by Vinny Messana
This week concluded the 41st year of the New York Baseball Academy.
The annual camp was a tremendous success highlighted by special appearances from former professional players (Pat Lennon, Matt Giuliano, Dave & Matt Lemanczyk, Mike Gaffney, Brian Dorsey, Reid Gorecki, etc.) with Long Island roots. Just as importantly, however, was the experience for the young ballplayers who were able to improve their ballgame while having a great time in the process.
This week the morning clinics were run by current LIU Post Head Coach Mike Gaffney, current Hofstra Head Coach John Russo and legendary NYIT Head Coach Bob Hirschfield.
As always, a bevy of different awards were handed out.
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.
Group 1+2
James Carlo
Aidan Tomposky
Xander Arias
Group 3
Malone Quinn
Luke Lang
Dylan Chase
Marek Williams
Kai Lefkowitz
Owen Bory
Group 5
Varon Thopcherneni
Lucas Vesely
Pacific Smires
Maxwell Hilsenroth
Cameron Drew
Sameul Winkler
Caleb Wilson
Group 6
Tommy Pasqua
Louis Pizzileo
Vikrant Vohra
Will Bruner
Jagger Rosenthal
Dylan Slowik
Brendan Morrison
Steven Siracusa
Group 7
John LaBruyere
Spencer LaBruyere
Jeremy Martinez
Travis Ederhi
Group 8
Salvatore Moschitto
Jason Schwartz
Joseph Pasqua
Sean Kennedy
Matt Pelcher
Benjamin Schepps