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Matt attended the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 and 2004 as a catcher, graduating with scholastic honors in 2004. Prior to joining Pitt, Matt attended Keystone College for 2 years, where he was a catcher. At Keystone, Matt was an academic All American in 2001 and 2002. He was team captain in 2002, and received all-region honors. Matt is a graduate of Knoch High School in Butler, PA. Matt played on 2 section championship teams (1999 and 2000), and was team captain in 2000. Matt also was named MVP of the team in his senior year, with Knoch going 18-1.

Since joining the All American Baseball Center, Matt has coached the 12U, 13U & 14U Revolution baseball teams. We are very pleased to have Matt as a professional baseball instructor at the All American Baseball Center.

Jessica Bova - Professional Softball Instructor

All American Baseball Center is pleased to announce Jessica Bova As the newest member of our professional staff.

Jessica Bova comes to All American Baseball Center from the University of Pittsburgh where she served as an assistant coach for the past two seasons. Prior to joining the coaching staff, Bova starred at Pitt from 2004-2008. As a Panther, Bova was a four-year starter at either outfield, third base or shortstop. Bova led Pitt to each of its three Big East Championship berths. She set or tied school career records for RBI (113) and doubles (45), and set single-season records for hits (66), doubles (17), runs scored (43) , RBI (44), at-bats (184), and set the school record for the longest hitting streak (22 games). She is second all time in career batting average (.327), hits (209), runs scored (116), and single season batting average (.377). She was Pitt's first three-time All-Big East selection. In 2007, she ranked 33rd nationally for the "toughest to strikeout", and in 2008 she was 2nd team ECAC Softball All Star selection. She graduated from Pitt with a degree in communications and sociology.

Jess continued her softball career professionally in the NPF with the Washington Glory as a utility player. Jess holds the distinction of being the first Pitt Panther to play at the professional level. As a member of the Glory, Bova was an integral part in the team's 30-win season. In 2009, Bova joined the USSSA Pride and played with Olympians Monica Abbott, Caitlin Lowe and Kelly Kretschman. We are very pleased to have Jessica as a member of our professional staff.

John Tavares - Professional Baseball Instructor

John is a graduate of Norwin High School and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. John was a 4 year starter at Allegheny from 1993-1997. During his college career, John received the Glenn Beckert Award for Outstanding Defense (1996), Honorable Mention NCAC All Conference Team (1996), and was selected for the Division III Baseball All Region Team (1996).

John was honored with the Annual Point Stadium Award (AAABA Johnstown, PA) where he received an academic scholarship and was given the prestigious honor of receiving the Key to the City for a day.

John spent a month and a half in Europe instructing kids and playing in tournaments, as a result of being a member of Team America. Completing his college honors was the Allegheny College Coaches Award for Leadership and 2nd Team NCAC All Conference Team.

John comes to All American Baseball with a varied background and experiences in the field of Baseball. Some of those experiences are represented below:

All American Baseball Center is pleased to welcome John Tavares to our staff.

Joe Vicini - Professional Baseball Instructor

Joe Vicini joins the All American staff as an instructor. Joe comes with a varied baseball experience.

Joe graduated from West Shamoken High School in 2005. He went on to further both his educational as well as baseball career at Indiana University. While at Indiana University Joe was a pitcher and also served as team captain for two years.

During his final captainship, Joe led the Hoosiers to their first big ten title since 1966. Joe also holds the distinction of being the first two time captain under Head Coach Tracy Smith.

Joe's successful baseball achievements did not go unnoticed. He was honored by his high school when they recently retired his number 11 jersey.

All American is pleased to have Joe as a member of their instructional staff.

Michael Ryan - Professional Baseball Instructor

Michael Ryan recently retired from a tremendous professional playing career. Michael was most recently called up to the Big Leagues in 2010 with the California Angels. Mike was originally drafted by the Minnesota Twins organization in the 5th round of the 1996 draft. He played for the Minnesota Twins organization from 1996 to 2005. He also played in the Atlanta Braves organization for their AAA team, the Richmond Braves. Michael will be looking to have another successful season this year, potentially duplicating the award he previously received as the American League player of the month for the Minnesota Twins. We are very pleased to have Michael as a professional baseball instructor at the All American Baseball Center.

