November 18, 2025 -Golden Rule Entertainment, announced a new partnership with Millikin University and the City of Decatur that will bring a Prospect League summer collegiate baseball team to the city.
The Prospect League is a premier Midwestern wood-bat collegiate summer baseball league with 20 teams across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. The League provides college players a professional setting with excellent competition and high-quality facilities while delivering exciting baseball action and affordable all-ages entertainment to its communities.
“It’s really fun to see how the communities navigates towards these teams, have fun with the merchandise and the promotions and they follow the kids each summer so it’s really important….Our motto is “Baseball is our platform not our purpose”, our purpose is to make the community better” said Jamie Toole the Chief Storyteller for Golden Rule Entertainment.
The organization has not selected a team name. There will be a submission process to give residents the opportunity to help choose one.
The team is scheduled to join the 20-team league for the 2026 season. Opening day will take place in late May 2026.
