The Southern Ohio Copperheads entered their 17th season without having won a Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League Championship. Championship series appearances in 2009 and 2014 ended with close, but tough defeats.
The GLSCL is a wood-bat summer-ball league that includes recruited college players who participate in order to get extra playing time in the summer. They come to Athens from all over the country.
This past summer drew the most talented group to Bob Wren Stadium yet and finally brought the elusive championship to not just the Copperheads, but to Athens and the team’s supporters in the community.