42 Players get jobs at Indy Pro Showcase in Fort Myers

42 out of 98 players that attended the Indy Pro Showcase in Fort Myers will be getting ready for the upcoming season as they procured jobs last week at the Indy Pro Showcase in Fort Myers. “It was a great group of players in Florida”, said IPS co-founder Nick Belmonte, “ There will be even more from this group getting job offers as the dust settles”, he added. The players got job offers from 10 different Indy teams and 1 MLB team. These teams stretched over 5 different Indy Leagues from the Can Am League, Frontier, American Association, North American, and the Peach State League.  Those who are looking for the same opportunity please sign up for the next showcase in Ft. Myers, FL.

Congratulations to these players that got jobs including Mike Kramer who Signed with the Boston Red Sox, the rest are:

Jacob Liedka LHP Texas A&M
John Masklee LHP Montclair State
Marc Brown LHP Stony Brook
John Potrikus RHP Cortland State
Casey Barnes RHP Kansas Wesleyan
Ryan Carr RHP Brunswick CC
Zachary Harwood RHP Rice University
Tucker Pryor RHP Florida Southern
Zach Rosetti RHP USC Beaufort
Nickolas Schreiber California University (PA)
Mitch Kramer RHP Lincoln Memorial
Adam Osteen RHP Southeastern University
Josef Smith RHP Surry CC
John Montoya RHP United League 2010
Alex Smith LHP Frontier League 2010
Brady Cooper RHP Wayne State
Mike Roth RHP Brockton
David White RHP Wayne State
Daniel Fisher RHP
Joe Proto RHP Colorado State
Adan Severino OF Twins ‘2009-10
Tim Rotola OF Liberty/ GBL 2010
Justin Preckajlo OF UNF
Mike Mobbs OF Fordham
Jordan Marsch OF Rowan University
Chad Lambert OF Bellevue
Daniel Lanier OF Lander University
Tyler Hicks OF Incarnate Word
Jon Dziomba INF Mercyhurst
Anthony D’Alfonso OF GBL 2010
Jake Jadlowski INF  AA/Frontier 2010
John Skaggs 1B Wayne State
Ludovico Oriente 3B St Joseph’s
Michael Demma 1B FIT
Jason Thomas SS Prairie View A&M
Matt Lucchesi C Niagara
Bobby Dombrowski C Monmouth U
Brett Chamberlain C George C Wallace
Reno Malay C Incarnate Word
Eric Bloom C/INF CSU Pueblo
Nathan Thompson C Liberty

Congratulations Nick D’Amico (Houston 2010 Attendee) on being signed by the San Diego Padres!

Players offered contracts at the 2010 Florida, Houston, & Detroit Showcases

2010 Florida Showcase Signees

American Association  

Lincoln Saltdogs
Donald Furrow LHP TCU   

Fort Worth Cats
Shannon Sprouse RHP Lake County

Northern League

Rockford Riverhawks
Jamie Degidio RHP URI   

Can Am League

New Jersey Jackals
Donald Jordat RHP Miami Dade/Embry Riddle 

Brockton Rox
Louis Gabel RHP Wesleyan   

Sussex Skyhawks
Mark McGonigle OF Seattle Mariners,
Mike Consolmagno OF USF,
Andrew Matriano INF St. Peters College

United League

Rio Grande Valley
Joel Palacios RHP CBL

Laredo Broncos
Justin Grenier C Texas A&M CC,
Felix Adamkiewicz SS Hofstra,
Brandon Veronee RHP, Europe,
Eric Eden RHP W. Illinois   

Amarillo Dillas
Kyle Hobbs OF St. Leo,
Dane Little LHP Wayne State,
Brent Buffa RHP Millsaps

Frontier League

Evansville Otters
Mitch Kramer LHP Lincoln Memorial,
Nick Esposito LHP Bellevue   

Washington Wildthings
Paul Chmeil 1B Baltimore Orioles,
Pat Kenney SS Madonna U   

Normal Cornbelters
Andrew Barbaro C Traverse City,
Jeff Cowan 2B High Point,
Charles Gordon RHP Sheperd,
Adam Knight RHP Georgia State,
Chris Bennett RHP Northeastern St.,
Sam Heaps RHP Elizabethtown,
Jason Furrow LHP Balt. Orioles,
Kyffin Marcum RHP Rockford,
Jack Mikel 1B Culver Stockton   

Continental League

Alexandria Aces
Lonnie Patterson RHP Schaumburg,
Mitch Saum C/3B Florida Tech,
Mickey Cassidy RHP Bay Area

New York State League
Vinnie Dibenedetti OF Felician,
Gerardo Hernandez C WVIT   

Peach State League
Jeremy Macklin RHP Texas Lutheran,
Jay Bresnahan 2B Mankato State,
David Roth 3B St. John’s  College,
Rob Saverese LHP Farmingdale,
Chris Brown OF Bethune Cookman,
David Andres RHP Franklin and Marshall,
Chris Brown C Pace,
Devin Smith OF Iowa Wesleyan,
Quinn Bright RHP Norfolk State   

Boston Red Sox
Ty Wilson LHP Pensacola Pelicans,
David Triplett(invitee) Windy City

