The Lafayette Aviators are a summer collegiate baseball team based in Lafayette, Indiana. They are a member of the Eastern Conference of the summer collegiate Prospect League. The Aviators play at Loeb Stadium in Columbian Park in Lafayette, which opened in May 2021.
The Aviators won their first Prospect League championship in 2017, defeating the Butler BlueSox in a best-of-3 series.
The Aviators play in the Prospect League's Eastern Conference – Northeast Division along with the Champion City Half Trax, Chillicothe Paints, Johnstown Mill Rats, and Kokomo Creek Chubs.
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 (Jamestown was well outside the Prospect League's Midwestern footprint while the PCPBL's footprint was much closer, in Central New York) 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.
The Aviators were supposed to play their 2020 season at Purdue University's Alexander Field while the original Loeb Stadium was torn down and replaced by a new ballpark; however, the season was suspended when Purdue closed their athletic facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The team was finally able to welcome spectators to their season opener at their new stadium on June 1, 2021.
Seasons Season Manager Record Win % Division GB Post-season record Post-season win % Post-season result Notes 2015 Anthony Barone 27–33 .450 4th 11.0 0–0 .000 Did not qualify First and only season as the Jamestown Jammers 2016 Brent McNeil 30–30 .500 3rd 5.0 0–0 .000 Did not qualify First season as the Lafayette Aviators 2017 Brent McNeil 36–24 .600 1st – 4–2 .667 Won West Division Championship (Terre Haute) Won Prospect League Championship (Butler) Moved to West Division 2018 Will Arnold 22–38 .367 6th 14.0 0–0 .000 Did not qualify 2019 Brent McNeil 34–26 .567 6th 6.0 0–0 .000 Did not qualify 2020 Bailey Montgomery Season cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) 2021 Michael Keeran 41–18 .695 1st – 3–2 .600 Won Wabash River Division Championship (Danville) Won East Conference Championship (Champion City) Lost Prospect League Championship (Cape) 2022 Chris Willsey 25–34 .424 4th 16.0 0–0 .000 Did not qualify 2023 Jamie Sailors 28–29 .491 3rd 12.5 0–0 .000 Did not qualify 2024 Jamie Sailors 26–30 .464 2nd 10.0 0–0 .000 Did not qualify 2025 Jamie Sailors 35–21 .625 1st – 2–2 .500 Won Northeast Division Championship (Johnstown) Won Eastern Conference Championship (Terre Haute) Lost Prospect League Championship (Cape) 2026 Jamie Sailors 29–26 .527 2nd 0.5 1–1 .500 Won Northeast Division Championship (Chillicothe) Lost Eastern Conference Championship (Terre Haute) Totals 333–309 .519 10–7 .588
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