by Vinny Messana
For 40 years, kids ages 5-15 have made their way to the New York Baseball Academy to develop their skills and learn from some of the brightest minds and most recognizable names in the Long Island baseball community.
The director of the academy, legendary former NYIT coach Bob Hirschfield, has recently moved the camp to the beautiful campus of Hofstra University. The 240-acre campus is the perfect environment for young baseball players to hone their craft of the game they love.
Coach Ron McKay running an infield drill
This week concluded week 1 of the academy, and it went as well as expected.
There were special insructors; Matt Giuliano (Connetquot grad, Owner of Play Like a Pro, seven years Pro player), Eddie Waters (St. John’s University Hall of Fame, played professionally with New York Yankees, St. Thomas Aquinas HS assistant coach) and Kevin Salmon (current Adelphi pitching coach, former Coastal Carolina pitcher, played professionally with Philadelphia Phillies).
Matt Giuliano hitting off a tee
Below are the winners of the coveted “Super Hustle Award”, given to the players that continuously gave their full effort and displayed a passion for the game. Congratulations to all winners.
Group 1
Gavin Langner
Marek Williams
Group 3
Michael Fonti
Eli Lowenstein
Joshua Tepper
Group 5
Neil Della Ratta
Cooper Consiglio
Nolan Langner
Group six winners
Group 6
Shawn Haber
Will Bruner
Jonathan Wachs
Group 7
Brendan Rosano
Robby Pruzan
Ben Schepps
There are still five weeks remaining, if you would like your son to come down and experience teaching from a top 5 baseball academy in the country, call 516-463-CAMP to register!
