HILLSDALE — The Hillsdale College Lenda and Glenda Hill Stadium and TFO Partners Field has welcomed in a summer wood bat league team to their baseball facility for this summer.
The Michigan Monarchs of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League have set up shop for the summer in Hillsdale, where they will play 22 games at Lenda and Glenda Hill Stadium and TFO Partners Field from June through July.
The GLSCL is one of the oldest summer collegiate leagues in the United States, having been in operation annually since 1987 and operating with teams in Michigan and Ohio. Teams are made up of NCAA Division I and II college athletes who join the squads over the summer after the conclusion of their playing seasons. Top-end talent plays in the GLSCL, as 100 future MLB players have appeared in the league over its history, and the league averages 25 MLB draftees or signees among its alumni every year.
The Monarchs roster this summer will include Division I baseball players from Michigan State, Ohio State, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Oakland, Toledo, Illinois-Chicago and Cal St. Northridge, as well as Hillsdale College pitcher Andrew George and several Division II, Division III and Junior College players. The team will be coached by Hillsdale College alumnus and current baseball assistant coach Cody Kanclerz.
The Monarchs are 4-1 overall to start the season. They will be in action throughout the season with games at home against the Clippers, a home series against the Copperheads starting June 24, a home series against the Sluggers and Locos starting June 28 and a home series against the Joes starting July 8.
Hillsdale College pitcher Andrew George is already leading the team with 13 strikeouts this season and has earned one save.
You can find a full schedule for the Monarchs, including home dates in Hillsdale, at michmonarchs.com.
This article originally appeared on Hillsdale Daily News: Check out the Michigan Monarchs and the GLSCL summer collegiate league at Hillsdale College
Reporting by Joseph Flaherty, Hillsdale Daily News / Hillsdale Daily News
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