Summer Collegiate Leagues

This topic comes up every year but it is always a good topic!

In Ohio for example, the Great Lakes League is an outstanding league. The Valley League is a fine league and one of their team executives (hokieone) is a long-time member of this site.

In the Coastal Plains League, about 1/3 (approximately 100) of their players are drafted each year.

Here's how PG ranks them


TIER I
Cape Cod
Northwoods

TIER II
Alaska
California Collegiate
Cal Ripken
Coastal Plain
Great Lakes
New England Collegiate
Prospect
Texas Collegiate
Valley
West Coast

TIER III
Atlantic Collegiate
Florida Collegiate
Jayhawk
MINK
New York Collegiate

TIER IV
Great South
Hawaii Collegiate
Mountain Collegiate
Southern California
Southern Collegiate
Western Major

Thanks CD. Good to hear from you. Hope all is well. How's your son doing?

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Originally posted by kt333:
Thanks CD. Good to hear from you. Hope all is well. How's your son doing?

Thanks for asking! He loves baseball with all his heart - life is good

Western Major (Canada) really tier 4, anyone have any info, experience with it. Their website makes it sound better then that??

The Western Major Baseball League is still a Tier-IV league (by pg's standards), but they have improved very much in the talent they recruit.

316sports,

I am a big fan of your site and read it all the time. Good job. Without a doubt the #1 source for summer collegiate baseball information. Anyone here who hasn't already, save that link!

I dont understand at all PG ranks, I personally dont follow any rankings. My job as a head coach is first and foremost to teach my players and get them to the next level, I was the head coach for the Havasu Heat from 1993 to 2009 and have seen every West coast team over the years, there are strong teams in the west coast but in 2009 the Heat signed a contract and moved the team from Arizona to Wichita Ks. I am still the head coach of the Heat now the Haysville Heat (Jayhawk League) I can personally tell you that the Jayhawk league is one of the toughest leagues in the country after just finishing our first year in the league 2010.But when I see PG Tier's and the Jayhawk League is in tier III
I just dont understand. Here is some Facts since 2004 there are two teams the Santa Barbra Foresters
2006 and 2008 National Baseball Congress World Champions and Havasu/Haysville Heat 2007 National Baseball Congress World Champions that have finished in the top 4 every year. Please someone get the rankings right if there are going to be rankings because this is not even close to being right. If anyone would like to talk baseball around the country and talent please hit me up would love to chat!