On behalf of the Edenton Steamers, Tarboro River Bandits and the Outer Banks Scallywags, we would like to say THANK YOU to the Tidewater Summer League for setting up our North Carolina division (PCL) during the past three summers and for providing our teams with a quality league to play in while our respective organizations were going through either a transition, creation or relaunch, thank you.

We would also like to say THANK YOU to Eastern Officials Association for their willingness to provide their outstanding umpire services to our organizations. It has been a pleasure working with your professional organization, and the high quality umpires who worked our games were outstanding, thank you.

With the closing of our 2023 season, the TSL’s Premier Collegiate division will be archieved, but our teams will continue to provide their fans with high quality summer baseball. The Outer Banks Scallywags have rejoined the Tidewater Summer League, based in Virginia Beach, VA, for the upcoming 2024 season. The Scallywags (Daredevils) were members of the TSL from 2013 through 2019, before joining the PCL division in 2023 following their three year pandemic related shut down. The Edenton Steamers and Tarboro River Bandits will be announcing their future plans on their respective websites as that information becomes available.

Through the tireless efforts of Tyler Russell, Steamers GM, Gary Roth, Steamers President, the Steamers Board of Directors, Wayne and Susan Turnage, River Bandits owners, and Michael and Shannon Dooley, Scallywags care takers, the PCL division was instrumental in helping to maintain collegiate summer baseball in the great communities of eastern North Carolina, and we are grateful to have been a part of that success.

The Tidewater Summer League wishes each of these great franchises the best as they begin a new chapter in their team’s history. and we are confident in their continued success both on and off the field. We would also like to say a very special THANK YOU to the fans for your support of these great organizations, as you the community are the team behind the team, making summer collegiate baseball possible.

Congratulations to Khris Morris, Pitt CC/Edenton Steamers, on being named the Premier Collegiate League’s 2023 Player of the Year.

Morris, a two way player from Edenton, NC, in regular season games vs PCL opponents, facing the league’s best pitchers, batted .417 in his 42 PA, with 36 AB, with a .500 OBD, 1.306 OPS, .806 SLG, collecting 15 hits, 9 1B, 2 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 11 R, 24 QUB, a .529 BA/RISP, picking up 10 of his 17 RBI with 2 outs, with 29 TB.

In those same PCL games, facing the league’s best hitters, Morris climbed the slope in 6 games, with 10.0 IP, 46 BF, 1 W, 0 L, and only gave up 7H, 5R, 3ER, 7BB, 8SO, with a 2.70 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, .179 BAA, and a .167 BA/RISP. Congratulations to the Khris Morris, the PCL’s 2023 Players of the Year.

Congratulations to Chandler Padgett, NC Wesleyan Univ. & Edenton Steamers, on being named the Premier Collegiate League’s 2023 Pitcher of the Year.

Padgett’s numbers: 1.88 ERA (2nd in league), 6 Wins (league best), 52 Strike Outs (league best), 0.96 WHIP (league best), 0.164 BAA (league best).

Congratulations to Hayden Friese, Western Carolina University & Outer Banks Scallywags, on being named the Premier Collegiate League’s 2023 Hitter of the Year.

Friese played in all 33 of the Scallywags games this summer, recording 34 hits (league best), 8 doubles (league best), 28 RBI (league best), 89 Quality At Bats (league best), with 3 home runs (tied for second in league), and a .312 batting average (second in league), with 145 PA, 109 AB, .469 OBP, .974 OPS, .505 SLG, 2 triples, 22 runs scored, 34 BB, 20 K.

Congratulations to Audra Nelson, UNC – Chapel Hill & Outer Banks Scallywags, on being named the Premier Collegiate League’s 2023 Intern of the Year. Ms. Nelson, serving as the Outer Banks Scallywags Director of Operations, excelled in all areas of responsibility and the team and league could not be more pleased with her performance this summer.

We wish you the best as you finish you education and begin your professional career, we know you will knock it out of the park, wherever you go, whatever you do. Thank you for a great summer.

Congratulations to Tyler Russell, Edenton Steamers, on being named the Premier Collegiate League’s 2023 General Manager of the Year. Your professionalism in all areas is only exceeded by the grace with which you carry out your duties.

You are an asset to the Premier Collegiate League, the Edenton Steamers organization, the Town of Edenton and the players and fans who call the Clams their own. Thank you for another tremendous job this year.

Congratulations to Scallywags Head Coach Zach Alexander on winning the Premier Collegiate League’s 2023 Sod Father Award, given to the best field/playing surface each summer. Thank you Coach Alexander for all your hard work this summer.

Through the tireless efforts of Coach Alexander and Asst. Coach Zach Doss, and despite a relentless summer of weather that did not cooperate with the schedule, the playing conditions at Coy Tillett Sr. Memorial Field were consistently top notch, and provided the league’s players a great field on which to hone their skills.

Congratulations to Wayne & Susan Turnage and the River Bandits organization on a great 2023 season. The Turnage family took an idea and dream of collegiate summer baseball in Tarboro and in just three years they have established a solid foundation for the Town of Tarboro to have great summer baseball for many years to come.

Fans visiting Tarboro Municipal Stadium this summer would have noticed the many improvements and additional amenities that have been added as a result of the hard work of the Turnage family, River Bandits organization and the Town of Tarboro. Earning the support of the Town and the local community, the Tarboro River Bandits have established themselves as one of the great places for collegiate players to spend their summers.

Congratulations to Jacob Smedley, Temple University and 2023 voice of the Edenton Steamers, on being named the Premier Collegiate League’s 2023 Broadcaster of the Year.

Congratulations to Head Coach Justin Hill, Edenton Steamers, on being named the Premier Collegiate League’s 2023 Manager of the Year.