by Vinny Messana, Editor
Long Island baseball has never been better represented across Major League Baseball than it is right now.
The bar has been raised high to become a great player and if you don’t want to fall behind you have to put the work in. Over the past five weeks, close to 1,000 players have walked onto Hofstra University’s baseball field and taken part of the famous New York Baseball Academy–which is now in its 41st year.
It was another tremendous week of baseball, filled with 210 players–headlined by some of the brightest baseball players on the island, including Matt Pelcher of Calhoun and the younger brother of Marcus Stroman.
This week featured morning clinics from Hofstra’s Head Coach John Russo, Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Tyler Kavanaugh, Georgetown Head Coach Pete Wilk as well as former University of Maryland infielder Ken Noe. Additionally, 1979 AL All-Star Dave Lemanczyk was around to provide hitting instructions to all the players.
And next week promises to be yet another fantastic week of baseball–as LIU Post Head Coach Mike Gaffney is scheduled to run the morning clinic early in the week.
Call 516-463-CAMP to register and become a part of the famous New York Baseball Academy summer camp–rated as one of the top 5 summer camps in the country!
Below are the winners of the coveted “Super Hustler Award”–given to the players that consistently provide full effort and are always leading by example.
Tyler Kavanaugh running the morning clinic with Sean Rausch (middle) and Chris Hardardt (right)
Group 1+2
Gavin Langner
Sabastian Castiello
Caleb Holin
Group 3
Marek Williams
JJ Kemmesat
Dylan Chase
Gabriel Schultz
Arjit Nair
Joseph Belbol
Group 4
Matt Gileno
Christian Parisa
Nico Morabito
Matt Connolly
Group 6
Jack Magill
Conor Martin
Thomas Garrett
Eric Avellone
Matt Queen
Andrew Koubek
Michael Camardi
Nate Sica
James Jennison
Luke Ciminiello
Group 7
Julian Belardo
Chris Grasso
Ryan Loughlin
Ryan Pompay
Joseph Kruk
Eric Ma
Group 8
Mattt Pelcher
Shane Abney
Sal Moschitto
Tyler O’Neil
Cooper Scher
Chris Cumbo
