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Nebraska Baseball Reveals Summer Assignments

More than a dozen Huskers will spend their summers in leagues around the country.
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Devin Nunez (16) celebrates his home run with the Husker dugout.
Devin Nunez (16) celebrates his home run with the Husker dugout. | Amarillo Mullen

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More than a dozen Huskers are set to play summer baseball around the country.

Nebraska released a graphic of the summer assignments for 15 Husker players on Friday. The guys are off to the Cape Cod, Coastal Plain, MLB Draft, Alaska, West Coast, California Collegiate, and Jayhawk leagues.

The Cape Cod League is one of the premier collegiate summer leagues. The wooden bat league in Massachusetts will have four Huskers across three teams.

The Coastal Plain League consists of teams from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Two Huskers will play there.

Will Jesske hugs Jalen Worthley (42) after Nebraska's 5-2 win in game two April 19, 2025, vs. Northwestern.
Will Jesske hugs Jalen Worthley (42) after Nebraska's 5-2 win in game two. | Amarillo Mullen

Jalen Worthley is the lone Husker off to the MLB Draft League. The league features draft-eligible players hoping to improve their stock ahead of the draft in July. The teams are located in New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia.

Two Huskers will make the nearly 3,500 mile trip from Lincoln to Alaska to play for the Mat-Su Miners. The league is based in southern Alaska, with teams in Anchorage, Chugiak, Palmer, and Kenai.

The West Coast League is made up of teams in Oregon, Washington, and Canada. With 17 teams involved, this is the largest league to feature Huskers this summer.

Will Jesske (13) slaps Husker sticker on the wall.
Will Jesske (13) slaps Husker sticker on the wall. | Amarillo Mullen

The two Huskers headed to the California Collegiate League will both be playing for the Walnut Creek Crawdads in Concord, California. As the name suggests, the league is based entirely in the Golden State.

Staying close to Cornhusker Country, two Huskers are set to play in the Jayhawk League. All eight teams are in Kansas, including the team that feature both Devin Nunez and Pryce Bender: the Hutchinson Monarchs

Nebraska left fielder Devin Nunez slides into home against No. 5 Oregon State on March 30, 2025.
Nebraska left fielder Devin Nunez slides into home against No. 5 Oregon State on March 30, 2025. | Nebraska Atheltics

You can view the full list of summer league participants and their teams below. More Huskers may join teams as the summer progresses.

Cape Cod

  • Luke Broderick, Falmouth Commodores
  • TJ Coats, Falmouth Commodores
  • Carson Jasa, Hyannis Harbor Hawks
  • Case Sanderson, Cotuit Kettlers

Coastal Plain

  • Grant Cleavinger, Holly Springs Salamanders
  • Ryan Harrahill, Wilson Tobs

MLB Draft League

  • Jalen Worthley, Machining Valley Scrappers

Alaska League

  • Gavin Blachowicz, Mat-Su Miners
  • Blake Encarnacion, Mat-Su Miners

West Coast

  • Will Jesske, Cowlitz Black Bears
  • Chase Olson, Corvallis Knights

California Collegiate

  • Colin Nowaczyk, Walnut Creek Crawdads
  • Aiden White, Walnut Creek Crawdads

Jayhawk League

  • Devin Nunez, Hutchinson Monarchs
  • Pryce Bender, Hutchinson Monarchs

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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