Florida Collegiate Summer League
Florida League Alumni Excelling Across Minor Leagues
Date:09/16/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla.- The pipeline of the Florida Collegiate Summer League is stronger than ever, as more than 80 former Florida Leaguers played affiliated baseball during the 2025 season. As the Major League season winds down and the Minor League season comes to a close, the Florida League will spotlight some of the top performers from the 2025 season in the MiLB ranks. The 12 spotlighted players are li...
2025 All-Florida League Teams Announced
Date:08/10/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla.- The Florida Collegiate Summer League is pleased to announce the 2025 All-Florida League teams. The teams are broken up into first and second teams, and recognize the best players in the Florida League this season. CATCHER: Hayden Gustavson (Louisiana Tech) Orlando Snappers In his second season with head coach Terry Abbott and the Orlando Snappers, Gustavson proved to be one of the ...
Matthew Schaeffer Named 2025 Randy Harvey Umpire of the Year
Date:08/10/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD Fla.- In 2018, the Florida League established the Randy Harvey Umpire of the Year Award to honor the historic achievements and contributions to our league and college baseball of Randy Harvey, who passed away in 2020 after a five-year battle with a rare kidney disease. The award is designed to recognize an umpire who embodies the professionalism, excellent judgment and spirit of the award&...
Ryland Bozenhard Honored as 2025 FCSL Pitcher of the Year
Date:08/08/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla.- On the fourth day of the 2025 Florida League season, Sanford head coach Jesse Litsch handed the baseball to Ryland Bozenhard (South Alabama) for the first time. The result? Five innings, ten strikeouts, and a Sanford victory. It would prove to be a sign of things to come for both the Rats and the 5-11 righthander. Including the playoffs, Bozenhard went 4-0, and the Sanford River ...
Dawson Mock Named 2025 FCSL Player of the Year
Date:08/07/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla.- A third season in the Florida League proved to be the charm for Sanford River Rats outfielder Dawson Mock (South Florida). After two years with the Orlando Snappers, Mock moved over to the Sanford River Rats for the 2025 season, and made the most of his opportunity. Mock wrote his name in the Florida League record books, and powered one of the greatest regular seasons in the histor...
Kaiden Lopez Named 2025 Reliever of the Year
Date:08/06/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla.- En route to the best regular season record in the history of the Florida League, the Sanford River Rats consistently turned to their bullpen to close out ballgames - 15 of the team's 26 victories ended with a Sanford pitching picking up a save. And among Sanford's dominant bullpen, Kaiden Lopez (College of Central Florida) was the leader. Lopez led the Florida League with ...
Blake Fields Named 2025 David Eckstein Sportsmanship Award Winner
Date:08/05/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD Fla.- The Florida Collegiate Summer League named Orlando's Blake Fields as the 2025 winner of the David Eckstein Sportsmanship Award, as announced by the League office on Tuesday. Fields is the first Snapper to ever win the award, and one of the youngest winners of the award in league history as an incoming freshman to the University of Houston. One player from each of the six teams i...
Terry Abbott Named Florida League Coach of the Year
Date:08/04/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla.- The list is not long, and features a who's who of Florida League coaches. Stephen Piercefield. Kevin Davidson. Rick Hall. Chuck Schall. Rich Billings. And now, Terry Abbott. As head coach of the 2025 Florida League champion Orlando Snappers, Terry Abbott became just the sixth head coach in Florida League history to win multiple championships. For his efforts, Abbott has been n...
What a Season — What a Team — What a Trophy
Date:07/28/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Orlando, Fl. - The Orlando Snappers are your 2025 Florida Collegiate Summer League Champions! The Snappers wrote their name in the history book by sweeping the Sanford River Rats, taking them down 11-6 in game 2 of this best of 3 championship series. The River Rats posted the best regular season record ever in Florida League history at 26-3 and did not lose back-to-back ballgames this seas...
Venta's Lights Out Start Puts the Snappers 1 Win Away From Ring Season
Date:07/26/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Orlando, Fl. - The Orlando Snappers are just 1 win away from winning it all in this 2025 FCSL season after taking game 1 of the championship series against the Sanford River Rats by a final score of 8-3. Dominick Venta (Cattonsville) was absolutely unconscious for Orlando on the mound. The starter threw over 6 innings, while surrendering just 5 hits and 2 runs to the best offensive team in ...
