Staff
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Charles Galiano
Charles was an All County, All Long Island, All State, All Region player after after his senior year campaign at Commack High School. After being regarded by the All-American Foundation as one of the top defensive catchers in the country, he was drafted in the 2012 MLB Draft to the Philadelphia Phillies, but declined to pursue an education at Fordham University. After playing three years of Division 1 baseball at Fordham University and top summer collegiate leagues (Cape Cod, Nothwoods Hamptons), Charles racked up HCBL's 2013 top defensive player award, HCBL 2013 All Star nomination, .316 Batting Average in the Cape Cod League, 2015 First Team All Atlantic 10 Conference and a nomination for the 2015 Johnny Bench Award which is given to the top Division 1 catcher in the country. After hitting .301 with a team leading 9 homeruns his junior year, Charles was drafted again by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2015 MLB draft out of Fordham University. He signed and played professionally for two and a half years, but unfortunately he was forced to retire due to a career ending shoulder injury. He now stands as Seven Tool Catching's founder and President.
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Brandon Coluccio
Brandon was an All County, All State high school catcher out of Monmouth County, New Jersey after his senior year campaign after hitting .486 and serving as team captain his senior year. He went on to play at Brookdale community college serving as team captain there as well. After playing there for two years, Brandon went on to play Division 1 baseball at UMBC racking up All American East Conference honors while serving again as team captain his senior year. He went on to ink a professional contract with the Baltimore Orioles in 2014 and played three years with them, serving two in Aberdeen for the Ironbirds and one in Delmarva for the Shorebirds. Brandon serves as one of our Seven Tool Certified instructors covering the New York, New Jersey area.
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Jake Lieberman
Jake was a four year starter for Southern Connecticut State University from 2013-2016. He posted a .303 career batting average while throwing out 43% of runners over his four years there. He was second team All Defense his junior year of college for his conference. He spent the 2015 summer in the Hamptons league posting a .347 batting average while throwing out 55% of base runners. Jake serves as one of our Seven Tool Certified instructors.
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Matt Reistetter
Matt was a 5 year Varsity starter at Hauppauge High School racking up 149 career hits, 4x All County, 2x All Long Island, 2x All State honors. He also was named the 2009 league 5 MVP, 2009 Suffolk Gold Glove, 2007 Frank Segretto Courage Award Recipient and a Louisville Slugger All American in 2010. He went on to play Division 1 baseball at Hofstra University from 2011- 2013. He was a All CAA Conference 3 times as well as being named D1 All Region in 2013, as well as playing in the prestigious Cape Cod, Northwoods, and Coastal Plain Leagues. His collegiate career ended in 2013 after signing a free agent contract with the Washington Nationals and has reached the AAA level with the Syracuse Chiefs in 2018. He stands as one of our Seven Tool Certified Instructors.
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Billy Riedel
Billy was a three year starter at Oneonta State. He appeared in the prestigious Perfect Game Summer League dominating behind the plate, quickly emerging as one of the best defensive catcher in the league. In 2013 Billy was named to Newsday's Top 25 Catchers list, as well as an Under Armor Pre Season All American. He serves as on of our Seven Tool Certified instructors.
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Chris Russo
Chris was 3 year staring varsity catcher at William Floyd high school. He earned all county, all Long Island, and all state awards after his senior year. He was also awarded the Ryan T. Caulfield award given to the best high school catcher in Suffolk county and was rated the number one defensive catching prospect in the region by Newsday in 2013. He went on to play college baseball at division 1 Iona college for two years where he started conference games as a freshman and posted a .333 batting average in his rookie campaign. In his sophomore summer he led the Hamptons league with a .397 batting average and was awarded two Rawlings player of the week honors. After two years at Iona he transferred to Dowling college where he was the starting catcher. After his junior year he attended the New York Mets and Yankees pre draft workouts but was forced to hang up the cleats due to a shoulder injury and the closing of Dowling college. He stands as one of our Seven Tool Certified Instructors.
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Rob Fiato
Rob was a 5 year varsity starter at Huntington High School. He was named all league 3 of those 5 years, earning his right to a Division 1 scholarship offer to play at New York Institute of Technology. He went on to start all four years with his first college at bat being a home run against Army. He batted .303 his freshman year and earned himself the team captain rank for both his junior and senior year campaigns. He stands as on our Seven Tool Certified Instructors.
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TJ Riccio
TJ attended Comsewogue High School and went onto play college baseball at the University of New Haven, serving as the battery for the Division II powerhouse. There in 2013 he won an NE-10 Championship and went on to be an All Star in the NACBL that summer for the Worcester Bravehearts. In 2014 he racked up an FACBL Championship while racking up the FCBL Keenan Award and D2ADA Academic Achievement Award. In 2016 he was Pre-Season All East Region 1st Team going on to win the New Haven Chargers MVP as well as be the Battle of the Border All Star Game MVP. He was COSIDA Capital One All District that year as well. He stands as one of our Seven Tool Certified Instructors.
