Jayhawk Collegiate League

The Jayhawk Collegiate League was a collegiate summer baseball league consisting of seven teams from Kansas and one team from Oklahoma. The league was formed in 1976 and was a "Premier League" within the National Baseball Congress.

Jayhawk Collegiate League
SportBaseball
Founded1976
Ceased2018
PresidentJ. D. Schneider
No. of teams8 (as of December 19, 2017)
Countries United States
HeadquartersWichita, Kansas
ContinentNorth America
Last
champion(s)		Hays Larks
Official websiteThe Jayhawk Collegiate League

Teams

The league includes the following teams: Derby Twins, Dodge City A's, El Dorado Broncos, Great Bend Bat Cats, Hays Larks, Haysville Aviators, Liberal Bee Jays, and the Mannsville Oklahomans ("Munsee") in Ardmore. [1] [2]

The Dodge City A's returned to the league once again in 2011 after leaving in 1981.[3]

The Twins joined the league in 2005. The team previously played in the Walter Johnson League.

The Broncos officially moved from Wichita to El Dorado for the 1996 season. The Broncos had previously been located in Hutchinson before moving to Wichita.

Briefly, the Elk City Elkes, Enid (Red) Sox, Joplin Blasters and Nevada (Mo.) Griffins were members of the Jayhawk League, but they switched leagues.

In Kansas and Oklahoma, the Jayhawk is one of 4 collegiate leagues until 2017, the Sooner State League (2010s), the Tulsa (Oklahoma) League, and the Walter Johnson League (these 3 are disbanded) with a total of 30 teams.

In 2019, The Derby Twins, Great Bend Bat Cats, Haysville Aviators, and El Dorado (formerly Wichita) Broncos went to the Sunflower Collegiate League, leaving four teams behind: the Dodge City A's, Hays Larks, Liberal Bee Jays, and The City OK's (former Oklahoma City Indians and Oklahoma A's).[4] The Sunflower Collegiate League also has the Wellington Heat in Kansas and Woodward Winds in Oklahoma (former Jayhawk League teams in the 2000s).[5] The league is expected to cease operations in 2021.

2021 season:

Team Location Stadium
Derby TwinsDerby, KansasPanther Field
Dodge City A'sDodge City, KansasCavalier Field
El Dorado BroncosEl Dorado, KansasMcDonald Stadium
Great Bend Bat CatsGreat Bend, KansasAl Burns Memorial Field
Hays LarksHays, KansasLarks Park
Haysville AviatorsHaysville, KansasPlagen’s-Carpenter Sports Complex
Liberal Bee JaysLiberal, KansasBrent Gould Field
The City OK'sOklahoma City, OklahomaDobson Stadium

NBC World Series Championships
  • Clarinda A's 1981
  • El Dorado Broncos 2009, 1998, 1996
  • Liberal BeeJays 2010, 2000, 1985, 1979, 1968
  • Wichita Broncos 1989, 1990
  • Wellington Heat 2007

Notable alumni
All Star Ian Kinsler

References
  1. "League Teams | Jayhawk Baseball League". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. "Jayhawk Baseball League | Pointstreak Stats".
  3. "History". Dodge City A's Baseball. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  4. "Jayhawk League facing uncertainty after exit of four teams".
  5. "Home Page | Sunflower Collegiate League - Pointstreak Sites".
  6. "Welcome to Jayhawk Baseball!". Jayhawkbaseballleague.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
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