World Yacht Clippers Baseball: CLIPPER NEWS

Congratulation to the following members of the Clippers organization and their families !! 

Brett Gemmell has committed to High Point University

Red Dowdell has committed to VMI

Dan Crowe has committed to Elon University

Vinny DeMaria has committed to Iona College

Connor Kwallwasser has committed to Belmont Abbey

Steve Fondu has committed to Furman University

Kurt Picarelli has committed to Eastern Nazeren

Andrew Crean has committed to Trinity College

Max Bruckner has committed to Iona College

Vincent Froio has committed to Concordia College

Tim McCarthy has committed to Temple University

Erik Martin has committed to ST Rose

Andrew Pucillo has committed to Iona College

Zach Pruess has committed to S New Hampshire U

Mike Gomez has committed to UMBC

Craig Rothenberg has committed to Brandeis U 

Alex beckett has committed to Franklin Pierce U

Sam Garito has committed to Eastern CT State U

Lucas Owens has committed to UNC-Asheville

Tyler Choate has committed to Mitchell College, CT  

THE CLIPPERS WISH TO CONGRATULATE COLIN MORAN AND JOEY PANIK FOR BEING NAMED "PERFECT GAME 2011 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN".

IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE PLAYERS WHOM WE WATCHED AND COACHED WHEN THEY WERE 9 AND 10 YEARS OLD GROW UP AND BEGIN FULFILLING THEIR DREAMS. 2011 WAS A GREAT SEASON FOR MANY OF OUR FORMER PLAYERS BUT THESE TWO HAD EXCEPTIONAL SEASONS.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LINK TO SEE ADDITIONAL PLAYERS

The Clippers family would like to congratulate the following alumni who were selected in the 2011 MLB player draft

Curt Casali - selected in the 10th round to the Tigers  2005 team

Joey Maher - selected in the 38th round to the Yankees 2010 team 

Matt Tomshaw - selected in the 43rd round by the Twins 2005, 2006 team 

This was a great honor for these players and it was an honor to have coached and had them wear the WYC uniform

Also a congratulations as a friend of the program and former SOAC player for Coach Imbriale (hope that makes some folks cheery)

Joe Panik - 1st round SF Giants

Coach Merc has started blogging and there is a lot of information being written that PARENTS and players should be reading up on. Take a look and then send over your questions

allbaseball247.blogspot.com

The CLIPPERS would like to congratulate COLIN MORAN on being named the ACC Player of the Week, The NCBWA Player of the Week and the NCAA National Player of the Week....

Click on the link to read more about Colin and the fantastic week he had and the great freshman season he's having !

The Clippers would like to congratulate the following members of the class of 2011 and their families !! 

Scott Hagan has committed to Binghamton University

Dane McDermott has committed to High Point University

Fabio Ricci has committed to Newberry College 

Joe Maher has committed to Northeastern University

Cristaian Fiorito has committed to Concordia College

Jake Matranga has committed to Concordia College

Dan Wertz has committed to Sacred Heart University

Rob Alonso has committed to Dominican College 

Brett Miller has committed to High Point University                                        Brett was with us in Jupiter and is part of the BMP program from Sacramento, CA

 Jeff Hoffman has committed to East Carolina University                  the News from the Bridge page for a nice article on Jeff !!!!

Nice article in the news paper up in Albany coving Jeff's committment to ECU.

LATHAM — Jeff Hoffman will be changing ships in 2011, as the senior at Shaker High School turned a season of fall baseball with the World Yacht Clippers into a scholarship offer from the Pirates at East Carolina University.

Hoffman, a pitcher, confirmed Monday that he had accepted an offer from ECU after visiting the campus in Greenville, N.C. over the weekend.

“It was a long process and a really stressful time that lasted about two months,” Hoffman said. “I visited the campus and I fell in love with it. The coaches are great and it’s a very successful program.”

East Carolina, a member of Conference USA, finished the 2010 season with a 32-27 record. The Pirates have posted 13 straight 30-plus win seasons, which is the ninth-longest active streak in the country.

Hoffman excelled during his junior season at Shaker High School in 2009. He went 7-0 with a 2.06 ERA, striking out 26 in 34 innings in the Suburban Council.

Early in the summer, he played for the East Greenbush Devilcats’ Connie Mack team. Later on, Steve Frank, the new head baseball coach at Shaker High School, helped Hoffman earn a roster spot with the World Yacht Clippers CDP team based out of Jefferson Valley in Westchester County.

“They definitely played a major role in a competitive summer for me,” Hoffman said of his time with the Devilcats. “But all of the college looks I got were through the World Yacht Clippers. I went to a couple of tournaments on Long Island, threw well and that was that.”

College coaches had his eye on him in recent weeks and his stellar performances put him on East Carolina’s radar.

“Facing the hitters that I did in fall baseball, I mean, all of those hitters are going to play Division I or Division II baseball,” Hoffman said. “The competition doesn’t get any better than that, facing the best from up and down the east coast.”

Hoffman is just the latest hard-throwing pitcher to emerge at Shaker. Tommy Kahnle, another former Blue Bison hurler, was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the First Year Player Draft in June. Kahnle signed in time to finish the season with the Staten Island Yankees in the short-season Class A New York-Penn League, where he posted a 0.56 ERA over 16 innings during 11 appearances. He struck out 25 and walked five in his first season as a professional.

Hoffman plans to major in physical education in college and plans on being a coach once his player career is over.

He had previously committed to Elon University, but that offer fell through.

Late in October, Hoffman will stop throwing for a few months to let his arm relax and he’ll also lace up his sneakers for Shaker’s basketball team. Once the calendar flips over to January, he can start thinking about one last season on the hill with the Bison and what the future holds in store for him at East Carolina.

