Florida Collegiate Summer League
2024 Managers Announced
Date:01/31/2024 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
As the calendar turns to 2024, the 20th anniversary season of Florida League baseball is moving closer and closer. As always this summer, players from around the nation will converge on central Florida to play for one of the FCSL's six teams. These players will have an opportunity to learn from coaches with decades of combined experience in high school, college, and professional baseball. Thi...
Internship Applications are Open!
Date:09/15/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
The Florida League is hiring for our 2024 Summer Internships! Our internship program continues to grow as more than 45 interns will descend on Central Florida for the months of May, June and July. Internships are offered in Team Operations, Communications, Video Production & Broadcast, Marketing & Graphic Design, Social Media and Data Analytics. For standout candidates, there are also Leag...
Sean Blackketter Named Randy Harvey Umpire of the Year
Date:08/12/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LAKE MARY, 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 awa...
Jacob Burr Repeats as Pitcher of the Year
Date:08/11/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LAKE MARY, Fla.- In the 20-year history of the Florida Collegiate Summer League, only one player had even won the same FCSL award in back-to-back seasons. The only player in that club was Drew Peden, who was Reliever of the Year in 2016 and 2017 for Leesburg. Drew, make room for Jacob Burr. Burr, who will head to Rollins College for his next season of college baseball, is the 202...
Gabriel Santiago Named FCSL Player of the Year
Date:08/10/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LAKE MARY, Fla.- Over the past several years, the Leesburg Lightning have become the Florida League's dominant franchise, winning two of the last three FCSL titles and playing for the Whiting Cup in each of the last four seasons. However, the league's top honor for an offensive player, Florida League Player of the Year, had not gone to a Leesburg player since 2016. Until ...
Nicholas Jennings Named Reliever of the Year
Date:08/09/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LAKE MARY, Fla.- For the entirety of the 2023 Florida League regular season, no one scored on the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs while Nicholas Jennings (Saint Leo), and the amount of those that even managed a hit could be counted on one hand. Nicholas Jennings (Saint Leo) posted one of the most dominant seasons for a pitcher in Florida League history, and is the 2023 recipient of the FCSL Reliever of...
Chase Bruno Named David Eckstein Sportsmanship Award Winner
Date:08/08/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LAKE MARY, Fla.- The Florida Collegiate Summer League named DeLand's Chase Bruno (Embry-Riddle) as the 2023 winner of the David Eckstein Sportsmanship Award, as announced by the League office on Tuesday. Bruno is the seventh member of the DeLand Suns to win the league's sportsmanship award, most for any franchise in league history. One player from each of the six teams in the league was n...
Rich Billings Named Florida League Coach of the Year
Date:08/07/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LAKE MARY, Fla.- Leesburg Lightning head coach Rich Billings has been named the 2023 Florida Collegiate Summer League Coach of the Year, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon. The honor, given to the head coach of the league champions, goes to Billings for the second time in three years. Billings' Leesburg Lightning won their second Florida League title this decade, thanks to a...
2023 All-Florida League Teams Announced
Date:08/04/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LAKE MARY, Fla.- The Florida Collegiate Summer League is pleased to announce the 2023 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: McGwire Holbrook (Florida State) Sanford River Rats Holbrook immediately became one of the Florida League's most feared hitters after joining the River Rat...
Lightning Win 2023 FCSL Title
Date:07/31/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LEESBURG, Fla.- The Leesburg Lightning capped of a first-place finish in the regular season with their fourth title in franchise history at home on Monday night, taking a 7-2 win over the Winter Garden Squeeze in game three of the Florida League Championship Series. Daniel Foster (Palm Beach Atlantic) got the start on the mound, and it looked like things might be shaky to begin with, as Todd Clay...
Squeeze Offense Shut Down In Game 3, Leesburg wins 7-2
Date:07/31/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Leesburg, FL- The Winter Garden Squeeze and Leesburg Lighting played the 3rd and final game of both the Florida Collegiate Summer Leagues season and the Championship Series in a winner take all game. The Lightning took game 1 with a walk off finish after the Squeeze made 2 huge errors to cost them the game and very well could have cost them the Championship. The Squeeze came back in game 2 winning...
