University of Connecticut Club Baseball Team

By: Jaimi Welch

“The team was founded 4 years ago by Justin Kiviat,” said Mark Cole, a junior on

the club baseball team. In 2008 the

team played a short exhibition season, playing teams that

were not necessarily in conference before joining the fall only

league New England Club Baseball Association and the

National Club Baseball Association spring league. Kiviat graduated in 2009.Photo by: Jaimi Welch

Cole said the team no longer has a distinct fall and spring league due to budget cuts. They now belong to

one league. Previously the fall conference meant nothing and the spring season was what counted. The team now only belongs to the National Club Baseball Association.

Photo by: Jaimi Welch

To make the team you have to try out in the fall, said Cole. Players who are already on the team decide who to accept and who to cut each year. Cole said there are tryouts in

the spring in special circumstances.

Photo by: Jaimi Welch

The team is required to do community service because they are a club sport, said Cole. He said their community service projects have included

picking up trash on campus and hanging out with underprivileged kids in Winsted community center.

Photo Courtesy of http://baseball.isport.com/

The UConn club baseball team

is involved with national rankings

that rate the top 25 teams in the north east, many other clubs don’t. “The

team was not ranked because they

recently merged into division one from division two,” said

Cole.

Photo by: Jaimi Welch