Danville Dans
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The Danville Dans are a collegiate summer league baseball
team located in Danville, Illinois
. The team plays in the Prospect League
, which their former league, the NCAA sanctioned Central Illinois Collegiate League
, was absorbed into.
In their history as a CICL team, the Dans have won seven tournament titles, the most of any CICL team.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team located in Danville, Illinois
Danville, Illinois
Danville is a city in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is the principal city of the'Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of Danville and Vermilion County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 32,467. It is the county seat of...
. The team plays in the Prospect League
Prospect League
The Prospect League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. Players are not paid so as to maintain their college eligibility...
, which their former league, the NCAA sanctioned Central Illinois Collegiate League
Central Illinois Collegiate League
The CICL was a collegiate wooden bat summer baseball league. It was composed of five teams from Illinois and Indiana.The CICL was founded in 1963 as a charter member of National Collegiate Athletic Association certified summer baseball...
, was absorbed into.
In their history as a CICL team, the Dans have won seven tournament titles, the most of any CICL team.