The Western Major Baseball League has finally reached the status of a complete Summer Collegiate Baseball League. Beginning in the summer of 2013 eligible players must be enrolled in Universities and Colleges throughout North America and actually anywhere in the world that is providing a collegiate type atmosphere for players. Players must have completed their first year of university and that eligibility ranges right through and includes the summer after their senior year graduation. The theory and thought process behind this is to provide players with an excellent environment in order to develop their playing skills on an equal plane whether they are Canadian or Foreign. There are approximately 25 Summer Collegiate leagues in North America providing this opportunity for young men and usually after their senior year they move on to professional baseball or professional employment.
2013 Yorkton Cardinal Summer Collegiate Baseball
The Yorkton WMBL Cardinals are at the beginning of their 13th year of operation in this highly prestigious Summer Collegiate Baseball league. It is not without tremendous help from the community, businesses, fans and volunteers that this feat has been achieved. The level of baseball presented by the Cardinals over the past 12 years has been nothing short of outstanding, considering our very short season and distance from major U.S. Collegiate schools. The number of local players participating with the team over the past years has also been impressive. Beginning with the first year of operation, and right till today, the Yorkton area has seen no fewer than 20 players achieve collegiate baseball scholarships to further their baseball skills and education with most attaining University degrees. Some have also and still are playing professional baseball. Most of these players also played with the Cardinals.
The 2013 edition of the Cardinals, as luck would have it, sees more highly skilled Canadians on the roster, almost paralleling the early years of operation. With over 850 Canadian Collegiate baseball players that have secured athletic baseball scholarships in American and Canadian Universities, the time is very right to give many of these kids an opportunity to stay and play their summer baseball in Canada. The Yorkton roster for 2013 sees players from BC, AB, SK, ON and Quebec along with Americans from Indiana, New York, Florida, Alabama and Georgia.
For those that appreciate and recognize quality collegiate baseball, the Cardinals welcome you to a brand new season beginning on June 1st when they host the 2012 WMBL Champion Regina Red Sox.