John Quimby graduated from Otterbein University in 2010 with a bachelor of arts in business administration. John spent the last two years of his college career as starting shortstop for the cardinals leading the team in batting average, RBI’s, homerun’s and runs scored. He finished his senior year with a conference leading 15 homeruns, which earned him first team all region and the Royal F Martin award for most outstanding spring athlete. His prior two years of college were spent at the College of Wooster where he also started shortstop. Both years the Fighting Scots were ranked #1 in the nation. His freshman year he received the NCAC freshman of the year award and in his sophomore year the Scots set a NCAA record 33 straight wins. John graduated from North Allegheny High School in 2005 where he became one of the few players to start back to back to back WPIAL championships, winning two of them his sophomore and senior year. He became team MVP and made the All-WPIAL team his senior year.

Pat is a graduate of North Allegheny High School and Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA. He graduated in May 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in International Business, while earning a minor in Spanish.
During four seasons at Seton Hill, Pat helped lead the Griffins to an NAIA World Series appearance in 2006, as well as the teams first WVIAC Conference Championship in 2010. His career accomplishments at Seton Hill include 1st Team All-WVIAC (2009, 2010), 2nd Team All-Atlantic Region (2009), Rawlings Atlantic Region Gold Glove (2009), 1st Team All-Atlantic Region (2010), and Unanimous NCAA Division II All-American (2010). Pat also established SHU single-season records with 16 homers, 20 doubles and 81 runs batted in to go with a .420 batting average in 2010, while also setting SHU career records in home runs (37) and RBI (173). Following his career at Seton Hill, Pat was signed in June of 2010 by the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association of Independent Baseball. Despite only appearing in just 38 games, Pat earned the team’s Rookie of the Year award and tied the club rookie record for home runs with 11. Pat is currently under contract with the Normal Cornbelters of the Frontier League. At All American Baseball, Pat will offer instruction to catchers and hitters.

Sean Holliday graduated from Slippery Rock University in 2011 with a bachelor of science in Sport Management. Prior to Slippery Rock, Sean accepted a scholarship to play for the Thundering Herd of Marshall University. Throughout his collegiate career Sean was used in both starting and relieving roles. A 2005 graduate of Moon Area High School, Sean led the tigers to a WPIAL silver medal, as well as setting single reason records for hits (36) and at-bats (92) his senior year.

Matt is a graduate of State College Area High School and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. While at Allegheny, Matt was the four year starting shortstop from 2004-2008 and two time team captain. During his career, Matt received the Allegheny College Rookie of the Year Award (2005), NCAA Division III Top 10 Toughest to Strikeout Honor (2005), Two Bob Garbark Offensive Player of the Year Awards (2006, 2008), the Glenn Beckert Award for Outstanding Defense (2008), and was selected to the NCAC All Conference First Team (2008) and Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Associations All Region Team (2008). Matt was also hit by 39 pitches while at Allegheny, placing him amongst the schools all-time leaders in the category.

Josh Sharpless - Professional Baseball Player & Instructor

Josh is a 24th round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates, for whom he played for 5 seasons. He played parts of two seasons in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was ranked as their 4th best prospect entering 2007. He finished the 2008 season in the San Francisco Giants minor league system. Prior to his time in the Major Leagues, he participated in the 2006 XM Satellite Future All-Star Game at PNC Park.

Josh is a 1999 graduate of Freedom high school and a four year starter at Allegheny College. We wish the best of luck to Josh in the upcoming season and are very proud to have him as a professional baseball instructor.