Leesburg’s Comeback Effort Falls Short in Game 3
Date:07/26/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
ORLANDO, Fla- For the first time since 2019, the Leesburg Lightning will not be headed to the Florida League championship series. Despite the struggles throughout the season, the team was able to get back on course and eventually force a game three against one of the best rosters in the league. First inning struggles came back to haunt Leesburg as Starting RHP Austin Peddycoart (Southeaster...
Leesburg Holds Off Orlando with 4-2 Win to Force a Game 3
Date:07/25/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Leesburg, Fla- With their backs against the wall, the Lightning put together another dominant performance on the mound. The pitching staff allowed just one earned run tonight and have surrendered just two runs in 18 total innings so far this series. Starting RHP Tanner Walker (FAMU) provided a quick 1-2-3 inning in the first before he would get some early run support in the bottom o...
Let's Get Set for a Friday Night Spectacular in O-City
Date:07/24/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Leesburg, Fl. - The Orlando Snappers dropped the second game of this best 2 out of 3 semifinal series against the Leesburg Lightning, 4-2. The Lightning got ahead early, capitalizing on a 2-run homerun down the right field line to take a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the third, they got some insurance on a defensive miscue by the Snappers and took a 3-0 lead. The Snappers responded themselves in t...
Sanford Sweeps Suns, Head to Whiting Cup Finals
Date:07/24/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
In another awe-inducing offensive performance, the River Rats sweep the Deland Suns to clinch the first spot in the FCSL Championship. The game was full of excitement that the box score doesn't show, and it fed into an already exciting game. THE GAME The River Rats jumped onto the board early with a sac-fly from Stewart Puckett. Puckett has had a very nice postseason defensively as well, se...
SUNS SUMMER COMES TO AN END
Date:07/24/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
DELAND, Fla. - The DeLands Suns’ playoff bid comes to an end as they’re swept by the Sanford RIver Rats in the 2025 FCSL Semifinal. Going into Wednesday’s contest, it was win or go home for the Suns. A win keeps their championship hopes alive, a loss would mean the end of their summer. The Rats struck first, scoring one in the first and another in the second. Do...
SUNS FALL TO RATS IN PLAYOFF RUN-RULE
Date:07/23/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla. - The DeLand Suns were run-ruled 8-0 in eight innings by the Sanford River Rats in game one of the 2025 Florida League Semifinal. It was a close contest going into the later innings, Sanford held a tight 2-0 lead into the seventh but an offensive onslaught would lead to the run-rule. The River Rats put runners on first and second with no outs, Anthony Saleeba (Gulf Coa...
Leesburg Drops Game 1 in a Close 2-1 Loss to Orlando
Date:07/23/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Orlando, Fla- A classic pitcher’s duel saw the Snappers come out on top, forcing the Lightning to have to win tomorrow's game to keep their season alive. Leesburg surrendered just one earned run and saw stellar outings from all four pitchers. Starting RHP Ryan Furey (UNF) cruised through his first two frames, racking up three strikeouts before he ran into trouble in the 3r...
Winter Garden Squeeze 2025 End of Year Recap
Date:07/23/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Horizon West, Fla. - The Winter Garden Squeeze have officially concluded their 2025 season after a narrow 3-2 loss in the Wild Card game to the DeLand Suns. It was a summer filled with all of the highs and lows that come with the game of baseball, but the guys fought by each other’s side until the very end and would not want it to be any other way. This was the firs...
1 Down, 1 To Go!
Date:07/22/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Orlando, Fl. - The Orlando Snappers are just 1 win away from advancing to the championship series after defeating the Leesburg Lightning 2-1 on home soil. The story of the night for both teams was pitching. The Snappers showcased a pitching clinic, utilizing just two arms though 9 full innings. Brett Dennis (Rollins) got the start on the mound throwing 4 full innings while giving up just 1 run, ...
SUNS SQUEEZE OUT A VICTORY IN THE PLAY-IN GAME
Date:07/22/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
DELAND, Fla. - The DeLand Suns emerge victorious from the play-in game as they claim a tight 3-2 victory over the Winter Garden Squeeze. With the play-in game, it was winner take all. The victorious move on while the defeated go home. Down 2-1 in the eighth, it looked like the Suns’ summer was coming to an end. But with hope remaining, Osmin Melendez (Undecided) knocked a lead...
