The Coastal Plain League is a summer college baseball league, which began play in 1997. Providing top-notch instruction and playing conditions, the CPL offers a premier developmental environment for college players hoping to hone their skills and display their talents during the summer. In 1999, the CPL received official certification from the Major League Baseball.

Jeff Bagwell , Frank Thomas , Mo Vaughn , and Charles Nagy are just a few of the scores of current major leaguers who played college summer baseball on their way to a pro career.  Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors are eligible to play. Coaches from the top programs in the Southeast and across the country lead their teams through a challenging schedule from late May to August.

As a top-quality developmental league, the CPL uses wooden bats exclusively, giving our players a head start on the transition to professional baseball. Many former college players have cited a summer in a wood-bat league as a key to improved play in their final collegiate seasons and an advantage early in their pro careers.

Playing exclusively in the Carolinas and Virginia, the league utilizes several former minor league stadiums as well as first-class municipal facilities in the following cities: Asheboro , Edenton , Fayetteville , Florence (SC), Gastonia , Hampton (VA), Manteo (Outer Banks), Martinsville (VA), New Bern , Petersburg (VA), Spartanburg , Thomasville , Wilmington , and Wilson .

The CPL allows college players and coaches from the Southeast to play closer to home, while offering talented players from across the country the opportunity to experience the hospitality and ideal baseball weather of the southeast.