2025-26 NCAA Baseball Rules Book  |  2025 Prospect League Rules Book

PROSPECT LEAGUE UMPIRES

The Prospect League partners with the Collegiate Baseball Umpires Alliance (CBUA) for its umpiring assignments. Prospect League Umpire Coordinator Ron Whiting assigns college baseball umpires from Division I, II, III and Junior Colleges to more than 500 League games each season.

The CBUA includes over 1,300 active umpires from across the United States that are recruited through various college umpiring associations and are trained and evaluated through the CBUA’s vast network of associates. The CBUA provides the highest quality of officiating, including umpires who have worked the NCAA Men’s College World Series.

Whiting, who began as Prospect League Umpire Coordinator in 2022, is a veteran umpire who has worked at the professional, collegiate, and high school levels. He remains an active umpire for several NCAA Division I conferences. Whiting is also the CFO of Elite Umpires & Assigning, empowered by the Collegiate Baseball Umpires Alliance.

OFFICIALLY HUMAN

The Prospect League is the first collegiate summer baseball league to partner with Officially Human, an organization dedicated to improving the treatment and retention of sports officials at all levels. Founded in 2019, Officially Human is a grassroots effort aimed at "humanizing" sports officials and addressing the alarming rate at which they leave the profession. A significant percentage of officials quit within their first three years, citing poor treatment from coaches, fans, and administrators as the primary reason for their departure.