Nich Schreiber - Professional Baseball Player & Instructor

Nick attended Greencastle-Antrim High School in south-central Pennsylvania. In his three years as a starting pitcher, Nick went 12-4 with a 1.81 ERA and carried a 12:1 strikeout per 9 ratio. Schreiber played college ball at California University of Pennsylvania racking up 20 collegiate wins. During his tenure with Cal U, Schreiber helped lead the Vulcans to two PSAC titles and two regional berths.

In the summer of 2007, Schreiber played for the Fairfax Nationals in the Collegiate Clark Griffith League. As a closer, he went 14 for 14 in save opportunities; compiling a 1-0 record with 20Ks/2BB in 18 innings. His performance caught the eye of Baseball America who named him one of the summer’s top prospects, describing his two above average pitches as “a lively 91-94 mph fastball” and “a slider that is hard and tight with a devastating late break.” Schreiber now plays professionally and spent the last season in Nebraska with the Lincoln Saltdogs where he garnered a 6-1 record.

Gus Benusa - Professional Baseball Instructor

Gus graduated in 200y from Riverview High school, where he was a three sport athlete. A four year starter for the baseball team, Gus holds several school records including average and homeruns. He was named the WPIAL Baseball Coaches Association class AA Player of the year in 2009.

In 2009, Gus was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 8^th round. He has spent two seasons with The Arizona League Giants. Both Seasons his team has won their division. Gus will be going into his third Spring Training with the Giants in 2012.

Alyssa O’Connell graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2011 with a degree in Accounting. During her career she set the single-season win percentage record (.750), ranked third overall in career ERA (2.16) and ranked fourth in career shutouts (10) and in career victories (37). In her senior year she ranked among the NCAA Division I top-50 in shutouts, led the Panthers with a career-high 15 wins, tied for second overall in single-season wins, and tied the single-season record for shutouts (7).

O’Connell also received All-Big East third team honors and Big East Pitcher of the Week (March 15). In addition, she earned Big East weekly honors four times throughout her career. She recorded a no-hitter on March 31, 2010 and a one-hitter on April 30,2011. She was named co-captain in 2010 and 2011. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Accounting.

Kaitlyn Schuster - Professional Softball Instructor

Kaitlyn Schuster photoKaitlyn Schuster graduated from Ellwood City High School in 2005. In her senior year she posted a 0.39 ERA, 0.71 ERA over four years and struck-out 732 batters over her high school career. After graduating she went on to play for the University of Pittsburgh. Her freshman year she started two of seven games. Her sophomore year she made 18 appearances, including two starts and recorded a team-leading three saves. In her junior year she made an appearance in 14 games posting a 2.17 ERA and tied for second overall on the career saves list. Coming into her first year at the All American Baseball Center, Kaitlyn will be finishing up her senior year at Pitt where she is a co-captain of the squad and looking forward to achieving her certificate to teach Social Studies from Pitt’s Graduate School of Education.

Autumn Hubert - Professional Softball Instructor

Autumn Hubert attended La Roche College majoring in Business Management. While enrolled at La Roche, Autum's honors included: AMCC All-Conference Academic Team 2008, 2009, 2010, AMCC All-Conference 2nd Team 2009 and 2011, AMCC All-Conference 3rd Team 2010, Team MVP2009 , and AMCC Player of the Week in 2009. For the three years that she played, her career Batting Average was .417 and career Slugging Percentage was .546. Further, in the summer of 2011 Autumn was chosen to play for the American International Sports Team in Italy where she competed with local Italian teams as well as the National Italian Team.

Autumn is available to give fielding and hitting instruction to softball players.

