The Jayhawk League is summer collegiate league that is sanctioned by the NCAA. It was formed in 1976. Teams in the Jayhwak League play by American League rules. One year they played by National League rules and did not have the Designated Hitter rule, in 1993. They have been playing with the wooden bat since 1991. Also in 1991, The Wichita Broncos were the only Jayhawk League team to play in the National Baseball Congress World Sereis. The rest of the teams played in the Amarillo Shootout, a tournament that was played in Amarillo, Texas. The Jayhawk League has been divided into two divisions twice, the most recent being in the early to mid 1990’s. It is one of the most prestigious, wll scouted, and competitive leagues in the nation. In the past 10 years, a Jayhawk League has had two National Championship teams (El Dorado Broncos in 2009 and Liberal Bee Jays in 2010), five runner-up teams since 2000 (Hays Larks in 2000, 2001, and 2007, Nevada Griffons in 1998, and Derby Twins in 2006) and countless other teams finish in the Top Ten. This summer will mark the League’s 37^th season.

There are currently six teams in the Jayhawk League. The teams are spread throughout Kansas. The League consists of the Liberal BeeJays, Hays Larks, Dodge City A’s, Derby Twins, El Dorado Broncos, and Haysville. Only Hays and Liberal have been members since 1976. The Joplin (MO) Slashers and Twins joined in 2005 and Dodge City joined in 2007. Joplin and Nevada left the league after the 2008 season. The Haysville Heat joined in 2010. Other teams to be a part of the Jayhawk League were the Clarinda (IA) A’s, Red Oak (IA) Red Sox, Amarillo (TX) Texans, Elkhart (KS) Dusters, Topeka Capitals, and St. Joseph (MO) Cardinals. The Jayhawk League also tried to bring back the atmosphere of the Negro League’s Kansas City Monarchs (which only lasted two summers – only one as a member of the League).

There have been hundreds of players to play on teams in the Jayhawk League, several of which have made it to the Major Leagues. Among them are Lance Berkman (Hays Larks ‘95), Bud Black (Clarinda), Barry Bonds (Hutchinson Broncos ’84), Albert Pujols (Hays Larks ’99), Ozzie Smith, Andy Benes (Clarinda A’s ’87), Roger Clemens (Hutchinson Broncos ’82), Trevor Hoffman (Nevada Griffons ’87), Doug Drabek, Nate Robertson (El Dorado Broncos ’96 & ’98), Brett Butler (Hutchinson Broncos ’78), Rafael Palmeiro (Hutchinson Broncos ’84), B.J. Ryan (Hays Larks ’96), and Chuck Knoblauch (Clarinda A’s ’87).

Season	Team	Record	NBC Finish
1976	Liberal	18-6	Tie 7th
	Dodge City	17-7
	Hutchinson	14-10
	El Dorado	11-13
	Hays	9-15
	Cowley County	9-16
	Topeka	7-17
1977	El Dorado	21-3
