The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (GLSCL) is a
collegiate summer baseball league in the
Great Lakes region
The Great Lakes region of North America is a binational Canadian–American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin along with the Canadian p ...
of the
United States
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.
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
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. Players are not paid so as to maintain their
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
eligibility, and 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.
Teams
Notable GLSCL alumni
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Chad Cordero
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Shane Costa
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David Dellucci
David Michael Dellucci (born October 31, 1973) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seven teams.
High school
Dellucci graduated from Catholic High in Baton Rouge, Louis ...
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Dustin Hermanson
Dustin Michael Hermanson (born December 21, 1972) is an American former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). Hermanson pitched for several MLB teams between 1995 and 2006. He had his best season with the 2005 Chicago White S ...
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Ryan Rua
Ryan Anthony Rua (born March 11, 1990) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.
Career
Rua attended Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst, Ohio. ...
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Quinton McCracken
Quinton Antoine McCracken (born August 16, 1970) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played all or parts of 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), and was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise's first center fielder and ba ...
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Paul Quantrill
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Scott Sauerbeck
Scott William Sauerbeck (born November 9, 1971) is a retired left-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher.
High school career
Sauerbeck attended Northwest High School in Cincinnati, and played baseball, basketball, and soccer graduating in ...
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Jonathan Sánchez
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Nick Swisher
Nicholas Thompson Swisher (born November 25, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a switch hitter who threw left-handed, and played for the Oakland Athletics, Chica ...
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Jay Jackson
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Brian Bixler
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Josh Harrison
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Adam Russell
Adam William Russell (born April 14, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, and Tampa Bay Rays.
Amateur career
College
Russell was drafted by t ...
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Cory Luebke
Cory Robert Luebke (born March 4, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Amateur career
A native of Maria Stein, Ohio, Luebke attended ...
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John Van Benschoten
John Wesley Van Benschoten (born April 14, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Personal
He grew up in Milford, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinn ...
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Brad Hennessey
Brad Martin Hennessey (born February 7, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants. He stands tall and weighs . He played for the Giants from 2004–08 and ...
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Eric Wedge
Eric Michael Wedge (born January 27, 1968) is an American former baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher and manager.
As a player, Wedge attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in ...
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Dayton Moore
Dayton Moore (born February 17, 1967) is an American baseball executive who is currently serving as Senior Advisor of Baseball Operations for the Texas Rangers Moore's baseball career began as an assistant coach at George Mason University. H ...
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Matt Mieske
Matthew Todd Mieske (born February 13, 1968) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from to for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks.
In 663 games over eight ...
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Dan Masteller
Dan Patrick Masteller (born March 17, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played one season in the majors for the Minnesota Twins in .
Originally drafted by the Twins in the 11th round of the 1989 Major League Base ...
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A.J. Sager
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Tom Marsh
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Blaine Crim
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Scott Effross
References
Further reading
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External links
GLSCL Official Website
{{College Summer Baseball
Summer baseball leagues
College baseball leagues in the United States
Baseball leagues in Ohio
Baseball leagues in Michigan
1986 establishments in the United States
Sports leagues established in 1986