Winter Garden Squeeze End 2025 in Heartbreaking Fashion After Falling 3-2 in Wild Card Game Against DeLand Suns
Date:07/22/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
DeLand, Fla. - The Winter Garden Squeeze’s 2025 season came to a heartbreaking end as they lost a nail-biter 3-2 in the Wild Card game against the DeLand Suns at Melching Field on Monday. The game, between the fifth seeded Squeeze (13-20) and fourth seeded DeLand Suns (14-19), was winner take all to decide who moves on to the semifinals of the 2025 FCSL Playoffs to take on t...
Florida League Player of the Week - Week 7
Date:07/21/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla.- Throughout the 2025 season, the Florida Collegiate Summer League has honored two players at the conclusion of each week, an FCSL Player of the Week and an FCSL Pitcher of the Week. This week's honors represent performances from Monday, July 14 through Saturday, July 19. The weekly honors are selected via a vote of league coaches and officials. Orlando's Hayden Gusta...
Diamond Dawgs finish season with 5-2 loss to Squeeze
Date:07/20/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Winter Park – The 2025 Florida Collegiate Summer League has concluded for the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, who finished the season 7-28, and were the lone Florida league team to not advance to the playoffs. The Diamond Dawgs dropped their last contest to the Winter Garden Squeeze 5-2, who will go on to face DeLand on Monday in a one-game Wild Card. Although the season was filled with ...
Lightning Clinch 3-Seed in Playoffs After a 7-3 loss to the Snappers
Date:07/20/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Leesburg, Fla- With the playoffs right around the corner, the Snappers and Lightning will play in Orlando for game one and potentially game three of the first round. After last night's loss, Leesburg finished 1-5 against the Snappers in the regular season and now needs two wins to knock them out of the playoffs. Starting RHP Bryan Burtoft (Holy Family U) threw a scoreless 1st, n...
The Squeeze End The 2025 Season With a 5-2 Win Over The Diamond Dawgs
Date:07/19/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Winter Park, Fla. - The Winter Garden Squeeze ended their 2025 regular season on a winning note as they took down the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 5-2 on the road on Saturday. It was a much needed win as Winter Garden picked up its second straight and gained momentum heading into the postseason. This was the most closely contested of the three season-closing matchups between...
Snappers Playoff Time! We'll See you Tuesday in Orlando!
Date:07/19/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Leesburg, Fl. - The Orlando Snappers clinched 2nd place in the 2025 FCSL standings by capping off a 2-game sweep over the Leesburg Lightning on Saturday night with a final score of 7-3. Orlando will now prepare to face the Lightning themselves in a best 2 out of 3 semifinal clash set to begin on Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:00pm from The First Academy in Orlando, Fl. On Saturday, the Snappers fell be...
SUNS UNABLE TO COMEBACK AFTER RATS SCORE EARLY
Date:07/19/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla. – The DeLand Suns (14-19) were unable to make it two in a row against the Sanford River Rats (26-3) as they fell 6-4 to the league leaders. Sanford struck early, tacking on three in the first after Anthony Ruocco (North Carolina Greensboro) hit a home run to left field to give his team an early 3-0 advantage. DeLand answered back the very next frame. William Rollings (Undecid...
Diamond Dawgs Drop to Squeeze 11-1 in Shortened Contest
Date:07/19/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Winter Park – The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs and Winter Garden Squeeze mutually agreed to go final after the Squeeze were leading the Friday night contest 11-1 in the top of the fifth inning after a second lightning delay took both teams off the field. The Diamond Dawgs are now 7-27 on the season with just one game remaining. Regardless, the Squeeze took it to the Diamond Dawgs...
River Rats hit big against Suns
Date:07/19/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD—The bats were alive in the penultimate game of the season. A home run from Anthony Ruocco propelled the Rats to a stellar 6-3 against the suns as they are set to take the series against Deland tonight. THE GAME With a new face on the mound, the rats were focusing on getting their arms ready for the postseason. Jeremiah Stewart was called up to make his debut for the Rats aga...
Winter Garden Squeeze Bounce Back With Huge 11-1 Victory Over Winter Park Diamond Dawgs
Date:07/18/2025 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Winter Park, Fla. - The Winter Garden Squeeze bounced back from a 13-2 loss and flipped the script as they run ruled the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs in an 11-1 win on the road on Friday. By mutual agreement of the teams, Friday’s game was declared final after four innings, with Winter Garden the winner by an 11-1 score. This time, it was the Squeeze that put together an...
