Mike Koerner
Mike is one of the most honored athletes in South Jersey sports history in both baseball and football. Below are just a few of his athletic accomplishments.

As a two sport athlete at Washington Township High School, Mike was a four year varsity starter in baseball from 1991-94 and named 1993 South Jersey Baseball Player of the Year. His high school baseball accomplishments also include: 1993 and 1994 New Jersey First Team All State; 1994 New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year; 1994 Baseball All USA second team. Whew! And that’s just baseball!

In football, Mike was All South Jersey in 1992 and 1993, South Jersey Football Player of the Year in 1993, and New Jersey First Team All State in 1993.
All of this culminated in Mike being named 1994 New Jersey Male Athlete of the Year. A highly recruited athlete for football and baseball, Mike decided to take his skills to Louisiana State University to play baseball. Mike was a starter at LSU from 1995-1997 and was second on the team in home runs in ’97 with 22 round trippers. He played on consecutive National Championship teams in ’96 and ’97 and was on the All College World Series team in 1997.
Mike was an 11th round pick of the Oakland A’s in 1997 and played professionally until he finished his carreer with the Dodgers in 2000.
Mike was inducted into the South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame on November 24, 2007 by the Hotstover Baseball Club of South Jersey

Candi Dean
A former standout softball player at West Chester University, Coach Dean is entering her fifth season as the Head Softball Coach at St. Joseph H.S. in Hammonton, NJ. She has led the team to 4 consecutive Cape Atlantic League National Conference and Division 2 Titles (2006,2007,2008, 2009) Coaching honors also include Coach of the Year in 2008 by the Atlantic City Press, Coach of the Year in 2007 by the South Jersey Girls Softball Coaches Association, Team of the Year 2007 by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Atlantic City Press, Team of the Year 2008 and 2009 by the Atlantic
City Press.
Coach Dean is a 1999 St. Joseph H.S. graduate. During her Softball career, she was a 4 year varsity letter winner, braking the hits, triples, homeruns, and extra base hits records.

Coach Dean achieved over 100 hits in her career, while leading the 1998 Lady Wildcats to a Non Public South B Sectional Title. In 1999 she was named Softball Player of the Year by the Atlantic City Press. She was a 1st Team All Star for South Jersey, Non Public, and C.A.L.
Coach Dean was recently inducted into the St. Joseph High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Fred Bianculli, Jr.
Freddy is a 1983 graduate of Washington Township High School where he participated in baseball, wrestling and football - earning a total of six varsity letters. Freddy B., as he is known by most, was All Olympic Conference in baseball in 1982 and 1983. In his senior year he was first team All Group IV and All South Jersey. He was Captain and Most Valuable Player on the 1983 team. In addition to baseball, Freddy was captain of the 1982-83 wrestling squad and was All Conference in 1982. In 1983 Freddy was All Conference and All Group IV as a kicker on the

football team. Following high school, Freddy attended Glendale Community College in Arizona. He was honored by being selected to the baseball First Team-All Arizona in 1985, an All Conference selection and Most Valuable Player. Freddy then transferred back to Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) where he was All Conference and All District for two years and All State for one year. At Glassboro State, Fred was a First Team-All American and New Jersey College Player of the Year. Fred was the MVP on the NJAC Championship Team.
Freddy previously has been an instructor at the Bill Robinson Hitting Clinics for 5 years. In 2002, Freddy B. was inducted into the Washington Township High School Sports Hall of Fame.

Scott Russo
Scott is a 1996 graduate of Washington Township High School where he was a 3 year starter, Team Captain, and Team MVP his senior year. As a senior in 1996, Russo was named First Team All-South Jersey and First Team All-State.
Scott attended Penn State University from 1997-2000 where he was utilized as a starter, reliever and closer. A left handed pitcher, Russo led the team in appearances and saves in 2000. Penn state was Northeast Region Champs in 2000, advancing to the Super Regionals (final 16) against the University of Texas Longhorns.

In 2000, Scott was drafted in the 26th round by the Montreal Expos. Scott played in the Expos organization from 2000-2003.

Nick Sbarra
Nick graduated from Washington Township High School in 2003 after an outstanding senior season. Nick was selected 1st Team All-Olympic Conference, 1st team All-Area, 1st Team All-Group IV, and 2nd Team All-South Jersey. In addition, Nick was selected to play in the Carpenter Cup.
After high school, Sbarra continued his career at Ramapo College from 2005-2008. As a freshman, Nick was named Team Rookie of the Year. In 2007 Nick was named NJAC 1st Team All-Conference, ABCA 1st Team All-State, ABCA 2nd Team All-Region, and Mid-Atlantic Region 2nd Team. In 2008, Nick was named to the ECAC All-Tournament Team and was the NJAC Coaches MVP. Nick was the national Division III leader in triples -(#4 nationally in all divisions). In 2009 Nick signed with the Cincinnati Reds to play -

Roy Price
Roy is also the Head Coach of the Diamond Hawks 15U showcase team. Roy was an all-region catcher for Camden County College in ’95 and ’96 and was selected the Div. II JUCO 1996 player of the year. He then took his talents to Rowan where he was the starting catcher for the 1997-98 seasons.
Roy has been coaching at the youth baseball level for many years. His 13U travel team was runner-up at the Babe Ruth regional finals in 2009. They were the NJ state champs for Babe Ruth and American Legion. Roy is also the Head Coach of the Diamond Hawks 15U showcase team.

Matt Gabirelski
Matt was a standout player for St.Joe’s high school in Hammonton attaining All South Jersey second team status, all C.A.L. first team, and a Carpenter Cup selection in 2004. Matt’s college career includes stints with St. Joe's University and Rutgers-Camden.
In 2004, he was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Role and in 2008 he led his team in most conference offensive categories including batting average, OBP, RBIs, walks, and runs scored. Matt is currently the assistant coach of the Diamond Hawks Baseball 17/18U high school showcase team.