Official Website of the South Florida Bandits: Welcome
Welcome to the Official Website of the South Florida Bandits. The South Florida Bandits is a showcase-based baseball team that is devoted to sending each and every player to the next level: college baseball. Led by head coach and advisor Mark Holtzman, the South Florida Bandits have evolved from a local AAU travel baseball team in Boca Raton, Florida, to a national powerhouse well recognized by scouts and college coaches all throughout America. In an evaluation of the WWBA National Championship, which takes place every Fall in Jupiter, Florida, the South Florida Bandits were ranked as the #5 team in the country. Without further adue, please enjoy the rest of the site, as it displays previous player's college commitments, a list of players in Major League Baseball, testimonials from various highly rated prospects, and much more. Most importantly however, this website allows a high school baseball player who is interested in playing for the Bandits to fill out a questionnaire that would be directly routed to advisor Mark Holtzman.
If you are interested in playing college baseball and joining Mark Holtzman's recruiting service and the South Florida Bandits, please email Mark at sfbandits@gmail.com.
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See Jason Knapp go one-on-one with Baseball Tonight's Harold Reynolds
Watch Knapp Strikeout #1 Pick Tim Beckham on 3 Pitches
Esposito reportedly offered $1.5 Million Signing Bonus
Tesauro, Putman featured in New Jersey Baseball Magazine
Tesauro Knows It's All About the Preparation
Anthony Desclafani on Shore Conference Sports Network
2007 Draft Report on Matt Harvey
Highlight Video of Matt Marquis at Tropicana Field
Facts and Figures
12 Players Drafted in 2007
6 Players Drafted in 2008
64 D1 Baseball Scholarships between 2007 and 2008
12 Players represented at 2007 Perfect Game National Showcase
7 Players reprensented at 2007 East Coast Professional Showcase
5 Players represented at 2007 Area Code Games
Class of 2008 College Commitments/Draft Status
Vargas, Michael- Florida International
Morello, Logan-Polk (JUCO)
Stallings, Jacob- North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Gandossy, Connor- St. Louis University
Crane, Chas- Winthrop
Hager, Frankie- Cornell
Zavala, Steven- Rutgers
Marino, Harry- Williams College
DeSclafani, Anthony- Florida* Drafted by Red Sox in 22nd Round
Pfisterer, Eric- Duke* Drafted by Reds in 15th Round
Parish, Matthew- North Carolina-Greensboro
Lettas, Nick- High Point
Tesauro, Tom- Villanova
Esposito, Jason- Vanderbilt* Drafted by Royals in 7th Round
Knapp, Jason- North Carolina-Chapel Hill* Drafted by Phillies in 2nd Round
Colavito, Jake- Stetson
Lackner, Dan- Texas A&M Corpus Christie
Putman, David- Duke
Marquis, Matt- Vanderbilt* Drafted by Red Sox in 28th Round
Thurber, Charley- Tennessee
Roe, Nathaniel- Seton Hall
Epstein, Zach- Columbia
Skrapits, Mark- Fairfield
Maruri, Alex- Elon
Maione, Willie- Fordham
Meo, Anthony- Coastal Carolina* Drafted by Nationals in 43rd Round
Luderer, Ben- Marist
Fitzsimmons, Dan- Princeton
Melillo, Jeff- Rutgers
Schoberl, Johnny- Navy
Milanes, Dave- Navy
Battipaglia, Jerry- Villanova
Schickner, Curtis- Maryland-Baltimore County
Dinizo, James- Northern Iowa
Notable Alumni from 2007 Class
** Drafted and Signed
* Drafted
Rick Porcello- Detroit Tigers Double A Team**
Matt Harvey- North Carolina-Chapel Hill*
Nathan Striz- North Carolina-Chapel Hill*
Anthony Ranaudo- LSU*
DJ Lemahieu- LSU*
Sean Lucas- Virginia
Trevor Reckling- Anaheim Angels Single A Team**
Jaren Matthews- Rutgers*
Joey Manning- Vanderbilt*
Curtis Casali- Vanderbilt*
Ryan McGrath- Wake Forest
Steven Brooks- Wake Forest
Matt Tomshaw- Jacksonville
Brad Raynor- North Carolina-Greensboro
John Chuchiarrella- North Carolina-Greensboro
Joey Frabasile- North Carolina-Greensboro
Raymond Quinones- North Carolina-Greensboro
Greg Smith- North Carolina-Greensboro
Shawn Zarraga- North Carolina-Greensboro*
Keith Weinkofsky- Brookdale CC (JUCO)
Greg Sherry- Notre Dame
Brian Dupra- Notre Dame*
Tommy Zollo- Harvard
Tom Luciano- Duke
Gabe Ramirez- Grambling
Ken Ferrer- Elon
Joe O'Hagan- Wofford
Jeremey Lopez- Maine
Jason Sinclair- Elon
Corey Swickle- High Pont
Tyler Giones- High Point
1st Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
Matt Marquis
2nd Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
Jason Knapp
Jason Esposito
3rd Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
Jacob Stallings
1st Team All Northeast Rawlings/Perfect Game
Jerry Battipaglia
Anthony DeSclafani
Jason Esposito
Connor Gandossy
Jason Knapp
Nicholas Lettas
Matt Marquis
Anthony Meo
Logan Morello
Matt Parish
Eric Pfisterer
Tom Tesauro
Charley Thurber
Michael Vargas