegiate League (CICL) was a collegiate wooden bat summer baseball league. It was composed of five teams from Illinois and Indiana. The CICL was founded in 1963 as a charter member of National Collegiate Athletic Associatio ...

Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League The Clark C. Griffith Collegiate Baseball League (CGL) was a collegiate summer baseball league, with teams located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. All league players had to be enrolled at a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NC ...

* Cotton State League * Eastern Collegiate Baseball League *

Expedition League The Expedition League was a collegiate summer baseball league in the Great Plains region of the United States and Canada. The league was founded in 2015 in Rapid City, South Dakota, by Steve Wagner, who also served as president. The league's inau ...

* Far West League *

Great West League 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 operat ...

* Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League *

Horizon Air Summer Series The Horizon Air Summer Series was a unique 11-week baseball competition among collegiate summer baseball clubs. History The Summer Series was founded in 2005 by Bob Bavasi, former owner of the Everett Aqua Sox, of the Northwest League. It is spo ...

* Jayhawk Collegiate League * KIT Summer Collegiate Baseball League * Lewis & Clark Baseball League * Mountain Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League * Mountain West Summer Collegiate Baseball * Northern League (1936–1941, 1946–1950, 1952; mainly in New York and Vermont) * Pacific West Baseball League * Puget Sound Collegiate League *

Saskatchewan Major Baseball League The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league. The league is home to teams based in the Canadian Prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and has roots dating back to 1931 in Saskatchewan's Southern Bas ...

* Sierra Baseball League * Thorobred Collegiate Baseball League

References

External links

Collegiate Summer Baseball websiteBallpark DigestBaseball America Summer SceneCollegiate Summer Baseball Register
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