Located throughout the Pacific Northwest, the West Coast League is one of the premier collegiate summer leagues in the North America and is known as the “Diamond Standard” of summer collegiate baseball.

The markets are located throughout Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alberta and feature intimate ballparks and great crowds, and showcase players from the top College and University programs in Canada and the United States.

Mission Statement: The West Coast League is a summer wood bat league for college-eligible student-athletes, based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. It emphasizes accelerating prospect development, increasing player exposure, and bettering its member communities. This is established through providing quality leadership, best-in-class competition, and affordable entertainment in an environment that fosters organization, professionalism, and competition.

The now 16-team League has developed a solid reputation since its inception in 2005. It built on that with the 2013 expansion to Victoria, BC, a 2014 expansion into Yakima, WA, and the addition of franchises in Port Angeles, Washington, Portland Oregon and Ridgefield, Washington in 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively. In 2022, four new teams joined the league, including teams in Nanaimo and Kamloops, British Columbia, Edmonton, Alberta and Springfield, Oregon.  Further expansion for 2024 is also on the horizon.

Teams in the league — Victoria HarbourCats, Nanaimo NightOwls, Kamloops NorthPaws and Kelowna Falcons in BC; the Edmonton Riverhawks in Alberta, the Bend Elks, Corvallis Knights, Springfield Drifters and Portland Pickles in Oregon; and in Washington, the Yakima Valley Pippins, Port Angeles Lefties, Walla Walla Sweets, Bellingham Bells, Cowlitz Black Bears, Ridgefield Raptors and Wenatchee AppleSox.

The West Coast League and the HarbourCats feature MLB prospects from many of the top college baseball programs in North America. All WCL teams recruit players nationwide and are committed to developing aspiring pros. Many of our players have already been drafted, but chose to stay in school and re-enter the draft when they graduate.

In 2021, 305 West Coast League alumni played in affiliated professional baseball. 34 were from the HarbourCats and they played in 21 different MLB organizations (pro or minors).

Alumni of the league include Nick Pivetta (Boston Red Sox), Andrew Vaughn (Chicago White Sox), Nick Madrigal (Chicago White Sox), Jacoby Ellsbury (Boston Red Sox), Nyjer Morgan (Washington Nationals), and Jeff Francis (Colorado Rockies).

At a young age, the West Coast League has truly become the Diamond Standard of summer collegiate baseball.

For more details please visit www.westcoastleague.com