Meet The All Starz Instructors

LESLIE KORKGY-VALENTI:

INSTRUCTOR OF WINDMILL PITCHING, HITTING AND FIELDING CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT COACH AT FELICIAN COLLEGE (DIV. II). RECEIVED PITCHING INSTRUCTION FROM THE TOP INSTRUCTORS IN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA: ROZ BOSTONIAN (FORMER PITCHER FOR THE BUDWEISER BELLES), VICKY MORROW (ALL-AMERICAN FROM UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN/MEMBER OF THE PAN AM SOFTBALL TEAM), CAROL ERICKSON (FORMER HEAD COACH AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY), BETTY ZWINGRAF (TAUGHT OLYMPIAN MICHELLE SMITH), AND DARRYL STOFFLETT (A STANDOUT IN THE P.A. MEN'S FAST PITCH LEAGUES)... PARTICIPATED IN THE 15U ASA NATIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IN MARIETTA, G.A. WITH THE NORTH JERSEY SHILOHS… AT 16 PLAYED ASA MAJOR LEVEL SOFTBALL WITH THE NORTH JERSEY REGALS AND CONTINUED PLAYING ASA CLASS A SOFTBALL WITH THE LINDEN ARIANS... AN ALL-COUNTY AND ALL-STATE PITCHER FROM LEONIA HIGH SCHOOL… A 70-18-1 CAREER PITCHING RECORD AND A CAREER BATTING AVERAGE OF .390… AT 18 PITCHED AGAINST DOT RICHARDSON AND SHEILA CORNELL DOUTY (BOTH MEMBERS OF THE USA OLYMPIC SOFTBALL TEAM) AND KATHY ARENDSEN, BARBARA REINALDA AND PAT DUFFICY (ALL MEMBERS OF THE PAN AM SOFTBALL TEAM)... WAS A 4-YEAR STARTER FOR MUHLENBERG COLLEGE… A 40-45 CAREER PITCHING RECORD, 64 COMPLETE GAMES AND 477.1 TOTAL INNINGS PITCHED… NATIONALLY RANKED IN 1993 FOR A 1.67ERA (23RD BEST IN DIV. III)… A .349 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE AS WELL AS NUMEROUS ALL-CONFERENCE, ALL-REGION HONORS AND CENTENNIAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECOGNITION 2 YEARS IN A ROW… WAS NAMED AS BOTH THE SOPHOMORE AND SENIOR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FOR MUHLENBERG COLLEGE… HAS CONDUCTED CLINICS WITH MARGO JONCKER (FORMER PITCHING COACH FOR THE USA OLYMPIC TEAM), DINA D’AQUINO (FORMER COACH OF THE NY/NJ JUGGERNAUTS PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL TEAM), JAIME WOHLBACH (PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL PLAYER AND COLLEGE COACH….IONA COLLEGE 2007 – 2010, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 2010) AND FRANK BODNER (PROFESSIONAL MLB BASEBALL SCOUT WITH THE LA DODGERS)… IN 1995 WAS ASKED TO BOTH PLAY AND COACH IN ITALY’S PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE… A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER AND HEAD SOFTBALL COACH AT HASBROUCK HEIGHTS H.S. FOR 8 YEARS, RECIPIENT OF THE 2005 GOVERNOR’S TEACHER’S AWARD AND IN 2006 WAS NAMED A “CLAES NOBEL EDUCATOR OF  DISTINCTION”.

BRIELLE COSENTINO:

