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College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness: Dan Palumbo
Editor’s Note: This is “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 teams. What is the most rewarding p...
College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness: Charlie Barbieri
(Editor’s Note: This article is part of our “College Recruiting 101 Powered by 1 More Rep Athletics & Fitness” in which we delve into the world of college baseball recruiting. Charlie Barbieri is the Head Coach of SUNY Maritime, who led the Privateers to the 2017 Skyline Conference Championship. This story originally ran in February 2023.) I had a chance to speak with him and here’s what he had to say… When did you initially get into coaching? My first varsity position was as an assistant under Mike Lesak at Herricks from 2005-2006. From there, I became the head coach at Midwood High School in Brooklyn from 2007-14. In 2015, I was named the head coach at Maritime College and have been there ever since. I’ve also had the fortune of coaching some high level summer teams. From 2011-2014, ...
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...
Q & A With Nicholas Delvecchio
Holy Trinity entered 2022 with a talented roster – albeit a younger one. Coming off a difficult season, they were hoping that their large group of 2023s and 2024s gained valuable experience from that 2021 season. Turns out, that’s exactly what happened. Led by one of the best pitchers on Long Island in Sadier Vicioso, they were able to go toe-to-toe against any team during the regular season. Ultimately, they lost in the playoffs to St. John the Baptist but it was a successful season for the program. Additionally, their position players all matured quickly – notably catcher Tyler Cook (Catcher of the Year), infielders Sebastian Velazquez and Nicholas Delvecchio. The latter just announced his verbal commitment to Long Island University. He plays his summer ball for Knights...