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	About News Lessons Directors Instructors All Americans Testimonials Employment Coprorate Partners	Instructors Matt DeSantis - Professional Baseball Instructor Matt attended the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 and 2004 as a catcher, graduating with scholastic honors in 2004. Prior to joining Pitt, Matt attended Keystone College for 2 years, where he was a catcher. At Keystone, Matt was an academic All American in 2001 and 2002. He was team captain in 2002, and received all-region honors. Matt is a graduate of Knoch High School in Butler, PA. Matt played on 2 section championship teams (1999 and 2000), and was team captain in 2000. Matt also was named MVP of the team in his senior year, with Knoch going 18-1. Since joining the All American Baseball Center, Matt has coached the 12U, 13U & 14U Revolution baseball teams. We are very pleased to have Matt as a professional baseball instructor at the All American Baseball Center. Jessica Bova - Professional Softball Instructor All American Baseball Center is pleased to announce Jessica Bova As the newest member of our professional staff. Jessica Bova comes to All American Baseball Center from the University of Pittsburgh where she served as an assistant coach for the past two seasons. Prior to joining the coaching staff, Bova starred at Pitt from 2004-2008. As a Panther, Bova was a four-year starter at either outfield, third base or shortstop. Bova led Pitt to each of its three Big East Championship berths. She set or tied school career records for RBI (113) and doubles (45), and set single-season records for hits (66), doubles (17), runs scored (43) , RBI (44), at-bats (184), and set the school record for the longest hitting streak (22 games). She is second all time in career batting average (.327), hits (209), runs scored (116), and single season batting average (.377). She was Pitt's first three-time All-Big East selection. In 2007, she ranked 33rd nationally for the "toughest to strikeout", and in 2008 she was 2nd team ECAC Softball All Star selection. She graduated from Pitt with a degree in communications and sociology. Jess continued her softball career professionally in the NPF with the Washington Glory as a utility player. Jess holds the distinction of being the first Pitt Panther to play at the professional level. As a member of the Glory, Bova was an integral part in the team's 30-win season. In 2009, Bova joined the USSSA Pride and played with Olympians Monica Abbott, Caitlin Lowe and Kelly Kretschman. We are very pleased to have Jessica as a member of our professional staff. John Tavares - Professional Baseball Instructor John is a graduate of Norwin High School and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. John was a 4 year starter at Allegheny from 1993-1997. During his college career, John received the Glenn Beckert Award for Outstanding Defense (1996), Honorable Mention NCAC All Conference Team (1996), and was selected for the Division III Baseball All Region Team (1996). John was honored with the Annual Point Stadium Award (AAABA Johnstown, PA) where he received an academic scholarship and was given the prestigious honor of receiving the Key to the City for a day. John spent a month and a half in Europe instructing kids and playing in tournaments, as a result of being a member of Team America. Completing his college honors was the Allegheny College Coaches Award for Leadership and 2nd Team NCAC All Conference Team. John comes to All American Baseball with a varied background and experiences in the field of Baseball. Some of those experiences are represented below: 1997 Adirondack Lumberjacks-Northeast League 1998 Ohio Valley Redcoats-Frontier League 1998 Assistant Baseball Coach, Allegheny College 1999 Dubois County Dragons-Frontier League 2000 Dubois County Dragons ( player/assistant manager)-Frontier League 2001 Richmond Roosters-Frontier League 2002 Richmond Roosters-Frontier League 2003 Allentown Ambassadors-Northern League In addition to the above experiences, John holds the following records: 2000 Frontier League All Star Team-starting shortstop 2001-2002 Frontier League Champions (1st Team to ever win back to back!) Frontier League Career Record for Runs Scored-315 Frontier League Career Record for At Bats-1626 All American Baseball Center is pleased to welcome John Tavares to our staff. Joe Vicini - Professional Baseball Instructor Joe Vicini joins the All American staff as an instructor. Joe comes with a varied baseball experience. Joe graduated from West Shamoken High School in 2005. He went on to further both his educational as well as baseball career at Indiana University. While at Indiana University Joe was a pitcher and also served as team captain for two years. During his final captainship, Joe led the Hoosiers to their first big ten title since 1966. Joe also holds the