Instructors

Baseball

Chris Schoen

-Played his High School ball at John Jay and went on to play in college for Misercordia. At Misercordia he was a 4 year all league standout as well as a two year all section 1st team.

-Has coached College, High School, Little League and currently the Head Coach of the 12u Highlanders who placed 2nd in Cooperstown.

-Chris is currently VP of Town of Wappingers Little League (TOWLL) as well one of the new owners of H.R. Baseball Inc.

-Chris will be running clinics in Hitting, Catching and Pitching as well as providing lessons.

Tom Kirby

 -Played his High School ball at Beacon High School where he won All Conference and All Section.

-Went to Division 1 Wagner College on a Pitching Scholarship

-Tom is currently the Head Coach of the 10U Highlanders team as well as one of the new owners of H.R. Baseball Inc.

-Tom will be running clinics in Hitting, Pitching as well as providing private lessons.

 Jason Lamando

- Junior League World Series Participant, "Runner-Up", 13 Year Old Town of Wappinger Junior League All Star Team Taylor, Michigan 1987.

-1st Freshman in Roy C. Ketcham History to make the Varsity Baseball Team 1989.

-Roy C. Ketcham 1989-1992, Led Varsity Baseball Team in as much as 15 categories in each of those years, including 1992; High School Career Batting avg .440, 149 Hits and 20 Home Runs 

High School Accolades

-All League -MVP Dutchess County Recognized by D.C. Coaches Association

-All County-Recognized by Collegiate Baseball Magazine as Top 55 Baseball Players in USA              

-Poughkeepsie Journal and Hudson Valley Player of the Year      

-Inducted into The Thomas Macrini Hall of Fame- 2003

-Participated in the C.A.B.A. (Continental Amateur Baseball Association),High School World Series with the Bergen Beach Brooklyn Team.

 -MVP of Tournament (2B) with a .511 Batting Average, Euclid Ohio. 

-Team members included; Alex Rodriguez, Todd Helton, Danny Kannell and Johnny Damon.

- Offered Free Agency by the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 12, 1992.

College Accolades

-Accepted Full Scholarship to Brevard Community College Melbourne Fl.,to play under the tutelage of The New York Mets Hitting Coach Ernie Rosseau.

-JUCO, South East Regional Participant

-Accepted Full Scholarship to powerhouse, NAIA Florida Sun Conference, Emry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

-Florida Sun Conference Champions 1995.                                              

-Struck out only 18 times in 188 at bats

-Voted Tri-Captain 1996 -compiled a batting average of .455 against NCAA Competition

-Ranked 11th in FSC Nationally with a Batting Ave. of .385

 -School record of 61 Double Plays in a single season

 -Only 8 errors in 286 chances, Fielding Percentage of .972

-Jason will be providing lessons on hitting and fielding and holding clinics.

Ryan Powers

A local standout from Beacon High School, Ryan is currently playing for St. Leo University in Florida, majoring in Biology with a minor in teaching/coaching. Ryan has received his share of accolades:

-2006 New York State Player of the Year:  Class A

-Louisville Slugger High School All-American

-Aflac High School All-American Honorable Mention

-3 time Perfect Game Gold Glove Winner   

-Member of 2007 Mississippi State College World Series team

-SEC academic honor 2007-2009

-2010 MVP St. Leo baseball

Erik Hartling

-Currently in his 2nd year as the Assistant Coach at Ulster Community College. 

-3 year starter at Arlington High School where he was named a Captain and was All-Poughkeepsie Journal and All County.

-Played for two years at Dutchess Community College and was 1st team All League, All-Conference and All Tournament as well as an All-American nomination.

-Erik will be running clinics on Hitting and Fielding as well as lessons

 Justin Karn

-Currently in his 3rd year as the Pitching/Associate Head Coach at Ulster Community College.

-3 year starter at Arlington High School and was All-Poughkeepsie Journal, All-County, All-Section, All-State player as well as Pre-Season All-American.

-Played at Iona College on a 4 year scholarship.

-Justin will be running clinics on Pitching as well as lessons.

Softball

Laura Johnson

-We are excited to announce Softball hitting clinics to be led by current Spackenkill Varsity Coach Laura (Sweeney) Johnson. Laura was the starting shortstop on the Hofstra University Softball team from 2003 to 2006. She helped the team win 4 consecutive conference championships and appeared in 4 NCAA Regional Tournaments.  She has won numerous awards at the collegiate & high school level:

- 2004 Regional All American

- First Team All Conference Selection

- 2005 CAA Conference championship Most Outstanding Player

- Holds Hofstra’s single season record in stolen bases

- 2002 New York State Gatorade Player of the Year

Laura was a local high school standout softball player at John Jay High School and helped lead that team to a NY State Championship in 2001.

Christia Mohan Besko

-Played at Arlington High School where she was a two time Poughkeepsie Player of the year. She took her talents to Eastern Connecticut State University and had an amazing career where she is enshrined in their Hall of Fame as well as Dutchess County Hall of Fame.

-Her numerous awards:

3 time All- American, Division III National Player of the Year in 1990, National Championship, only Division III player to be nominated for the Honda Sports Award for the nations #1 collegiate softball Player. 4 time NECAC player of the year, 4 time All New England Pitcher of the year, 4 time Most Valuable Pitcher.

-Still holds 7 New England records for most no-hitters, shutouts, wins, complete games, starts, appearances and innings.

-Coached at Arlington High School and Lagrange softball league.

-Chirstia will be providing pitching lessons.

Lauren Cognigni

-Lauren Cognigni is in her third season as an Assistant Softball Coach at Marist College.  She has worked primarily with the outfielders, pitchers and baserunners.  Before Marist, she coached at her Alma Mater, Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia, PA.  There she worked primarily with the outfielders and was the first base coach.  

-A four-year started at Saint Joseph's, Cognigni left the program as the all-time leader in strikeouts with 534 for her career.  She threw the second perfect game in SJU history and posted two no hitters becoming the only Hawk to register multiple no hitters.

-Prior to Saint Joseph's, Cognigni was a pitcher for Pennsbury High School (PA), playing on the Pennsylvania State Championship team as a freshman.  She went on to earn Philadelphia Inquirer and Buck County Courier Times Player of the Year honors as a senior.

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