Collegiate softball players from across the country will now have the chance to spend their summers in Kansas, with the formation of the Sunflower Summer Collegiate Softball League on Monday.
The league will launch its inaugural season in summer 2022, becoming just the second summer collegiate softball league across the country.
“We really want to try to encourage girls to sign up because we’ve heard from some coaches that some of their players are waiting to see,” league commissioner Casey Walkup said. “And what we want to do is encourage those girls to take a leap of faith with us and be the pioneers.