Lightning Fall In Game Two
Date:07/30/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
WINTER GARDEN, Fla.- The Leesburg Lightning were unable to keep their streak of late-game heroics on the road Sunday afternoon, taking a 4-3 loss against the Winter Garden Squeeze in game two of the Florida League Championship Series. Danny Rodriguez (Webber International) got the start on the mound for the Lightning and had a shaky start to the game, giving up three consecutive walks and a...
Squeeze Win Tight Game 2, Force Game 3 Monday Night
Date:07/30/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Winter Garden, Fl- The Squeeze and Leesburg Lightning played game 2 of the FCSL Championship Best of 3 Series on Sunday afternoon in front of the biggest crowd Winter Garden has seen all summer long at Olympia High School. Coming into the game the Squeeze were facing elimination because of the loss on Saturday night in game 1 and needed to do everything in their power to stay alive and force a win...
Cardiac Bolts Comeback To Take Game One
Date:07/29/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LEESBURG, Fla.- The Leesburg Lightning put together their second consecutive ninth inning comeback win in dramatic fashion at home on Saturday night, taking a 5-4 win in game one of the Florida League Championship Series over the Winter Garden Squeeze. Lightning pitching ace Layton Perry (Jacksonville) got the start on the mound, in what proved to be a pitching duel from the start. ...
Squeeze Defense Can't Withstand Late Lightning Push
Date:07/29/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Leesburg, FL- The Winter Garden Squeeze and Leesburg Lightning opened up the Florida Leagues Best of Three Championship Series in front of a packed Pat Thomas Stadium on Saturday night in Leesburg. Coming into this game, Leesburg held the season series advantage over the squeeze, 4-3. However, Winter Garden has played against the Lightning very well aside from a run rule game a few weeks back, we ...
Florida League Championship Series Preview
Date:07/28/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LAKE MARY, Fla.- The Florida League's dominant franchise of the 2020s against the red-hot upstart on the big stage for the first time. The 2023 Florida League Championship Series will feature the top-seeded Leesburg Lightning and the third-seeded Winter Garden Squeeze, as both swept their FCSL Semifinals earlier this week. Winter Garden knocked off second-seeded Sanford, while the Lightning e...
Dawgs Eliminated After Interrupted Game 2
Date:07/28/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LEESBURG, Fla. - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs lost to the Leesburg Lightning, 6-5, in Game 2 of the Florida League Semifinals at Alfond Stadium and Pat Thomas Stadium. Game 2 was supposed to be hosted by the Dawgs, but not all of the game was completed in Winter Park. The first eight innings took place at home on July 26th. Winter Park starting pitcher Andrew White (Queens University) had great...
Lightning Comeback Shocks Dawgs in Semifinal Sweep
Date:07/27/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LEESBURG, Fla.- In one of the wildest wins you will ever see, the Leesburg Lightning advanced to their fourth consecutive Florida League Championship Series with a 6-5 victory to complete a semifinal series sweep over the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs. The first eight innings of the game were played following a two-hour rain delay on Wednesday night, and that proved to be a major factor...
Sanford Season Ends in 6-0 Loss to Winter Garden
Date:07/26/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
WINTER GARDEN, Fla - The Sanford River Rats ended their season on Wednesday afternoon losing in game two of the semifinals in a 6-0 shutout loss to the Winter Garden Squeeze. Winter Garden opened the scoring in the first on a three-run home run by former Sanford outfielder Brandon Fields (Southeastern) to lead by three. A pair of RBIs extended the score to 5-0 Squeeze in the bottom of the fourth ...
Squeeze Sweep Rats En Route To Championship Series
Date:07/26/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Winter Garden,Fl- The Winter Garden Squeeze and the Sanford River Rats played game 2 of a best of 3 series in the Florida Leagues Semifinals series on Wednesday afternoon at Olympia High School. First pitch for this one was at 11 AM, a very quick turnaround for both of these teams after game 1 ended around 10:30 on Tuesday night with the Squeeze taking that one, 11-7. Thanks to the win in game 1, ...