“Hopefully I can step in and play a major role as a starter,” he said. “But I’ll definitely have to work at it and earn that role.”

The Clippers wish to extend a congratulations to the following players and their families. A great start to the recruiting class of 2010 !!!! We'll update them as we get them. Checkout the 09's below who are new commits !!

Ryan Pennell has committed to Elon University

TJ Olesczuk has committed to Winthrop University

John Pilla has committed to Newberry College 

Chris King has committed to Coastal Carolina

Josy Espinal has committed to SUNY Albany

Billy Demersky has committed to Young Harris College

John Melville has committed to U of New Haven

Colin Moran has committed to University of North Carolina

Mike Tandy has committed to Wallace State CC

Ryan Gallardo has committed to University of Tennessee  **Ryan joined us in Jupiter this fall and was seen by Tenn in the 2 games he caught for us**     

Ian Anderson has committed to St Lawrence University

Brandon Serio has committed to University of Rhode Island

Jon Casten has committed to Mercy College

Elias Tsouristakis has committed to Manhattanville College

Gaston Rojas has committed to University of Buffalo

James McGowan has committed to S New Hampshire U 

Brian Sullivan has committed to Lafayette College

John Maloney has committed to High Point University

Chris Erker has committed to Guilford Tech CC

Joe Mercurio has committed to Guilford Tech CC

RICH GINER HAS COMMITTED TO SURRY CC 

Mike Lang has committed to Quinnipiac University

Ryan Blicker has committed to Stone Hill College 

FOR PREVIOUS YEARS RECRUITING CLASSES CLICK HERE: http://www.eteamz.com/wyclippersbaseballsite/news/   

The Clippers wish to congratulate the following members of the 2009 class who have already accepted offers for their upcoming college careers. We will update the site as the players who have received offers continue to accept them. Congratulations guys!!!!

Steven Roche  has committed to High Point University

Mike Mercurio has committed to High Point University

Jamie Schultz has committed to High Point University Jamie played his summer ball for the Devil Cats and joined us in East Cobb where he pitched 3 games. He was seen and recruited by High Point during this time.                    

Tyler Donovan has committed to Winthrop University

Anthony Cervone has committed to St John's University

Shane Matthews has committed to Marist College

Chris Connelly has committed to St Peters University 

Logan Gillis has committed to Northeastern University

Nick Iuni has committed to Savannah College of Art & Design 

Wesley Torrez has committed to High Point University

Blake Aquadro has  committed to Youngstown State       

  Blake played for the East Coast Greys and only joined us in Jupiter where Youngstown State saw him pitch. Thank You to Coach Snuez for giving us the heads up on Blake.

Greg DeVoux has committed to Keene University

Ed Spitaletta has committed to Manhattan College

Matt Gaine has committed to Jacksonville University

Joe Rock has commited to Manhattan College

Pat Farina has committed to Ave Maria University

Trace McDermott has committed to Ave Maria University

Willie Gabay has committed to Austin Peay University

Mike Petilli has committed to High Point University

Tyler Tucci has committed to Elon University

The Clippers wish to congratulate the following players on their college decisions.

Joe Pedevellano has committed to Duke University

Matt Jordan has committed to Manhattan College

Andy Smietana has committed to UMBC

Rob Lacolla  has committed to Manhattan College

Mark Scrapits has committed to Fairfield University

 Clippers 2007 Committments:

These are players who were members of the summer 2006 team and a few from previous seasons.
Tom Luciano has committed to Duke University

Matt Tomshaw has committed to Jacksonville University

Sean Lucas has committed to the University of Virginia
 

Curtis Casali (2004 ) Has committed to Vanderbilt University 

Tyler Gionis has committed to High Point University

Joe O"Hagan has committed to Wofford College

Joe Frabasile has committed to UNC- Greensboro

Rob Fondu has committed to Furman University

Kevin Mulvihill has committed to Cortlandt State U

We will keep everyone posted as the College Committements continue to come in:

1) E.J Smith has committed to Virgina Tech.

2) Joe Miller has committed to High Point University.

3) Ryan Powers has committed to Mississippi State University.

4) Joe Mercurio has committed to the University of Illinois.

5) Ben Paulsen has committed to  Clemson University

6) Michael Imbriale has committed to Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) 

7) Brian Moran has committed to UNC-Chapel Hill  Brian has played in numerous events with us over the years.

8) Jesse Johnson has committed to Long Island University

9) Kevin Jackson has commited to The University of Maine

Congratulations to these Clippers' and continued good luck in the college search to our remaining 06's.

 The following Clippers players have signed their National Letter of Intent to attend college next year recieving baseball scholarship money. Congratulations to each of them and the Clippers family wish them all well.

Joe Cotone OF to the University of Massachussettes

Brad Pippa C/P to Stetson University

Dan O'Leary RHP to the College of Saint Rose

Pauli Partridge RHP full ride to the College of Saint Rose

Tom McKevitt RHP to Iona College

Bob DiNardo If to Fordham University

This past summer season the Clippers welcomed a new member of the coaching staff, 19 year major league veteran Mike Torrez. Coach Torrez is the father of Clippers RHP and future High Point Panther Wesley Torrez. Coach Torrez pitched the Yankees to the World Series Championship in 77' winning 2 WS games. In 78' he gave up the infamous homerun to Bucky Dent that put the Yankees back into the series.

Checkout the scoreboard here at Yankee Stadium as Coach pitches to Bucky again and you'll see he's a true Clipper. Thanks Coach.

We will never forget our good friend Chris Caiazzo who left us on January 9, 2007..... His Dad Chris reamains a big part of our program.    

C8C