NACSB National Players of the Week - July 8, 2026
SANFORD, Fla.- Throughout the 2026 season, the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball will honor two players at the conclusion of each week, a National Player and Pitcher of the Week. Players are nominated for the award by earning their league's Player or Pitcher of the Week award. This week's honors represent performances through Sunday, July 5. The weekly honors are selected via a vote of league officials from around the Alliance.
The first National Player of the Week for the month of July is Cameron Greene (Southeastern Louisiana) from the Lima Locos of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League. Greene hit for a .571 batting average going 12-for-21 at the plate with a .654 on-base percentage and an .857 slugging percentage in six games.
The Locos went 6-0 for the week including outscoring the Southern Ohio Copperheads 46-10 in three games over the weekend including driving in six RBI on July 3. For the week, Greene hit three home runs with 14 RBIs, scoring 15 runs with 18 total bases and four stolen bases. Greene currently leads the GLSCL with a .403 batting average and is second with a .653 slugging percentage. His stat line included three home runs, 11 RBIs and seven doubles for the season.
Ryan Bates (Binghamton), playing this summer for the Winchester Royals of the Valley Baseball League, is the newest National Pitcher of the Week. In his lone appearance on the week, Bates pitched a seven-inning complete game to get the win in a 1-0 game against the Culpeper Cavaliers. He allowed two hits, struck out ten and did not walk a batter.
Bates has been sensational in his five appearances this summer for the Royals, logging an earned run average of 1.59 across 22.2 innings. He has allowed less than one hit per inning with a 0.84 WHIP, and has logged 25 strikeouts. In his four starts, Winchester has posted a 3-1 record as a team.
Additionally, the Alliance honors the players from around the nation that were nominated for this week's award.
National Honor Roll (Hitters): Joshua Hale (Jersey Shore, Atlantic/Hofstra), Zachary Malvasio (Bethesda, Cal Ripken Sr./UCF), Anthony Scheppler (Sonoma, California/San Jose State), Charlie Keller (Leesburg, Florida/Ball State), Nick Koch (Westhampton, Hamptons/Merrimack), David Alvarez (Vermont, New England/Eastern Kentucky), Chase Haglund (Syracuse, New York/Marist), Justin Barham (Concord, Southern/Wingate), Matthew Haber (Cartersville, Sunbelt/North Georgia), Lucas Badalato (Woodstock, Valley/Gulf Coast State)
National Honor Roll (Pitchers): Jacob Oliensis (Jersey Shore, Atlantic/Undecided), Owen Singer (Gaithersburg, Cal Ripken Sr./Marymount), Jake Andreas (Sonoma, California/San Francisco), Brock Bracher (Sanford, Florida/Undecided), Alex Dues (Grand Lake, Great Lakes/Marietta), Joe Gaspari (Shelter Island, Hamptons/Hartford), Brody Krzysiak (Keene, New England/Kent State), Matt Wilmarth (Syracuse, New York/Brown), Wes Teeter (Concord, Southern/Undecided), Grant Benefield (Brookhaven, Sunbelt/Wabash Valley)
The following leagues were not included in this week's awards: Cape Cod
The National Alliance of College Summer Baseball (NACSB) is an alliance of twelve college summer leagues that are partially funded by Major League Baseball. Each league and all of their teams are non-profit organizations that support the highest level of collegiate players in their journey to play professional baseball. Members work closely with college baseball programs to ensure player development and eligibility during summer months while maintaining policies that keep player health paramount. This is evidenced by the Alliance's early adoption of the MLB Pitch Smart policy and maintaining a reasonable number of games played across each league. Over 4,000 players choose NACSB leagues each summer with hundreds getting their name called in the MLB draft each year. Member league information can be found on NACSB.ORG.