Orlando Mavericks

Orlando Mavericks
League	FCSL
Location	Orlando, Florida
Ballpark	The First Academy
Year Founded	2008
League championships	2008
Former name(s)	Clermont Mavericks
Former ballparks	East Ridge High School
Colors	Carolina Blue, Black
Management	Jon Wano
Manager	Scott Makarewicz
Uniforms Home Away

The Orlando Mavericks are a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Orlando, Florida. The team is a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League (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.

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 where they defeated the Belleview Bulldogs 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 5-1. In their third season the Clermont Mavericks moved to The First Academy near Downtown Orlando and became the Orlando Mavericks.

Playoff Appearances

Year	First round		Semifinals (best-of-3)		FCSL championship game
2008[1]	BYE		Leesburg Lightning	W (2-0)	Belleview Bulldogs	W (9-1)

External links

• FCSL website

Notes

1. ^ "Playoff Schedule... The Road to Tropicana" at floridaleague.com [1] URL accessed January 3, 2008