Gresham Mountaineers

• Location: Gresham, OR
• League: Independent Barnstorming Team
• Stadium: Mt. Hood Community College

Team Bio

Founded in 2007, the Gresham Mountaineers are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team based out of Gresham, OR. The Mountaineers, who play their home games at Mt. Hood Community College, are owned and operated by the Corvallis Knights of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League. While the Mountaineers play a large portion of their schedule against WCCBL teams, they are an independent barnstorming team playing throughout the states of Washington and Oregon. The Gresham Mountaineers are the Knights' affiliate farm team, and develop young talent for their parent club. The Mountaineers are primarily made up of college freshman and sophomores, and serve as the primary proving ground for players wishing to join the elite Corvallis Knights.

Like other summer college baseball teams, the Mountaineers are designed to provide minor league-style competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Mountaineers operate in a manner similar to an independent minor league team: playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. The Gresham Mountaineers actively recruit players, and have hosted collegiate athletes from throughout the United States and Canada. Like all other summer collegiate players, athletes are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.

2007 On-Field Staff

• Head Coach Bryan Donohue
• Assistant Coach: James Allan