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Shen `06 Standout receives 1st America East Player of the Week award......
March 3rd
Murphy Smith `06, All-State Pitcher and # 2 Pitcher at Binghamton University has been named the America East Player of the Week for the first week of the 2009 season.
You can go to this link to read more about Murphy Smith and his brother Morgan Smith`07 and BU Baseball.
www.bubearcats.com
Additionally, Trevor Smith, standout senior pitcher at Northeastern University, coming off major surgery, this past offseason, got his first start this weekend for NEU baseball.
www.gonu.com/baseball
Coach Carrese is a featured speaker at National Convention.....
January 28th
Head Coach James E. Carrese recently gave a speech to the ABCA National Convention/Clinic in San Diego, California.
The ABCA is a 10,000 member Coaches Association, the largest coaches association in the world.
Coach Carrese`s Power Point presentation was on "How to Build a High School Program". The Power Point and attached notes can be found on our Download Menu.
Coach is the Region I represenative to the ABCA HS All-American Committee and was named the ABCA Region I Large school Coach of the Year in 2005.
Coaching Staff attends Baseball Clinic.....
January 27th
The Shenendehowa staff attended the Cherry Hill Clinic in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on January 15-16-17. Our staff has attended that clinic since the mid 90`s. The clinic staff features some of the best Professional and College baseball coaches, managers and instructional experts in the country. This year`s clinic featured staff from the NY Yankees, Missippi State and Florida State coaching staffs.
2009 Class of Alumni playing Collegiate Baseball...
January 27th
The 2009 class of Alumni playing at the next level will be announced thru the Download Menu next month under a PDF format.While the Alumni page is under reconstruction we will use the Download Menu to display the Class of 2009 College Baseball players.
Mental Game: January`s Word of the Month: Confidence
January 11th
Dorfman writes: " Confidence requires risk taking". It comes thru step by step success. Each success encourages the player to perserve as they struggle with the next step".
"I`m going to sit on this guy`s fastball and go right with it".
The confident hitter has that mental approach as he goes thru his mental checklist in his "On Deck behavior" routine.
The average HS player lets the mental imagery of failure set in when he allows the the thought" this guy is throwing seeds", I have no shot" !!!
Confident players know they may fail because baseball is a game of "Overcoming Adversity". They are realistic. They also never consent to failure. They believe they can succeed and when they fail their approach is "next pitch" or "next at bat" !!
Fear is a great motivator !! Confident players take the fear of a challenging situation in a game {2 out basehit mentality} and learn to cope with it successfully.
Dorfman writes" The great ones can control their fear, rather than to be controlled by it-they use the energy from the situation to create a positive energy. Confidence is Positive energy!!
Fear derives from uncertainity. To eliminate fear the player must practice difficult situations in the game. Runner on 2B and 0 outs. Move the runner to third any way you can !!
Bunt to the right side, drive the middle away fastball to the right side, deep fly ball to right field.....anyway you can!!
More to come on....Confidence......
Former Shen baseball standouts on the College baseball Field.......
December 6th
1- Jason Downey/2004: RHP/Red Shirt Senior @ Big East Champion Rutgers University. Downey is the only Plainsmen Baseball player to be a 1st Team All-State in Football and Baseball.Downey was also selected to every Media team and Suburban Council team for Baseball and Football. Downey left Shenendehowa as one of the most decorated athletes in the school`s history !!
Downey had a great year in 2007 as the the Big East Champion`s Setup man.
Recently chosen captain for the 2008 season. You can read more on "Captain Downey" in our Recent News archive below or go to Rutgers.edu for the full Rutgers Baseball story!!!
2-Trevor Smith/2004: Senior Red Shirt RHP at Northeastern University.
"Smitty" has had two stellar seasons with NEU. In 2006 and 2007 Smith was the #4 and # 2 starter respectively.
Surgery ended his 2007 campaign before he was to become the first Shenendehowa pitcher to sign a contract with the Cape Cod league {Falmouth team} in our program`s history!!!{Blake Hanan/2000/ss @ Siena College/Free agent with Baltimore Orioles played in the Cape league in the early part of the decade!!}
Smitty`s rehab is going well and he has begun throwing in preparation for the 2008 season!!!Go to neu.edu or click Skiliton`s links on our website and go College baseball-Division I.
3-Scott Rader/2004:Redshirt Sophmore @ Briarcliffe College. Scholarship out of HS to Hofstra University. Transfered to Briarcliffe in 2006. Led the team in a number of offensive categories as their everyday catcher.
Hit .389 with a .694 slugging percentage.
4-Dan Feenan/2005: Saw 30 + games action as a Freshman and started at 2B/3B at one of the top D-III programs in the country. Followed Shen legend "The camel" Joe Ihnatolya {who set records at RPI} and is teammates with top Shen performer Andrew Mondo who followed Dan to RPI in 2006.
