Clermont Mavericks
Encyclopedia
The Orlando Mavericks are a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

. The team is a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League
Florida Collegiate Summer League
The Florida Collegiate Summer League is a six-team wood bat collegiate summer baseball league located in the central Florida region of the southeastern United States. The league was founded in the fall of 2003 and began play in the summer of 2004...

 (FCSL) and plays its home games at The First Academy. The team joined the FCSL in the 2008 season, under the name the Clermont Mavericks and played their home games at East Ridge High School
East Ridge High School (Florida)
East Ridge High School is a school in Clermont, Florida and one of seven public high schools in Lake County. East Ridge is the largest school in Lake County...

.

History

The Mavericks joined the FCSL in 2008 as an expansion team, one of three franchises joining the league that year. This brought the total number of FCSL franchises to six. In their inaugural season, the Mavericks reached the FCSL championship game at Tropicana Field
Tropicana Field
Tropicana Field is a domed stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida, which has been the home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays since the team's inaugural season in 1998, when they were the Devil Rays. It has also served as the host stadium for the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, an NCAA-sanctioned college...

 where they defeated the Belleview Bulldogs
Belleview Bulldogs
The Belleview Bulldogs were a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Ocala, Florida. The team was a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League and played its home games at the Ocala Rotary Sportsplex. The team joined the FCSL in the 2008 season...

 9-1 to win the FCSL championship. Under their second season the Mavericks once again made it to the FCSL Championship Game but lost to the Leesburg Lightning
Leesburg Lightning
The Leesburg Lightning are a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Leesburg, Florida. The team is a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League and plays its home games at Pat Thomas Stadium. The team joined the FCSL in the 2007 season.-History:The Lightning joined the...

 5-1. In their third season the Clermont Mavericks moved to The First Academy near Downtown Orlando
Downtown Orlando
Downtown Orlando is the historic core and central business district of Orlando, Florida, United States. It is bordered by East Marks St in the north, Mills Ave in the east, Orange Blossom Trail in the west, and Kaley Ave in the south...

 and became the Orlando Mavericks.

Playoff Appearances

Year First round Semifinals (best-of-3) FCSL championship game
2008 BYE Leesburg Lightning
Leesburg Lightning
The Leesburg Lightning are a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Leesburg, Florida. The team is a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League and plays its home games at Pat Thomas Stadium. The team joined the FCSL in the 2007 season.-History:The Lightning joined the...

W (2-0) Belleview Bulldogs
Belleview Bulldogs
The Belleview Bulldogs were a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Ocala, Florida. The team was a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League and played its home games at the Ocala Rotary Sportsplex. The team joined the FCSL in the 2008 season...

W (9-1)
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK