EAST STROUDSBURG – The East Stroudsburg University baseball team will send a total of 22 players and one former Warrior to coach to nine different collegiate summer leagues across the United States.
Collegiate summer leagues allow student-athletes the chance to develop their skills during the summer months while having the opportunity to play in front of professional scouts.
The Warriors will send players to the Alaska Collegiate Baseball League, Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL), Blue Mountain League, Cal Ripen Collegiate Baseball League, Coastal Plain League (CPL), Kansas Collegiate League, MLB Draft League, New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) and Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGL).
The Warriors will be well represented in the Blue Mountain League with 10 players suiting up for five different teams. Redshirt juniors JP Nolan and Scott Shamany as well as freshman Quinn Warmkessel will each play for the Northern Yankees. PSAC East Freshman of the Year Jack Rothenhausler and his former high school teammate Parker Frey will be on the Hellertown Royals.
ESU will also have two players a piece on the Martin Creek Creekers and Easton Falcons. Freshmen Zach Hynes and Alec Snyder team up on the Creekers while sophomores Michael May and Jerome Repetz play for the Easton Falcons. Redshirt freshman Jack Chapman will be the lone representative on the Berlinsville Braves.
A trio of players travel to North Carolina for the CPL as Tim Haverstick will have an opportunity to catch Brent Francisco and Tom Reisinger on the Wilson Tobs. Additionally, former right-handed pitcher Nate Fiala will serve as an assistant coach on the squad.
A pair of Warriors head to Kansas for the summer, as sophomores Tommy Ajjan and Jeremy Piatkiewicz are set to suit up for the Park City Rangers, located in Wichita.
Freshmen Patrick Yoder and Walker Zampella make their way to New York for the NYCBL as Yoder will pitch for the Dansville Glyders while Walker Zampella plays for the Syracuse Salt Cats.
The five remaining Warriors will be spread out among five different leagues this summer. Graduate student Chase Nowak showcases the group, heading to the MLB Draft League where he will pitch for the Trenton Thunder. All-PSAC First Team selection Ben Piripavel will play in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League for the Cropdusters, who are a first-year team in the league located in Olney, MD. Redshirt junior Mike Yates travels over 4,000 miles this summer to the Alaska Collegiate Baseball League, throwing for the Mat-Su Miners in Palmer, AK.
Redshirt freshman Tyler Cassella stays in home state, playing for the Jersey Pilots of the ACBL while Jack Nielsen heads to New York to pitch for the Batavia Muckdogs in the PGL.
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