Lafayette Aviators


The Lafayette Aviators are a summer collegiate baseball team based in Lafayette, Indiana. They are a member of the West Division of the summer collegiate Prospect League. The Aviators previously played at the 3,500-seat Loeb Stadium in Columbian Park in Lafayette, which was demolished and will be replaced with a new ballpark set to open in 2021.
The Aviators won their first Prospect League championship in 2017, defeating the Butler BlueSox in a best-of-3 series.
The team currently plays in the Prospect League's West Division along with the Danville Dans, Hannibal Hoots, Quincy Gems, Springfield Sliders, and Terre Haute Rex.

History

The Aviators franchise was originally based in Jamestown, New York, where it operated as the Jamestown Jammers during the 2015 season.
The Jammers' owners, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based MKE Sports & Entertainment, opted to move its Prospect League team to Lafayette and establish a new Jammers team in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League in 2016, with distance being cited as the primary reason for the move.
Prior to the 2018 season, the team was sold to National Sports Services, through its subsidiary, Lafayette Family Entertainment LLC.

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