Sanford Falls In Game One of Semifinals, 11-7
Date:07/26/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
SANFORD, Fla - In game one of the semifinal matchup, the Sanford River Rats fell short losing 11-7 to the Winter Garden Squeeze on Tuesday night from Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium. The Rivers Rats scored runs of every Squeeze pitcher used including two home runs but was not enough for the home team. With both teams scoreless heading into the bottom of the third, Sanford outfielder Connor Huj...
Dawgs Drop First Semifinal Game in Leesburg
Date:07/26/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LEESBURG, Fla. - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs lost to the Leesburg Lightning, 7-3, at Pat Thomas Stadium in game one of the Florida League Semifinals. Early on, it looked as if the Dawgs would jump out to a quick lead, but some good opportunities were squandered. Winter Park left two runners on base at the end of the first two innings. Leesburg opened the scoring with a run in the second, and ad...
Lightning Overcome Errors To Win Game One
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
LEESBURG, Fla.- The Leesburg Lightning overcame five errors at home on Tuesday night, winning 7-3 over the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs to take a 1-0 series lead in the best-of-three Florida League playoff semifinals. Daniel Foster (Palm Beach Atlantic) got the start for the Lightning and came out unscathed through two massive jams in the first and second inning to keep the game scoreless head...
Winter Garden Wins Game 1 Of Semis In Sanford
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Sanford, FL- The Squeeze and Rats played in game 1 of a best of 3 series in the Florida Collegiate Summer League Semifinals at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium on Tuesday night. These two teams have been the 2 and 3 seeds for basically the entire last half of the season and are also the top 2 teams in offense this summer. The Squeeze made the play in game last season and eventually lost to the S...
Snappers Eliminated In Wild Play-In At Alfond Stadium
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
ORLANDO, Fla— In an incredible 10 inning walk off finish, the Orlando Snappers fell just short of victory in the play-in game 9-8 against the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs. The Snappers were holding onto a 7-0 lead heading into the fourth inning. The Dawgs forced extras in the bottom of the ninth with a score of 8-8. Where they would walk it off in the bottom of the tenth. ...
Dawgs Overcome 7-Run Deficit to Win Play-In
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs defeated the Orlando Snappers, 9-8, after ten innings in the play-in game at Alfond Stadium. Despite being the higher seed and owning home field advantage in this matchup, the Dawgs started out this game in big trouble. The Snappers scored the first seven runs of the night, punctuated by a three-run homer from second baseman, and former Diamond Da...
FLORIDA LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - WEEK 7
Date:07/24/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
The final Florida League Player of the Week honors represent performances from Monday, July 17th, to Sunday, July 23rd. The last Player of the Week award goes to Winter Garden outfielder Brandon Fields (Southeastern), who nearly won the batting title in the final week of regular season play. In the season's last five games, Fields racked up eight hits and batted .381. The Southeastern product...
Squeeze Drop Season Finale At Sanford
Date:07/23/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Sanford, Fl- The Squeeze and River Rats concluded the regular season with a game played at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium on Saturday night. Coming into this game both teams were already locked into their respective seeds. Sanford of course will be the leagues #2 in this playoffs and the Squeeze will be the 3, this means that these two teams will also be playing each other in the first round of...
Out on a High Note: DeLand Wins Finale
Date:07/23/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
Box Score LEESBURG, Fla. - The 2023 DeLand Suns ended their season with a bang on Saturday night with a 13-7 win over the Leesburg Lightning. An Orlando win went final during the contest to officially eliminate the Suns from the playoffs, but DeLand did everything in their control during the final weekend to try and continue their season. They completed a three-game sweep of a Lightning team that...
Snappers Win Final Series of Season, Set For Rematch With Dawgs Monday
Date:07/23/2023 Source:Florida Collegiate Summer League
ORLANDO, Fla— The Orlando Snappers (14-19) have done it. They’ve punched their ticket to the playoffs. They defeated the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (15-19) two of the last three days in the final regular season series. Winning Saturday’s contest 4-0. The Snaps will be riding a two game win streak into Monday’s rematch at Alfond Stadium where those sam...
