American College Cricket is the national organisation founded in Nov 2008, that has been developing cricket in Colleges in the United States and Canada. It now has over 70 member Colleges. Each year the National Championship is held at spring break in Florida, primarily at the CBRP Cricket Stadium. American College Cricket broadcast the first cricket in the USA, on web streams in March 2010 & 2011 then on TV from Oct 2011, through TV Asia across USA & Canada. Every year the best one or two students who have played cricket off playing another sport and not having any experience, win an award called The Bart King Award.
History
Founded Nov 2008 by Lloyd Jodah
Dec 2008 Wisden and ICC Cricketer of the Year Shiv Chanderpaul endorsed the organisation, and the National Champion Trophy was named the Shiv Chanderpaul Trophy.
March 2009 the first National Championship for colleges in America was held, involving 5 newly formed teams from University of Miami, University of South Florida, Montgomery College, Boston University and Carnegie Mellon. A 2-year college, little-known outside Maryland won, and went on to become the most well known cricket team in the United States, largely through being featured in the NY Times, front page of the Washington Post and in media in India.
The New York Times did a major article, and video, about the first American College Cricket Spring Break Championship in March 2009.
Fall of 2010 Regional Championships were begun in the Mid West, North East, Mid Atlantic, South East, West Coast and South West. These take place each year, and now include an Ivy League Championship.
In 2014 the 2 winning students of the Bart King Award were featured in a Sports Illustrated Magazine article.