Leo Vitarelli
Beasts of the East: Stony Brook School Enters 2025 Coming Off First State Championship with 7 Division-I Commits
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Vin Messana It’s almost hard to fathom how far they’ve come. Back in the early days of Axcess Baseball, The Stony Brook School was a League IX public school in Suffolk County, Since then, they have gone to the PSAA to now a fully-independent juggernaut. Let’s start with their Division-I commits: SS Aiden Ruiz – Vanderbilt LHP Sebastian Santos-Olson – Miami OF Jordan Serrano – Wake Forest RHP Leo Vitarelli – Winthrop RHP Chris Nell – Lehigh C Anthony DeCesare – Delaware 2B Larry Hotaling – Villanova That is not even considering that they have two freshmen (JuJu Martinez and Colin Raymond) that are ranked among the top players in the country ...
The Stony Brook School Locked and Loaded for Another Strong Season
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. For a team loaded with talent, the Stony Brook Bears are hoping to take the next step in 2024 and become champions. Led by third-year head coach Jon Brewer, Brewer believes that after last year, this team has what it takes to go even further this year and win a state championship. “Last season was good.” Brewer said. “It was my second year here, and the second year of building the program. We had a really good year last year, we ended up going to the state championship and losing to Poly Prep 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh. We were disappointed, but overall, it was a good second year. I’m very happy with that next step we took.” The 2023 Bears only had two seniors, whic...