distinction of being the first two time captain under Head Coach Tracy Smith. Joe's successful baseball achievements did not go unnoticed. He was honored by his high school when they recently retired his number 11 jersey. All American is pleased to have Joe as a member of their instructional staff. Michael Ryan - Professional Baseball Instructor Michael Ryan recently retired from a tremendous professional playing career. Michael was most recently called up to the Big Leagues in 2010 with the California Angels. Mike was originally drafted by the Minnesota Twins organization in the 5th round of the 1996 draft. He played for the Minnesota Twins organization from 1996 to 2005. He also played in the Atlanta Braves organization for their AAA team, the Richmond Braves. Michael will be looking to have another successful season this year, potentially duplicating the award he previously received as the American League player of the month for the Minnesota Twins. We are very pleased to have Michael as a professional baseball instructor at the All American Baseball Center. John Quimby - Professional Baseball Instructor John Quimby graduated from Otterbein University in 2010 with a bachelor of arts in business administration. John spent the last two years of his college career as starting shortstop for the cardinals leading the team in batting average, RBI’s, homerun’s and runs scored. He finished his senior year with a conference leading 15 homeruns, which earned him first team all region and the Royal F Martin award for most outstanding spring athlete. His prior two years of college were spent at the College of Wooster where he also started shortstop. Both years the Fighting Scots were ranked #1 in the nation. His freshman year he received the NCAC freshman of the year award and in his sophomore year the Scots set a NCAA record 33 straight wins. John graduated from North Allegheny High School in 2005 where he became one of the few players to start back to back to back WPIAL championships, winning two of them his sophomore and senior year. He became team MVP and made the All-WPIAL team his senior year. Pat Trettel - Professional Baseball Player & Instructor Pat is a graduate of North Allegheny High School and Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA. He graduated in May 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in International Business, while earning a minor in Spanish. During four seasons at Seton Hill, Pat helped lead the Griffins to an NAIA World Series appearance in 2006, as well as the teams first WVIAC Conference Championship in 2010. His career accomplishments at Seton Hill include 1st Team All-WVIAC (2009, 2010), 2nd Team All-Atlantic Region (2009), Rawlings Atlantic Region Gold Glove (2009), 1st Team All-Atlantic Region (2010), and Unanimous NCAA Division II All-American (2010). Pat also established SHU single-season records with 16 homers, 20 doubles and 81 runs batted in to go with a .420 batting average in 2010, while also setting SHU career records in home runs (37) and RBI (173). Following his career at Seton Hill, Pat was signed in June of 2010 by the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association of Independent Baseball. Despite only appearing in just 38 games, Pat earned the team’s Rookie of the Year award and tied the club rookie record for home runs with 11. Pat is currently under contract with the Normal Cornbelters of the Frontier League. At All American Baseball, Pat will offer instruction to catchers and hitters. Sean Holliday - Professional Baseball Instructor Sean Holliday graduated from Slippery Rock University in 2011 with a bachelor of science in Sport Management. Prior to Slippery Rock, Sean accepted a scholarship to play for the Thundering Herd of Marshall University. Throughout his collegiate career Sean was used in both starting and relieving roles. A 2005 graduate of Moon Area High School, Sean led the tigers to a WPIAL silver medal, as well as setting single reason records for hits (36) and at-bats (92) his senior year. Matt Young - Professional Baseball Instructor Matt is a graduate of State College Area High School and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. While at Allegheny, Matt was the four year starting shortstop from 2004-2008 and two time team captain. During his career, Matt received the Allegheny College Rookie of the Year Award (2005), NCAA Division III Top 10 Toughest to Strikeout Honor (2005), Two Bob Garbark Offensive Player of the Year Awards (2006, 2008), the Glenn Beckert Award for Outstanding Defense (2008), and was selected to the NCAC All Conference First Team (2008) and Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Associations All Region Team (2008). Matt was also hit by 39 pitches while at Allegheny, placing him amongst the schools all-time leaders in the category. Josh Sharpless - Professional Baseball Player & Instructor