Catawba Valley Stars: Welcome

Welcome to the 2011 Catawba Valley Stars!
               "The Road to the Pros"

For Stars play-by-play live online: League or Non-League

Click here for Stars 2011 Summer Schedule.

For information, contact Stars General Manager, Marvin Speaks, at CoachSpeaks@earthlink.net or (828) 413-7354

Catawba Valley Stars, Hickory NC is a member of the Carolina Virginia Summer Collegiate Baseball League, of which we are a charter member. Catawba Valley Stars has fielded a team in Collegiate Summer baseball for the past 20 years. We started as a member of the Stan-Musial League, then went to the Mountain Atlantic Collegiate League. We are now starting our 6th season with the Carolina Virginia Collegiate Baseball League.

The Catawba Valley Stars are honored to consistantly have former players drafted each year in the Major League draft. We would like to wish the best of luck to our latest player drafted - Casey Justice - who signed February 2010 with an independent league team.

The 2011 Stars will play an approximately 60 game schedule - which includes games against teams in the Carolina Virginia, Coastal Plains League, The Great South League, Independent Leagues and 2 Minor League Teams.

Our home games are played at the L.P. Frans Stadium - home of the Hickory Crawdads in Hickory, NC.

Click here to view game play-by-play and roster and stats. (streaming live - when available)

Catawba Valley Stars Team Sponsors for 2011:

     Catawba Valley Stars 2011 Offensive Power provided by Bamboobat - "The New Weapon in Baseball"; (718) 698-0775.
     Catawba Valley Stars 2011 Baseballs provided by Diamond Sports; (562) 598-9717.
     S & S Roofing is one of our housing sponsors. Please contact S & S for all your roofing needs.
     Catawba Valley Stars bus is serviced and maintained by David's Coach & Truck Service; (828) 874-6105. Please feel free to share his name & number with anyone in need of his services. He's one of the best in the business!
 

In the 2005 Major League Baseball draft, Coach Speaks had five (5) former players to sign professional contracts.

In the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, 2 players on the Catawba Valley sTars roster were drafted. Top draft pick was, pitcher, Jeffrey Locke from New Hamshire who was the 52nd pick overall selected by the Atlanta Braves.

In the 2007 Major League Baseball draft, Jeff Jeffers went to the Cardinals & Brett Story went to the Texas Rangers.