California Collegiate League
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Commissioner | Pat Burns |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country |
 United States
|
| Most recent champion(s) |
Santa Barbara Foresters |
| Official website | California Collegiate League: Home |
The California Collegiate League (CCL), founded in 1993, is a collegiate summer baseball league headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, United States. It is associated with the National Baseball Congress.
The CCL hosts a 39-game summer season including a north-vs.-south All-Star Game. Players use wooden bats and professional-level baseballs to further their development as potential professional ballplayers.
Four new teams from Northern California joined the CCL in 2014 (Menlo Park Legends, Neptune Beach Pearl, Pacific Union Capitalists and Walnut Creek Crawdads).
Since 2014, the CCL has undergone significant growth and expansion, now chartering teams from Placerville to Orange County. Teams added to the league since the conclusion of 2013 postseason include, the Walnut Creek Crawdads, the Neptune Beach Pearl, the Menlo Park Legends (who have since left the league), and the Orange Country Riptide.
In 2015, the Texas Rangers, selected Dillon Tate with the fourth overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft, marking the highest a CCL alumnus has been drafted.
In 2017, the California Collegiate League will expand to include the Rockville Rock Hounds, the Auburn Wildcats, the Long Beach Legends, and the Arroyo Seco Sentinels. This will bring the total number of teams from 10 to 14.
While all teams in the California Collegiate League have combined for over 100 years of history, not all teams have played in the CCL throughout their history. The notable alumni of the current teams who have played in the CCL or in their respective teams' previous leagues include:
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