(Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment of “College Recruiting 101” Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness in which we delve into the world of college baseball recruiting. In the last edition, we spoke with Philadelphia Phillies scout Dan Palumbo and in this week’s edition we spoke with Sam Sharf, Partner and Director of Baseball at College Sports Advisors. Feel free to check them out here.) Could you explain to our audience the role that College Sports Advisors play in the recruiting process for a student-athlete? Our first job at CSA is to evaluate the player to understand their skill set and how it fits into the college baseball landscape. At that point, we can devise a unique strategy to market that player to the appropriate schools and coordinate ...
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh installment of “College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness” in which we delve into the world of college baseball recruiting. In the last edition, we spoke with SUNY Maritime HC Charlie Barbieri on what he looks for in a college athlete and how he goes about his recruiting process. And in this edition, we speak with Phillies scout Dan Palumbo on his experience with scouting and how it pertains to the northeast athletes.) Can you tell our audience how you initially got into scouting? I got into scouting after a 26-year career as a head coach, hitting coach, pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Div-I, Div-II and Div-III. It was the logical transition and I was very connected in the metro area college and high school te...
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment of our “College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness” in which we delve into the world of college baseball recruiting. In the first edition we spoke to five fathers who sent their sons to Division-I programs. In the next edition, we spoke to three fathers who are also coaches that had to navigate through the pandemic. In last week’s edition, we spoke with Glenn Petraitis, who had two sons go through the college recruiting process and is an Emmy-award winning Sports Producer for MSG and NBC Olympics. His younger son, AJ, is a freshman at Le Moyne College. Now, we speak with George Mason University assistant coach Matt Marsh, who is a Long Island native about his process of recruiting players.) Whe...