The Karl Young League Story
Celebrating our 43nd year of helping the student athlete'

Although it now seems hard to imagine, there was a time when Roger Clemens was

 just another player on a summer college league team. The same could have been said

 at one  time for  future stars such as Phil Garner, Craig Reynolds,

 Chuck Knoblauch, Mike Stanton and Doug Drabek.

Natural talent does not always reveal itself immediately. For many, it begins to emerge

only through hard work and repetition. The key ingredients for each of them and countless others
 were a love of the game and a desire to keep playing for as long as the opportunity was available.

   That is what the Karl Young College League has been about, providing the opportunity for
 baseball players to continue to play and gauge themselves against higher levels of competition.

The league grew and prospered thanks to the dedication of Lee Egalnick, who founded

the league  in 1966 and  enlisted the support of Clark Nealon, Houston Post

Sports Editor; Coach Doug Osburn of Rice University; Tal Smith of the Houston Astros;

 Hub LaGrone; Gene Howard and Hal Wadsworth. These individuals along

 with  the current Board of Directors give unselfishly of their time and talents to

 make the league truly unique and  a special summer baseball experience. The league

 is now  experiencing a wave of second generation players.

   While the immediate focus is on improving the quality of a player’s skills, the league

 has helped many players  continue to play at the next level of baseball. The league

 has served as a springboard for many players to obtain a college scholarship.

   Not every player who plays in the Karl Young College League is destined to play in the major
 leagues, but every player who plays has the opportunity to  improve his baseball skills into
 something that otherwise might be out of his grasp along with receiving a college education.

   After the unexpected death of Lee Egalnick before the start of the 2000 season,

 the Board  of Directors realized the necessity of having a full-time dedicated

 baseball person managing the baseball operations of the league. Good fortune struck

 when prominent, highly successful veteran baseball coach, Charlie Maiorana,

 retired from Spring Woods High School after 33 illustrious years. He has coached

many talented players with three of the more notable being Roger Clemens,

 Rayner Noble and Chris Snyder. His familiarity and support of the Karl Young College

 League resulted in a  grand slam when he accepted the position as League Commissioner.

   The league is able to continue its growth thanks to the foundation on which it was

 built. It always has been  and will continue to be a team effort comprised of many

 volunteers, sponsors and  a strong alumni base who now pass along the lessons they

 learned on the baseball field to another generation of players.