Host a Muskegon Clippers Player!
The Muskegon Clipper organization is looking for families willing to host one or two players for the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate Baseball season.
The Muskegon Clippers’ host family program is a vital part of every collegiate summer league team across the country. Since its inception, the Muskegon Clippers have been blessed with a number of Muskegon area families who have opened their hearts and their homes to these aspiring professional athletes.
Finding families willing to host our players is in some ways as important as finding the players themselves. The role of a host family is critical. While these young men are outstanding athletes it is easy to forget that they are also young adults. As a result, they deal with their own insecurities. They may be homesick, frustrated with their play, or struggling with a myriad of other problems faced by young people. Having a family to trust, nurture, provide emotional support, and model appropriate behavior during those times when they need it most is critical to their growth.
Summer collegiate baseball leagues provide unique opportunities for local families to play host to these rising student-athletes. Host families make a significant difference in helping these aspiring professionals achieve their goals, while the players learn to adapt to a new environment, abide by a new set of rules, blend in with their new family, and conduct themselves in a manner that will ennoble not only the athlete but the college or university that he attends.
Over the years we have witnessed many examples of the strong bond that develops between host families and players that they have welcomed into their home. These result in relationships that last well beyond the length of the season.
Host families take a player(s) into their home over the course of the eight-week season. Players arrive during the first week of June and the season concludes the at the end of July. As a host family, we request that you provide a stable, clean, and healthy environment for the player(s). Specifically, the host families …
- Provide free room and board which includes an extra room and a bed
- Access to a washer, dryer and refrigerator
- Host families are not required to feed players however, those families with the ability, means, and thoughtfulness to provide a few meals each week to their players would be particularly desirable.
- Host families are not asked to provide transportation. Players arrange their own transportation to and from the ballpark
Each player in the Great Lakes League is pursuing his dream of playing Major League Baseball. Players are recruited through their college baseball coaches and all of them have agreed to maintain impeccable moral standards, abide by NCAA guidelines, and be a role model to our fans. If any player’s actions, on or off the field, are not congruent with these standards, we will ask them to return home. We believe that living in a family’s home is a privilege the players should respect and appreciate.
The benefits to committing to the host family program are significant. As a host family, you will become part of the Muskegon Clipper “family”. Each host family is provided with complimentary season passes, so they may attend home games to see their “adopted” sons play and will be honored in pre-game ceremony on Host Family Night at historic Marsh Field.
It is our hope that you will consider this opportunity to serve as a host family for the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate Baseball Season and open your heart and your home to a Muskegon Clipper. We would love to share more with you and answer any questions you might have. Please call Pete Gawkowski a 231-638-7696 or fill out the form below to let us know your interest in hosting a player this summer. We will contact you as soon as possible!