Josh is a 24th round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates, for whom he played for 5 seasons. He played parts of two seasons in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was ranked as their 4th best prospect entering 2007. He finished the 2008 season in the San Francisco Giants minor league system. Prior to his time in the Major Leagues, he participated in the 2006 XM Satellite Future All-Star Game at PNC Park. Josh is a 1999 graduate of Freedom high school and a four year starter at Allegheny College. We wish the best of luck to Josh in the upcoming season and are very proud to have him as a professional baseball instructor. Nich Schreiber - Professional Baseball Player & Instructor Nick attended Greencastle-Antrim High School in south-central Pennsylvania. In his three years as a starting pitcher, Nick went 12-4 with a 1.81 ERA and carried a 12:1 strikeout per 9 ratio. Schreiber played college ball at California University of Pennsylvania racking up 20 collegiate wins. During his tenure with Cal U, Schreiber helped lead the Vulcans to two PSAC titles and two regional berths. In the summer of 2007, Schreiber played for the Fairfax Nationals in the Collegiate Clark Griffith League. As a closer, he went 14 for 14 in save opportunities; compiling a 1-0 record with 20Ks/2BB in 18 innings. His performance caught the eye of Baseball America who named him one of the summer’s top prospects, describing his two above average pitches as “a lively 91-94 mph fastball” and “a slider that is hard and tight with a devastating late break.” Schreiber now plays professionally and spent the last season in Nebraska with the Lincoln Saltdogs where he garnered a 6-1 record. Gus Benusa - Professional Baseball Instructor Gus graduated in 200y from Riverview High school, where he was a three sport athlete. A four year starter for the baseball team, Gus holds several school records including average and homeruns. He was named the WPIAL Baseball Coaches Association class AA Player of the year in 2009. In 2009, Gus was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 8^th round. He has spent two seasons with The Arizona League Giants. Both Seasons his team has won their division. Gus will be going into his third Spring Training with the Giants in 2012. Alyssa O'Connell - Professional Softball Instructor Alyssa O’Connell graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2011 with a degree in Accounting. During her career she set the single-season win percentage record (.750), ranked third overall in career ERA (2.16) and ranked fourth in career shutouts (10) and in career victories (37). In her senior year she ranked among the NCAA Division I top-50 in shutouts, led the Panthers with a career-high 15 wins, tied for second overall in single-season wins, and tied the single-season record for shutouts (7). O’Connell also received All-Big East third team honors and Big East Pitcher of the Week (March 15). In addition, she earned Big East weekly honors four times throughout her career. She recorded a no-hitter on March 31, 2010 and a one-hitter on April 30,2011. She was named co-captain in 2010 and 2011. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Accounting. Kaitlyn Schuster - Professional Softball Instructor Kaitlyn Schuster photoKaitlyn Schuster graduated from Ellwood City High School in 2005. In her senior year she posted a 0.39 ERA, 0.71 ERA over four years and struck-out 732 batters over her high school career. After graduating she went on to play for the University of Pittsburgh. Her freshman year she started two of seven games. Her sophomore year she made 18 appearances, including two starts and recorded a team-leading three saves. In her junior year she made an appearance in 14 games posting a 2.17 ERA and tied for second overall on the career saves list. Coming into her first year at the All American Baseball Center, Kaitlyn will be finishing up her senior year at Pitt where she is a co-captain of the squad and looking forward to achieving her certificate to teach Social Studies from Pitt’s Graduate School of Education. Autumn Hubert - Professional Softball Instructor Autumn Hubert attended La Roche College majoring in Business Management. While enrolled at La Roche, Autum's honors included: AMCC All-Conference Academic Team 2008, 2009, 2010, AMCC All-Conference 2nd Team 2009 and 2011, AMCC All-Conference 3rd Team 2010, Team MVP2009 , and AMCC Player of the Week in 2009. For the three years that she played, her career Batting Average was .417 and career Slugging Percentage was .546. Further, in the summer of 2011 Autumn was chosen to play for the American International Sports Team in Italy where she competed with local Italian teams as well as the National Italian Team. Autumn is available to give fielding and hitting instruction to softball players.
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