	Liberal	15-7	3rd
	Hutchinson	15-9	Tie 7th
	Dodge City	11-11
	Cowley County	6-15
	Hays	6-18	4th
	Topeka	4-15
1978	Liberal	19-3	4th
	El Dorado	13-9	Tie 5th
	Clarinda	13-10
	Dodge City	12-12
	Pueblo	12-13	Tie 7th
	Hays	8-14
	Hutchinson	7-17	Tie 5th
1979	Clarinda	21-9
	Liberal	18-10	1st
	Hutchinson	18-11	Tie 7th
	Dodge City	16-12
	Beatrice	11-18
	Hays	1-27	4th
1980	Clarinda	33-9
	Liberal	32-10	2nd
	Dodge City	32-10	Tie 7th
	Hutchinson	22-20
	Sturgis	20-22
	Beatrice	17-25	Tie 7th
	Hays	11-31
	x-Emporia	1-31	Folded after 7 games
1981	West
	Liberal	14-4	2nd
	Dodge City	12-6
	Sturgis	7-11
	Hays	3-15
	East
	Hutchinson	7-5	3rd
	Beatrice	6-6	7th
	Clarinda	5-7	1st
1982	Hutchinson	18-4	4th
	Liberal	15-8	3rd
	Beatrice	11-10
	Clarinda	12-12
	Hays	2-12
1983	Hutchinson	19-5	4th
	Clarinda	14-10	5th
	Liberal	12-12
	Beatrice	9-13
	Hays	6-16
1984	Hutchinson	21-7	4th
	Liberal	21-8	2nd
	Beatrice	18-10
	Red Oak	14-16
	Clarinda	12-16
	Hays	3-29
1985	Clarinda	21-8
	Liberal	21-8	1st
	Beatrice	13-6
	Wichita	12-16
	Hays	12-17	5th
	Nevada	9-23
	Red Oak	7-21
1986	Liberal	25-6	Tie 7th
	Wichita	22-10	Tie 5th
	Nevada	16-15	Tie 7th
	Red Oak	15-17
	Clarinda	13-16	Tie 7th
	Hays	10-23
	Hutchinson	10-24
1987	Liberal	26-12	Tie 3rd
	Red Oak	25-14	Tie 3rd
	Nevada	21-18
	Clarinda	22-20	Tie 7th
	Wichita	18-18	2nd
	Hutchinson	16-19
	Fort Smith	17-24
	Hays	9-29
1988	Wichita	23-13	Tie 7th
	Liberal	21-14
	Nevada	19-15
	Clarinda	19-17	3rd
	Hays	14-22
	Red Oak	14-22
	Hutchinson	13-22
1989	West
	Liberal	23-12
	Amarillo	23-17
	Hays	18-21
	Hutchinson	18-22
	East
	Wichita	29-10	1st
	Clarinda	21-17
	Nevada	18-19
	Red Oak	4-36
1990	West
	Liberal	18-9	Tie 7th
	Amarillo	14-14
	Hays	8-24	4th
	East
	Nevada	16-11
	Wichita	19-16	1st
	Clarinda	18-17
	Red Oak	11-15
	Note-Nevada won title in playoff game with Liberal
1991	Wichita	33-15	3rd
	Nevada	31-15
	Liberal	27-19
	Amarillo	24-20
	Clarinda	25-23
	Hays	24-24
	St. Joseph	20-27
	Elkhart	14-33
	Red Oak	12-32
1992	Liberal	30-16	2nd
	Wichita	26-15	3rd
	Nevada	25-15
	Elkhart	26-21
	Amarillo	24-20
	Clarinda	20-23
	Hays	20-24
	Red Oak	16-23
	St. Joseph	11-36
1993	West
	Liberal	32-20
	Elkhart	31-20	3rd
	Wichita	24-17	5th
	Amarillo	23-17
	Hays	13-29
	East
	Nevada	37-15	Tie 7th
	Clarinda	24-26
	Topeka	19-22
	Red Oak	16-23
	St. Joseph	12-29
1994	West
	Elkhart	29-18	4th
	Wichita	27-21	2nd
	Liberal	25-23
	Hays	22-26
	East
	Topeka	30-18	3rd
	Nevada	28-20	5th
	Red Oak	22-25
	St. Joseph	8-40
	Note – Elkhart won title in playoff with Topeka
1995	West
	Wichita	36-8	3rd
	Elkhart	29-16	Tie 11th
	Liberal	26-15
	Hays	20-27	2nd
	East
	Nevada	24-20	Tie 17th
	Topeka	23-24	Tie 11th
	Red Oak	13-35
	St. Joseph	11-37
	Note – Wichita won title in playoff with Nevada
