Former Spartan Baseball Standouts Make All-Florida League Team

LONGWOOD, FL — The Florida Collegiate Summer League recently announced the 2021 All-Florida League teams, which include two former Mountain Brook High School baseball stars. Edward Berry and Clay Stearns each were selected as top performers in the collegiate wood-bat league.

Stearns, who plays for Troy University was chosen as the starting catcher. He was a member of the Leesburg Lightning, and batted .312 with 15 RBI in the regular season, then earned Championship Series MVP honors after logging three consecutive multi-hit games as Leesburg earned their first Florida League title in more than a decade.

Berry, a pitcher for Swarthmore College who played for the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs this summer, allowed just one earned run over 19.2 innings in his first four starts, striking out 21 hitters in the process. He also ended his season on a high note, throwing six shutout innings in Game 3 of the FCSL Semifinals to send the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs to their fourth FCSL Championship round in five years.

The Florida Collegiate Summer League is a wood bat baseball league with six teams in Central Florida. Founded in 2003, the Florida League provides a valuable opportunity for college players to play wood bat baseball against top-level competition with the goal of preparing them for a career in professional baseball.