Houston 2009

Sioux Falls Canaries
C Frasier Holmes                 (Dallas University)

Brockton Rox..
C Jonathan Gossard            (Rutgers)

Evansville Otters…
RHP Rashad Ford                (Texas Southern)…
C/1b David Burns                (Virginia Commonwealth),
C Todd Waller                    (Cincinnati Reds)

Chico Heat…
3B Josh Levin                     (Sacramento State)

Alexandria Aces…
RHP Shawn Lee                   (Bellevue)…
RHP Justin Drabek               (El Paso Am. Assc.)…
RHP Mario Tolj                     (Metro State)…
SS Michael Gavion               (Southern U.)…
OF John Bolster                    (Windy City)….
RHP Khalid Affify                  ( Sussex Skyhawks),
Rhett Barber LHP                 (Valdosta State)

Bay Area Toros …
LHP Kyle Watson                  ( Stephen F. Austin)…
RHP Michael Cramer           (Penn State)…
3B Tony Flores                     (High Point)…
INF Chris DeBiasi                 (Patten)…
2B Clint Stottlemyre (Panhandle State)…
2B Delvin Sanders                (Texas Southern)

New York State League

RHP/Of Ricky McGraw         (San Jacinto CC)
3B John Mendez                  (Iowa Southeastern)
SS Danny Wansley …          (Simpson College
OF Marcus Porchia               (Rock Valley)
OF Stevie Lewis                  (Southern Nazarene).
RHP John Bonifacini            (Sonoma State)
RHP Neil Forsyth                  (Northwood University)
C/OF Marcus Pearson         (North Lake)

Golden Baseball League

Yuma:
LHP Izzy Chirino                    (White Sox)

Saint George
RHP Brandon Melvin            (Ranger CC)

Edmonton
RHP Brandon Geib               (Shippensburg),
3b Dan Williams                  (Pittsburgh)

Can Am League…

Sussex:
LHP Alex Smith                    (UVA),
Steve Whalen RHP               (U. of New Orleans),
Stephen Fox RHP                 (Hofstra),
Ryan Dixon RHP                   (Angels)

New York State League

Oscar Goldman OF              (Prairie View A&M),
Mark Sharp SS                    (Clark Atlanta),
Joe Snider LHP                    (Otterbein),
Brian Carr LHP                     (Lyon),
Anthony Cash RHP               (Rend Lake),
Marc Manganaro INF/OF     (Wayne State),
Jon Reed INF                      (West Florida),
Don Erdall RHP                    (Winona State),
Ryan CalabreseRHP            (Fairfield),
Chris Schacca C                 (Mt. Saint Mary’s),
Matt Woehnker RHP (Elizabethtown),
Steffan King RHP                 (Hillsborough CC),
Joel Palacio RHP                 (Florida Memorial)

United/Continental League

Alexandria
OF Earl White                     (Ark. Pine Bluff),
Nathan Stewart RHP            (Mississippi College),
Aaron Kalb RHP                   (Rutgers),
Casey Clary C                    (El Paso),
Will Krout RHP                    (Sonoma State)

American Association

Sioux City…
Andrew Franco c                   (Appalachian St.)
Bo Whitaker ss                      (Harding U)

Lincoln…
Ryan Chestnut LHP (Det. Tigers)

Frontier League

Rockford
RHP Donald Jordat              (MiamI Dade CC),
Jesse Freeman RHP            (Virginia Wesleyan),
1B John Petika                   (FIU)

Evansville
RHP Calen Sutton                 (Tenn. Martin),
RHP John Ducey                   (Geo. Southern),
ss Felix Adamkiewicz           (Hofstra)

New York State League
Paul Toland  RHP                 (Rochester U)
Andrew Martirano  OF           (St. Peters College)
Chris Brockman … OF,         (Rockford,Il College)
Brian Visconti   2b/SS…      (Mount St. Mary’s NY)
Kevin Zerbo 1b                      (Madonna U,Mi)
Jordan “Boo” RHP                 (Tusculem College KY)
Matt Saeva  RHP                   (Fredonia State NY)
Philip Cahill C R/R                (Siena College)
James Kukucka RHP           (Eastern Connecticut)
Steve Teno                         (Central Michigan)
Steven Mazzurco R/R           (Stonybrook NY)
Sean Gregory                        (Albany U)
Jon Reed  Utlity                     (University of West Florida)

Detroit 2009

Lincoln
C Tycen Povey                      (Dodgers)
RHP Tim Brown                     (Pittsburg State)
INF Jake Jadlowski              (Bellevue)

Sussex Skyhawks
RHP Gregory Lane

Evansville Otters
Ben Paxton RHP                   (W.Kentucky)
Andre Liscinsky SS              (Pace)

Midwest Sliders
Kyle Wink RHP                      (Bellevue)

Texarkana Gunslingers
Alex Vanoeveren  RHP        (NW Nazarene)

Bay Area Toros
Eric Eden RHP                      (W. Illinois)
Mickey Cassidy RHP           (St. Francis)

Rockford Riverhawks
Cody Sharp LHP                   (Spring Arbor)

Coastal
Michael Cease RHP             (Montana State)
Cody Brubaker OF               (College of Idaho)
Hiarali Garcia RHP               (Kansas)