1996	Liberal	24-12	Tie 7th
	Nevada	23-13	11th
	Topeka	22-14	Tie 7th
	El Dorado	20-16	1st
	Hays	20-16	4th
	Elkhart	12-24
	Kansas City	5-31
	Note – Standings include forfeits on rainouts that couldn’t be played
1997	Nevada	28-12	2nd
	Liberal	22-18	Tie 7th
	El Dorado	20-20	Tie 7th
	Hays	17-23	5th
	Topeka	17-23
	Elkhart	16-24
	Note – Hays forfeited five victories
1998	Nevada	27-12	2nd
	El Dorado	22-16	1st
	Liberal	23-17	4th
	Topeka	18-22	Tie 7th
	Hays	15-24	Tie 17th
	Elkhart	13-27
	Note – El Dorado’s PCT is .579 while Liberal’s is .575
1999	Liberal	27-13	Tie 4th
	Nevada	24-16	Tie 18th
	El Dorado	20-17	Tie 7th
	Hays	20-20	Tie 18th
	Elkhart	14-25
	Topeka	12-26	Tie 11th
2000	Topeka	25-12	Tie 21st
	Liberal	22-18	1st
	Elkhart	21-19	Tie 21st
	Nevada	20-20	Tie 6th
	Hays	15-23	2nd
	El Dorado	13-24	Tie 7th
2001	Hays	29-11	2nd
	Elkhart	23-17	Tie 3rd
	El Dorado	20-20	Tie 17th
	Liberal	19-21	Tie 7th
	Nevada	15-25	Tie 25th
	Topeka	14-26
2002	Hays	21-9	Tie 9th
	El Dorado	18-9	Tie 9th
	Liberal	17-11	Tie 7th
	Nevada	14-16	Tie 5th
	Topeka	10-19
	Elkhart	7-23
2003	Hays	23-6	Tie 5th
	El Dorado	15-11	Tie 7th
	Liberal	13-14	Tie 33rd
	Nevada	13-16	Tie 9th
	Topeka	11-18
	Elkhart	8-18	Tie 33rd
2004	El Dorado	20-12	Tie 4th
	Hays	19-12	Tie 9th
	Elkhart	12-16
	Liberal	12-17
	Nevada	13-19	Tie 13th
	Note – Hays and Elkhart have a tie
2005	Hays	27-12	Tie 12th
	El Dorado	24-14	Tie 7th
	Liberal	19-21
	Nevada	17-23	Tie 9th
	Wichita Twins	15-23	Tie 31st
	Joplin	15-24	Tie 31st
	Note – Elkhart is a member of the league but did not field a team in 2005
2006	Hays	25-14	4th
	Liberal	24-16	Tie 17th
	El Dorado	20-19	Tie 9th
	Derby	19-19	2nd
	Joplin	15-25
	Nevada	14-25	Tie 9th
	Note – Elkhart is a member of the league but did not field a team in 2006
2007	Derby	33-13	3rd
	Hays	29-15	2nd
	El Dorado	27-19	Tie 4th
	Nevada	25-21	Tie 12th
	Liberal	22-24
	Joplin	12-30
	Dodge City	8-34
	Note – Elkhart is a member of the league but did not field a team in 2007
2008	Hays	27-9	Tie 7th
	Derby	24-12
	Liberal	22-14	Tie 4th
	Nevada	21-15
	El Dorado	17-19
	Dodge City	15-21
	x-Joplin	0-36
	x- folded, forced to forfeit all games for not finishing the season
2009	El Dorado	22-9	1st
	Hays	17-13	Tie 4th
	Liberal	18-14	3rd
	Derby	16-16	Tie 9th
	Dodge City	5-26
2010	Haysville	23-8	Tie 7th
	Liberal	21-11	1st
	Hays	17-15
	El Dorado	11-18	Tie 13th
	Derby	11-21	Tie 9th
	Dodge City	11-21
2011	Haysville	22-12	Tie 4th
	Hays	20-14	Tie 13th
	Derby	19-15	Tie 17th
	Liberal	18-15	Tie 7th
	Dodge City	11-22
	El Dorado	11-23

The Broncos and the Jayhawk League wish to thank Lynn Womack for his work in compiling these standings and for providing how early Jayhawk League teams finished in the NBC.