With the West Virginia Mountaineers' 2025 season coming to an end after a historic season, many WVU baseball players are now turning their focus to improving their craft in college summer baseball leagues.
If you are still itching to watch your favorite Mountaineers, the program will be well represented in several summer leagues. In total, 15 Mountaineers will suit up to play summer collegiate baseball this offseason.
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Cape Cod League
The Cape Cod League in Massachusetts is a very prestigious collegiate summer league, with over 1,000 alumni having gone on to a major league career. WVU is well represented in the Cape Cod League this summer, with five players on three different rosters. Pitchers Carson Estridge, Robby Porco, and Mac Stiffler will compete with the Falmouth Commodores while pitcher JJ Glasscock will joint the Chatham Anglers and rising sophomore infielder Gavin Kelly will play with the Bourne Braves.
Appalachian League
WVU has four players staying in-state and playing in the Appalachian League this summer, which fields teams across southern Appalachia. Infielder Ryan Maggy and pitchers Tucker DeLisle and Bryant Yoak will suit up for the Tri-State Coal Cats, while pitcher Bryson Hoff will head to the Bluefield Ridge Runners.
The Coals Cats are based in Huntington and play at Marshall’s Jack Cook Field, while the Ridge Runners are based in Bluefield and play at Bowen Park, which technically sits on the Virginia side of the city but in a ballpark operated by the West Virginia side of the city. These teams will provide the best opportunity for in-state WVU fans to watch their team's players this summer.
MLB Draft League
One Mountaineer who will also stay close to home is infielder Ben Lumsden, who will stick around Morgantown this summer while playing for the West Virginia Black Bears in the MLB Draft League. The Draft League is a hybrid amateur-professional league, which plays as an amateur collegiate summer league through early July and resumes play after the MLB Draft as a paid professional league.
Lumsden got a lot of playing time during the Clemson Regional and LSU Super Regional, replacing senior Grant Hussey in the lineup. The South Carolina native has collegiate eligibility remaining, but could also go pro this summer, and a great Draft League performance could earn him the chance to hear his name called during the MLB Draft in July. If he does go pro, he will have the opportunity to return to the Black Bears following the midseason break for the draft.
Northwoods League
The Northwoods League in the upper Midwest will feature three Mountaineers this offseason, with pitcher Luke Lyman and budding superstar utility player Armani Guzman headed to the Wilmar Stingers, and lefty pitcher Ben McDougal playing for the Kenosha Kingfish.
Valley Baseball League
Infielder Jackson Ingram will play for the Staunton Braves and outfielder Maxwell Molessa will suit up for the Culpepper Cavaliers while representing WVU in the Virginia-based Valley Baseball League.