5-Matt Frey/2005: A HS All-State performer for the Plainsmen, Matt Frey has continued his slugging on scholarship at St.Rose D-II. A all conference performer for the past two seasons, Frey is setting records on the diamond for Coach O`Connor.
6-Murphy Smith/2006:Binghamton University /D-I. A HS All-State Pitcher in 2006 with All-Area media team selections, Team MVP and All-Suburban Council Team in both his Junior and Senior seasons at Shenendehowa.
"Scmidt" as he is affectionally called{Coach Cafarelli "original" was one of the top five pitchers recruited out of NYS in 2006.Murphy was given the first NYSBCA{New York State Baseball Coaches Association} Section Two "Player of the Year"Award in 2006. After considering numerous D-I offers Murphy settled on high end academic/baseball at the MAAC school. In 2007 "Scmidt" made 14 appearances and started one game as Frosh !!
He pitched 33 innings, faced 131 batters{led the bullpen} and struck out 22.
This past summer Murph was named to the All-Star team for Kutztown Rockies in the Atlantic Coast League.
The summer of 2008 will find Murphy Smith pitching in one of the top five Summer Collegiate leagues in the country: The Costal Plains League in North Carolina. Way to go "Schimdt".!!
7-Ryan Gauck {2006}/1B/DH Marist College/D-I.
Ryan started off at Marist where he left off at Shenendehowa......tearing the cover off the baseball.Starting 36/53 games played and playing in 44/53 games as a true Freshman in the MAAC is a incredible accomplishment !!
Hitting .283 with 23 rbi`s and 7 doubles Ryan saw action as a DH and a s a 1B/OF in the tough MAAC conference.
Ryan is one of the few D-I players out of this program and any HS program for that matter to be an impact player on the field as a "true freshman".
Congratulations to the big "Gawk" as the PA "announcers often said in HS career !!!!
That`s Seven of the Thirteen Plainsmen currently playing College Baseball !!
More to come on :
Al Williams/Siena D-I
Andrew Mondo/RPI D-III
Steve Gauck/Oneonta State D-III
Dave Goerold/Clarkson D-III
Crockett Pack/Plattsburgh State D-III
Morgan Smith/Binghamton University D-I
For more information and to find the College Baseball websites you can go to Skilton`s Links on this site and click on "College Baseball" and look for these players under what "Division " level of baseball they play. Then search for their official websites of the teams they play for.
Downey named Captain @ Rutgers University
November 19th
Jason Downey {2004} Shenendehowa graduate and All-State performer in Football and Baseball has been named the Co-Captain of the Rutgers University Baseball team. Big East Baseball is one of the top six competitive Division I leagues in this country.
Downey , a red shirt senior was the Scarlet Knights "setup man" in their record setting Big East Championship run[42-21/20-7} and subsequent Big East Tournament championship.
Rutgers went on to lose in the NCAA regionals to eventual College World Series champion Oregon State.
Downey pitching in critical games in the month of May, stabilizing the Rutgers bullpen with his 4.67 era, 52 Ip with 38 K and only 20 BB were critical in the push to win the Big East championship!!
Downey led the Scarlet Knights in appearances with 25.
Downey has two seasons of eligibility remaining and has established himself as a potential draft matieral in the upcoming MLB draft in June of 2008!
The Shenendehowa baseball program and coaching staff applaud this appointment to Captain of the Rutger`s baseball team.
The Rutger`s Baseball program under the direction of legendary Coach Fred Hill has recruited two of the finest players in recent Shenendehowa baseball history . Jason Downey {2004} and Craig Brenhiser{1994}.
Congratulations Captain Downey !!!
February 13th
Think the Game...........
January 23rd
March 5th begins the 2007 season for Plainsmen Baseball. As that date draws closer and our players to continue to work on their skill set and their conditioning programs, our coaching staff is reminded of the legendary John Wooden`s take on "Individual Effort" :
Wooden stated: "Don`t try to be better than someone,but try to be the best you can be".
Forty three days till practice begins !!
Right now we suggest that you take "inventory" of your "effort level" since our Pre-season program began, and make a sincere effort to increase your committment to yourself and your teammates. Baseball is a "I" game wrapped in the word "We".
If "I" work at getting to the best level of fitness and "baseball shape" "I" can, then "We" as a team play better "Together". !!!
Mental Game Information..........
November 15th
Shenendehowa Baseball Players :
Interested in information regarding the "Mental game" of baseball??
You can look to these sites and books as a start to becoming the best player you can possibly be!!
1- www.diamondbooks.com
All books by H.A. Dorfman are outstanding!!
>The Mental game of Baseball
> The Mental ABC`s of Pitching
>The Mental Keys to Hitting
2-College Bound:The Official Guide to College Baseball Recruiting[Lauenstien}
@ www.athletesadvisor.com
@www.frozenropes.com
3-www.winningstate.com
More information to come.........
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