INSTRUCTOR OF WINDMILL PITCHING, HITTING AND FIELDING: AS A YOUNG PITCHER, SHE ATTENDED CLINICS WITH LISA FERNANDEZ AND SHEILA CORNELL DOUTY (BOTH OLYMPIANS) AS WELL AS ERNIE PARKER, WHO IS BEST NOTED FOR TEACHING BOTH LISA FERNANDEZ AND JENNIE FINCH....  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONALLY RANKED IMMACULATE HEART ACADEMY SOFTBALL TEAM (#22,USA TODAY, 1999)..... NAMED MVP OF THE 1999 NEW JERSEY TRIPLE - CROWN TEAM, AND WENT ON TO BE NAMED TO THE STAR LEDGER FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE TEAM AS WELL AS FIRST TEAM ALL-BERGEN COUNTY..... THAT YEAR SHE BROKE THE NJ STATE SOFTBALL PITCHING RECORD FOR WINS IN A SINGLE SEASON WITH 31….. FOLLOWED UP IN 2000 WITH LEAGUE AND STATE TITLES, REAPPEARING AS A FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE SELECTION AS WELL AS A FIRST TEAM ALL-BERGEN COUNTY SELECTION..... WAS NAMED GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND AN NFCA  SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN SELECTION..... WAS AWARDED THE WILLIAM B. MERRELL SOFTBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO COMPETE IN THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY (2000 - 2004)..... FROM 2000 - 2004 WAS A STARTING PITCHER FOR RUTGERS UNIVERSITY….. COMPILED A WINNING RECORD OF 26-25..... HIGHLIGHTS OF HER COLLEGE CAREER INCLUDE PITCHING AGAINST NATASHA WATLEY AND ANDREA DURAN OF UCLA (BOTH OLYMPIANS) AS WELL AS BREAKING BOTH VILLANOVA'S AND HOFSTRA'S WINNING STREAKS.... IN 2004 WAS NAMED RUTGERS MOST VALUABLE PITCHER..... AN NCAA DIVISION I SCHOLAR-ATHLETE..... A STANDOUT FOR THE DIVAS CLUB SOFTBALL TEAM.... HELPED TO PITCH THEM TO A 2003 ASA 23U NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP..... SHE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PITCH AGAINST CAT OSTERMAN DURING HER TIME ON THE DIVAS..... WAS ASKED TO BOTH PLAY AND COACH IN ITALY'S PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE..... FROM 2005 - 2007 WAS THE PITCHING COACH FOR FARLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY (DIV. I) ….. FROM 2008 - 2010 COMPILED A 58 - 20 RECORD AS THE HEAD SOFTBALL COACH OF PARAMUS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.

FRANK BALDINO:

INSTRUCTOR OF WINDMILL PITCHING, HITTING &  SPORT SPECIFIC TRAINING: HEAD SOFTBALL COACH AT PARAMUS CATHOLIC,  A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN THE RAMSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 34 YEARS…THE 1991 BERGEN COUNTY COACH OF THE YEAR…IN 1991 THE NEWARK STAR LEDGER NAMED HIS RAMSEY SQUAD AS THE #1 SOFTBALL TEAM IN NJ…IN 2000 THE BERGEN RECORD NAMED HIS 1991 RAMSEY SQUAD AS THE “TEAM OF THE CENTURY”…IN 2002 THE STAR LEDGER  NAMED HIM AS THE BERGEN COUNTY COACH OF THE YEAR…IN 2005 HE WAS NAMED THE NJSCA COACH OF THE YEAR…IN 2007 HE WAS AN INDUCTEE INTO THE NJSCA HALL OF FAME… ACHIEVEMENTS AS THE RAMSEY HEAD COACH INCLUDE A 1991 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE, 3-TIME STATE RUNNER-UP, 4 STATE-SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 3 BERGEN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 7 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS … ACHIEVEMENTS AS THE PARK RIDGE HEAD COACH INCLUDE 5 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS…A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE LODI BOYS & GIRLS CLUB...FORMER BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL…….CPR CERTIFIED

KAITLYN MCFARLANE:

INSTRUCTOR OF WINDMILL PITCHING: FROM THE FALL OF 2006 TO THE SUMMER OF 2007 KAITLYN WAS THE STARTING PITCHER FOR THE CLIFTON COBRAS 16U TEAM…..FROM 2004-2008 SHE WAS THE VARSITY PITCHER FOR IMMACULATE CONCEPTION H.S.... FROM 2005 TO 2006 AND IN 2008 SHE WAS THE ICHS SOFTBALL MVP..... FROM 2007-2008 SHE RECEIVED BPSL SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE HONORS….IN  2008 SHE WAS A NJ INTERSCHOLASTIC SCHOLAR ATHLETE.......IN 2008 SHE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY FOR CALDWELL COLLEGE…..FROM THE FALL OF 2008 TO THE FALL OF 2009 SHE WAS A CLOSER FOR CALDWELL COLLEGE …. IN THE SPRING OF 2009 KAITLYN POSTED THE 10TH BEST ERA IN THE CACC WITH A 2.59, RANKED 2ND IN GAMES FINISHED WITH 16 AND RANKED 1ST I GAMES RELIEVED WITH 21….HAD A RECORD OF 8 WINS 3 LOSSES…..MADE 29 APPEARANCES WITH 83 INNINGS PITCHED…..IN 2010 SHE WAS AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR IMMACULATE CONCEPTION H.S. AS WELL AS A VOLUNTEER COACH FOR THE LODI RECREATION SOFTBALL PROGRAM.

