College Recruiting
College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Fitness & Athletics: Sam Sharf
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 the events that make the ...
College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Fitness & Athletics: Sam Sharf
(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 ...
College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness: Dan Palumbo
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...
College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness: Charlie Barbieri
(Editor’s Note: This is the sixth 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 the third 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. Next, we spoke with George Mason University assistant coach Matt Marsh, who is a Long Island native about his process of recruiting players. In last week’s edition, ...
College Recruiting 101: Joe Palumbo
(Editor’s Note: This is the fifth 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 the third 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. Last week, we speak with George Mason University assistant coach Matt Marsh, who is a Long Island native about his process of recruiting players. In this week’s edit...
College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness: Q & A with Matt Marsh
(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...
College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness: Glenn Petraitis
(Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of our “College Recruiting 101 Series Powered by 1MR 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 last week’s edition, we spoke to three fathers who are also coaches that had to navigate through the pandemic. Now we will talk 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) At what point did you notice that your son was a special talent? How did his college recruiting experience play out? My youngest son, AJ, was always an awesom...
College Recruiting 101: How Has the Pandemic Impacted Recruiting ?
In our last edition of College Recruiting 101 we spoke to 5 fathers who experienced the college recruiting with their sons. All five of them went through the Division-I recruiting process. It came to my attention, however, that all of these were pre-covid, and as we know that has changed the landscape considerably. So I sought out 3 parents that have not only dealt with the college recruiting process, but all three are current coaches that have had to adapt to the post covid era. The individuals being quoted in this story are Andrew Aschettino, Eric Strovink and Eric Reichenbach. Aschettino is currently an assistant coach at St. Joseph’s University. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Rocky Point for 18 seasons where he led them to their first County Championship in his final sea...
College Recruiting 101: Asking the Dads That Have Experienced It
The college recruiting process can be very overwhelming. To make matters more difficult, it’s constantly changing over the years. So if you played baseball and you think it’ll be easier for you to help navigate through your son’s process – think again, since the recruiting calendar and the entire landscape has likely completely changed since you went through it 25 years earlier. To make it easier, I reached out to some dads that I know would have great insight and advice on the process. They are: Brian Schlesinger, Christian Eiring, Eladio Exposito, Vito Friscia and Bob Johnson. All of these gentlemen have sons that recently played Division-I baseball and they know exactly what the process entails. I asked a series of questions and here’s what they had to say&...
