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Andrews | Bryant | Dressler | Downs | Frawley | Gubser | Kennedy | Kornacker | Lewis
McElroy | Olund | Picchiotti | Sander | Shipley | Strong | Vilardo | Wood | Woodcock
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Numerous Purdue baseball players slated to return for the 2015-16 school year continue to play ball throughout the summer thanks to the many NCAA-sanctioned wood bat leagues across the country. Boilermakers will be playing in leagues from the East Coast to the West Coast this summer.
A number of summer leagues begin their seasons this week or weekend. For example, the Northwoods League opened its schedule Tuesday, May 26. Gavin Downs worked six innings of one-run ball as the opening day starter for the Lakeshore Chinooks.
Kyle Wood helped the Lakeshore Chinooks win the Northwoods League title last year and he's back with Lakeshore this season. Downs and Wood represent one of the eight sets Purdue teammates that are continuing to play together this summer. They're also two of the five Boilers in the Northwoods League.
Indiana natives Cody Strong, Daniel Sander and Harry Shipley have all headed west to join West Coast products Justin Gubser and Hayden Grant on the left coast this summer. Gubser and Strong are teammates with the Menlo Park Legends of the California Collegiate League. Located in the South Bay Area near Stanford, the Menlo Park Legends play their home games at Cañada College, where Gubser played JUCO ball before transferring to Purdue. Sander and Shipley are in Southern California with the Palm Springs Power of the SoCal Collegiate League.
Like Wood, Kyle Johnson was also part of a summer league championship team last year. He helped lead the Peninsula Pilots to the title in the Coastal Plain League. Johnson has returned to the East Coast this season to play for the Pilots again, where Jack Picchiotti will be his teammate this summer. Robb Woodcock is also pitching in the Coastal Plain League this year.
Some of the Boilermakers playing in leagues closer to their hometowns may only opt to play for their teams on a part time basis as they make time for summer jobs and other interests.
2015 Summer League Teammates
Kyle Johnson & Jack Picchiotti --- Peninsula Pilots (Coastal Plain)
Justin Gubser & Cody Strong -- Menlo Park Legends (California Collegiate)
Daniel Sander & Harry Shipley -- Palm Springs Power (SoCal Collegiate)
Shane Bryant & Matt Frawley -- Kalamazoo Growlers (Northwoods)
Gavin Downs & Kyle Wood -- Lakeshore Chinooks (Northwoods)
Jordan Lewis & Alec Olund -- Northwest Indiana Oilmen (Midwest Collegiate)
Jeff Evak & Ted Snidanko -- Palatine Bulldogs (Metro Collegiate of Illinois)
Brett Carlson & Evan Kennedy -- Lebanon Merchants (Midwest Prospect)
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Player | Team | Location | League | First Game |
Kalamazoo, Mich. | May 26 | |||
Kokomo, Ind. | Joined Midseason | |||
Lebanon, Ind. | May 30 | |||
Kenosha, Wis. | Joined Midseason | |||
Mequon, Wis. | May 26 | |||
Palatine Bulldogs | Palatine, Ill. | June 3 | ||
Kalamazoo, Mich. | May 26 | |||
Solana Beach, Calif. | SoCal Travel Ball | TBA | ||
Menlo Park, Calif. | May 30 | |||
Hampton, Va. | May 26 | |||
Lebanon, Ind. | May 30 | |||
Lisle, Ill. | May 27 | |||
Whiting, Ind. | May 31 | |||
Wausau, Wis. | May 26 | |||
Whiting, Ind. | May 31 | |||
Hampton, Va. | May 26 | |||
Palm Springs, Calif. | May 29 | |||
Palm Springs, Calif. | May 29 | |||
Palatine Bulldogs | Palatine, Ill. | June 3 | ||
Menlo Park, Calif. | May 30 | |||
Addison, Ill. | June 3 | |||
Mequon, Wis. | May 26 | |||
Asheboro, N.C. | May 26 |