The Stony Brook School
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm Agency: Quincy Gibbs
(Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of the 2025 Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we highlighted Jack Mulligan and Alex Pagano. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) Quincy Gibbs (Smithtown Christian 2028) with a pair of strikeouts during live ABs. Gibbs was reaching 89 MPH today with his fastball. At just 15 years old, Gibbs will be a player to watch in the coming years pic.twitter.com/z2J5TvQ5Gs — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 3, 2025 Baseball is in Quincy Gibbs’ blood. His father, also named Quincy, played at Hofstra University and played two seasons for the Long Island Ducks. His brother, Isaiah, currently plays college ball. While playing for Smithtown Chr...
Fresh Off Winning Gold Medal, Vanderbilt-Commit Aiden Ruiz Poised for Huge Senior Season
By Salomé Davoudiasl ARE YOU KIDDING AIDEN RUIZ?! 😱 pic.twitter.com/vAlAfKtmx8 — USA Baseball 18U (@USABaseball18U) September 14, 2025 Aiden Ruiz, the 18-year-old shortstop who helped lead Team USA to a gold medal at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan, is finally back home. His family, friends, teammates, and coaches had turned out to honor him at The Stony Brook School’s recreation center, just a few strides across from the baseball diamond where Aiden Ruiz built his reputation. A room with ping-pong tables, vending machines, and video games was blessed by trays of fresh food, steaming and still bubbling from the oven. Parents and coaches bustle around, blowing balloons, colors red, white and blue. Ruby Moreno, mother of one of Ruiz’s teammates, had prepared most of the spread, ...
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 ...
