Delaware Cows

From BR Bullpen

Location: Delaware, OH
League: Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League
Stadium: Littick Field at Ohio Wesleyan University

1 Team Bio
2 2007 On-Field Staff
3 Cows in the Community
4 Championships and Accomplishments
5 Related Links

[edit] Team Bio

Baseball in Delaware, OH dates back to the mid-nineteenth century when a local team, the Delaware Lenape, was formed in 1866. A great portion of the baseball history of Delaware can be attributed to Ohio Wesleyan University, which fielded its first team in 1889. More than 100 years later, the Delaware Cows are continuing the traditions set by these early teams.

Founded in 1991, the Delaware Cows are a Summer Collegiate Baseball Team based out of Delaware, OH and play their home games at Littick Field on the Campus of Ohio Wesleyan University. The Cows are members of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League and are officially sanctioned by Major League Baseball to be a player development team. While the region of Central Ohio is known for its agricultural herritage, the Cows moniker is not originally bovine in nature. The team was originally slated to divide their home games between Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware, and the Ohio State University fifteen miles to the south in Columbus, OH. Splitting their time, the team was originally the Central Ohio Cows for their first season. The team name actually comes from the teams major sponsor, Central Ohio Wendy's (this region is home to the Wendy's Hamburgers Corporation). The team has since settled into life as a part of the Delaware community, and the Cows name has stuck.

Like other Summer Collegiate Baseball teams, the Delaware Cows are dedicated and designed to providing higher level competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Cows operate in a similar manner to a Minor League team: playing nightly in stadiums before fans, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, the Cows are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and many live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players. The Cows also operate a three-story home on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University called the Tree House where many players choose to live while playing with the team.

[edit] 2007 On-Field Staff

Head Coach: Bruce Heine
Assistant Coach: David Koblentz
Assistant Coach: Joe Wilkins

[edit] Cows in the Community

While community involvement is central to the Delaware Cows, the team's commitment to baseball education cannot be separated from the team itself. One of the most significant contributions of the Cows to the Delaware community is the Delaware Cowboys of the Vintage Base Ball Association.

In 2005, the Cows established the Cowboys to provide area youth an opportunity to learn more about the roots of baseball and to provide the community with another venue for baseball to become part of community life.