CHRISTINE SCIARRA:

INSTRUCTOR OF WINDMILL PITCHING AND HITTING FUNDAMENTALS: BEGAN HER SOFTBALL CAREER BY ATTENDING PITCHING CLINICS BY FRANK BALDINO, (PARAMUS CATHOLIC H.S. HEAD SOFTBALL COACH AND FORMER HEAD SOFTBALL COACH AT PARK RIDGEH.S. AND RAMSEY H.S.)….. SHE WENT ON TO COMPETE AS A 4-YEAR VARSITY STARTING PITCHER FOR LODI HIGH SCHOOL AND EARNED 1ST TEAM ALL- BPSL LEAGUE HONORS, ALL-BERGEN COUNTY HONORS AND WAS HONORABLE MENTION ALL-STATE….. AS A CAPTAIN HER SENIOR YEAR, THE UNDEFEATED RAMS CLINCHED THE BPSL LEAGUE TITLE AND CHRISTINE PERSONALLY POSTED AN OVERALL 21-6 RECORD…..SHE WAS NAMED THE BERGEN RECORD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK IN APRIL 2003…. .  SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE BERGEN/PASSAIC ALL-STAR GAME.  AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL, CHRISTINE PITCHED FOR RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IN NEWARK, NJ (DIII).  SHE WAS THE STARTING PITCHING HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR AND THE CAPTAIN OF HER TEAM HER SENIOR YEAR.  CHRISTINE WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS A STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR HER SENIOR YEAR. AS AN INSTRUCTOR,  CHRISTINE HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR THE LODI H.S. SOFTBALL TEAM AS WELL AS FOR CLINICS RUN BY FRANK BALDINO. IN 2008, SHE ALSO INSTRUCTED FOR THE SPARTAN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SUMMER CAMPS, IN NORWOOD, NJ.

TOMMY ROWE:

INSTRUCTOR OF PITCHING & HITTING INSTRUCTOR: PLAYED 11 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL WITH THE ORIOLES, MARINERS, INDIANS AND THE METS…A MEMBER OF THE “BIG LEAGUE ROSTER” FOR THE ORIOLES FROM 1980 TO 1983…A MEMBER OF THE HALL OF FAME FOR “THE LONGEST GAME EVER” IN 1981…HAS WORKED WITH CAL RIPKEN SR. AND BUCK SHOWALTER (TO NAME A FEW)…HAS PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST CAL RIPKEN, DON MATTINGLY, WADE BOGGS, DARRYL STRAWBERRY (TO NAME A FEW MORE!)

SCOTT LUNA:  GUEST INSTRUCTOR

INSTRUCTOR OF HITTING & FIELDING INSTRUCTOR
CURRENTLY THE HEAD BASEBALL COACH AT PARAMUS CATHOLIC H.S… FOUNDER OF THE NJ MARINERS ORGANIZATION…..A FIRM BELIEVER IN “REPETITIVE TRAINING ON THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME” AND “KEEP IT FUN/KEEP IT SIMPLE”…AN ALL-AREA PLAYER FROM LODI H.S…PLAYED SEMI-PRO BASEBALL…RECEIVED INVITATIONAL TRYOUTS FOR THE RED SOX AND THE NY YANKEES…HAS OVER 29 YEARS OF COACHING EXPERIENCE…THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL REP AND LEAD CAMP INSTRUCTOR FOR THE RIPKEN BASEBALL CAMP…HAS 9 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING AS A MLB TALENT EVALUATOR FOR 3 MLB TEAMS…A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION AND THE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SCOUTS FOUNDATION… …CPR & AED CERTIFIED.