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The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp are a collegiate summer league baseball team in the Prospect League. [1] They play at Veterans Memorial Park in Peru, Illinois , United States. The Pistol Shrimp formed in Lisle, Illinois , in late 2018 as an expansion franchise for the 2019 season, under the name DuPage Pistol Shrimp .
The Aviators franchise was originally based in Jamestown, New York, where it operated as the Jamestown Jammers during the 2015 season. [4] 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, [5] with distance (Jamestown was well ...
The 2024 Prospect League season is the 15th season of collegiate summer baseball in the Prospect League, a collegiate summer baseball league in the Midwestern United States, since its creation in June 2009. There are 18 Prospect League teams, split evenly between Eastern and Western Conferences.
The league returned to a twelve team league for the 2019 season with the addition of the Cape Catfish in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the departure of the Kokomo Jackrabbits to the Northwoods League, the addition of the Normal CornBelters from the Frontier League and the addition of the DuPage Pistol Shrimp in Lisle, Illinois. [16] [17] [18]
The Terre Haute REX [4] are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Terre Haute, Indiana. They are a member of the summer collegiate Prospect League. [1] They are managed by Tony Rosselli. The Rex play home games at Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium, also the home of Indiana State University's baseball team. [5]
The CICL merged with the Prospect League after the 2008 season, with the Prospect League name carrying forward into the 2009 season and beyond. The Lucky Horseshoes play in the Prospect League's Western Conference – Northwest Division along with the Burlington Bees, Clinton LumberKings, and Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp. [3]
Local high schools host football and soccer games in the stadium. A baseball stadium and a softball stadium are also included in the complex. The baseball stadium is home to Benedictine University Eagles, the DuPage County Hounds [3] of the Midwest Collegiate League, and the DuPage Pistol Shrimp of the Prospect League.
In 2021, the DuPage Pistol Shrimp baseball team relocated from Lisle, Illinois to Peru, becoming the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp. The Pistol Shrimp are a member of the collegiate Prospect League . [ citation needed ]