Founded in 2002, the Atlantic Baseball Confederation is an eight-team collegiate summer baseball league composed of teams located throughout New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

. It also hosts an 18 and under fall league and a "Bridge League".

The league president is Monique Koehler and the commissioner is Mike Sheppard.

Many players have gone on to sign professional contracts, including major leaguers Fernando Perez

Fernando Perez (baseball)

Fernando Perez is an outfielder is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.-Early life:...

 and Ryan Kalish

Ryan Kalish

Ryan Michael Kalish is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization.A standout high school baseball and football player, he was drafted by the Red Sox in 2006...

, as well as current minor leaguers Santo Maertz, Ryan Buchter and Cole Kimball

Cole Kimball

Cole A. Kimball is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. A graduate of Hackettstown High School in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Kimball first attended St...

(for a complete list to have signed professional contracts, see here).

Current teams

Toms River Hurricanes

Middlesex Rays

Protocall Starz

Jackson Thunder

Monmouth Monarchs

Freehold Clippers

NJ Marlins

Langan Baseball Falcons