College baseball players from across the country will converge on six Colorado communities this summer for the inaugural season of the Mountain West Summer Collegiate Wood Bat Baseball League.
Communities hosting teams in the new league include Steamboat Springs, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Eagle Valley (Gypsum), Summit County and Vail. The teams will be made up of players who are either currently playing at the college level or will be reporting to a college level team in the fall.
The season will run for six weeks over the course of the summer. Teams will play three doubleheaders each week, generally on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. With Season opening games Tuesday June 9th.
The league is designed as a developmental league for young players, with coaches from college programs throughout the country heading up each team.
Additionally, league organizers are looking to integrate players and teams into the communities for which they’ll be playing. Many of the players on each team will come from other communities or from out of state, and will need host-families with which to stay over the course of the season. This is the model used by College Summer Leagues throughout the Country. We are hoping Families that love Amateur Sports and Athletes will step up to the plate to host player(s) and support this League which will be a part of these Communities for years to come.
“We are hoping to place players with families who have young children currently playing baseball in local leagues in each of these communities,” said league commissioner Joseph LeFebre. “We expect these college players to be significant role models and mentors to the younger players in each of the markets.”
“We are looking for these incoming players to become a part of the community, with the teams offering clinics for local youngsters, inviting kids to the games and workouts, and encouraging local players to pursue dreams of playing beyond high school and at the next level,” said LeFebre. “In order to accomplish these goals, our greatest need at the moment is to identify and enlist host families for the college players.”
Families interested in hosting a player for the summer, or for additional information, may contact Beth Dickson Director of Housing at (303) 565-0354 or email mtwesthousing@gmail.com questions about the League Joseph LeFebre 602-332-7156.