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Tournament ScheduleWednesday, April 28, 2010

Championship Final#2 Bronx vs. #1 Queensborough 3:30 pm

Immediately after the conclusion of the game, the CUNYAC Individual & Team awards will be distributed.

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2010 CUNYACCOMMUNITY COLLEGE

BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP@ MCU Park

# Name Pos. Ht. Yr. HometowN/HigH scHool9 BernyPolanco SS 5-11 Fr. Bronx,NY/SabMartinDePorres10 geovanny Familia Jr. 2B 5-7 so. Bronx, NY / Harry s. truman12 DarlynCasilla OF 5-11 Fr. Bronx,NY/Lee15 YarielFlores 3B 5-11 So. Bronx,NY/GrandSteetCampus16 YoelPeralta P 6-2 Fr. Bronx,NY/JohnF.Kennedy17 ArgelisFerreiras IF 5-10 Fr. Bronx,NY/GED18 JeffreySantiago OF 5-9 So. Bronx,NY/EnvironmentalStudies19 CarlosLirano P 5-9 Fr. Bronx,NY/DeWittClinton21 WonderGonzalez 1B 6-1 Fr. NewYork,NY/GED22 EleminBueno P 6-2 So. Bronx,NY/Walton23 MichaelSantana OF/1B 6-3 Fr. Bronx,NY/ColegioSenoraDeLaPaz24 AlbertPinero OF/IF 5-8 So. Bronx,NY/ChristopherColumbus25 EduardoDennis P 6-5 So. Bronx,NY/ChristopherColumbus26 VictorLeroux C 6-0 Fr. Bronx,NY/LouisD.Brandeis27 LuisMendoza P 6-2 So. Bronx,NY/DeWittClinton31 JimmySulivera 1B 6-0 Fr. Bronx,NY/A.P.Randolph32 JulioGallagher P 6-1 Fr. Bronx,NY/JohnF.Kennedy

Bronx BRONCOS

HeadCoach:AdolfoDeJesus;AthleticDirector:EricMercado;Colors:Green&Gold;Location:Bronx,NY

# Name Pos. Ht. Yr. B/t HometowN/HigH scHool2 AnthonyValera P/IF 5-9 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/GroverCleveland3 MostafaGhonim OF 5-11 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/WilliamBryant4 MatthewSchindler P/OF 5-4 So. L/L Queens,NY/St.FrancisPrep.6 AaronSmith OF 5-8 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/BeachChannel7 AdamAlcamo IF 6-1 Fr. S/R Queens,NY/FrancisLewis10 DestinOrtiz OF 5-7 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/GroverCleveland12 FrancescoMilito P/IF 5-10 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/ChristtheKing14 JhosangelSegnini IF 5-9 So. R/R Queens,NY/LongIslandCity15 EliasRamirez IF 5-9 Fr. L/R Queens.NY/MonsignorScanlon20 FranklynRamirez P/OF 5-8 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/Newtown23 LuisVallejos 1B 6-3 So. R/R LongIsland,NY/ElmontMemorial24 EmilioHerrera IF 5-9 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/LongIslandCity25 BrianFlynn-Kocourek 1B/C 6-4 So. R/R LongIsland,NY/EastMeadow26 VictorTejada OF/C 5-10 So. R/R Queens,NY/Newtown29 FelipeMontenegro P/OF 5-5 So. R/R Queens,NY/JohnBowne36 JoelValerio P 6-3 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/JohnBowne38 ChristopherDuran P/OF 5-8 So. L/L Queens,NY/JohnAdams44 MichaelBittner P/1B 6-2 So. L/L Queens,NY/GroverCleveland45 JoseVelezJr. P/OF 6-1 So. L/L Queens,NY/CapeCoral(Florida)47 AngelPortorreal P 6-0 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/Newtown57 JonathanCastillo P 6-0 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/WilliamBryant64 BrianFairchild P 6-2 Fr. R/R Brushton,NY/Brushton-Moira65 VincentWilliams P 6-2 Fr. R/R LongIsland,NY/WilliamBryant66 AntoniosZagoras P 6-1 Fr. R/R Queens,NY/LongIslandCity

Queensborough TIGERS

HeadCoach:RichKashdan;AssistantCoaches:RogerMischel,JimReyes,MikeFillucco,TomLeonickManager:RalphDeVivo;AthleticDirector:PeteMarchitello;Colors:Blue&Red;Location:Bayside,NY

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# Name Pos. Ht. Yr. HometowN/HigH scHool00 ClementButler OF 6-0 Fr. NewYork,NY/CardinalHayes1 JonathanColon P 5-7 So. Bronx,NY/HarryS.Truman2 BrianRodriguez P 5-8 Fr. Bronx,NY/EvangriveChristian3 WaldoAcosta 2B 5-8 So. NewYork,NY/BreadandRoses4 RobertoPequero DH 6-2 Fr. Oranjestad,Aruba/CollegioArubano5 SimenRosenfeld LF 5-9 Fr. Brooklyn,NY/Lincoln6 AlexanderBenitez P 5-8 Fr. Bronx,NY/Brandeis7 HanselCruz U 5-7 So. Santiago,DR/MurryBergtraum8 JoseGarcia P 5-10 Fr. Santiago,DR/InternationalStudies9 JasonUrglies OF 5-10 Fr. NewYork,NY/CardinalHayes10 RafaelMartinez 2B 5-9 So. NewYork,NY/NormanThomas11 RaymondValette P 6-1 So. Bronx,NY/Taft12 AmbiorixAmparro P 5-9 Fr. NewYork,NY/Brandeis13 LuisRojas SS 5-10 Fr. NewYork,NY/ManhattanComprehensive15 FreddyParra P 5-11 So. NewYork,NY/GeorgeWashington17 JohnJr.Molina P 5-10 Fr. Brooklyn,NY/SouthShore19 ElliotSantiago OF 5-11 Fr. Bronx,NY/Truman20 UladzisluMaskin SS 6-1 Fr. Miusk,Belarus/MiuskLinguistic21 MichaelMarmolejos RF 6-1 Fr. Bronx,NY/NormanThomas22 HenryAbreu CF 5-11 Fr. NewYork,NY/GeorgeWashington23 EdwinMarrero C 5-11 Fr. Brooklyn,NY/Westinghouse24 DanzelTurner 3B 5-7 So. Brooklyn,NY/FrederickDouglas

Manhattan PANTHERS

HeadCoach:AbeNegronAthleticDirector:SteveKelly;Colors:Blue&Red;Location:NewYork,NY

# Name Pos. Yr. HometowN/HigH scHool1 AndrewGambardella DH/1B/3B So. StatenIsland,NY/Tottenville4 NelsonPimentel C So. Brooklyn,NY/FranklinD.Roosevelt6 AngeloCassano P/OF Fr. StatenIsland,NY/Tottenville13 NicholasLabisi 2B/OF So. Brooklyn,NY/JamesMadison18 ChristopherSalles 3B/C Fr. Brooklyn,NY/JamesMadison20 JuanPerez INF Fr. Brooklyn,NY/MurryBergtraum23 AngeloVidal INF Fr. Brooklyn,NY/SheepsheadBay31 MichaelTriolo SS/2B Fr. Brooklyn,NY/JamesMadison33 MatthewRosario C So. Brooklyn,NY/NewDrop35 JimmyRosario OF So. Brooklyn,NY/FranklinD.Roosevelt40 WilliamRomero P Fr. Brooklyn,NY/BishopFord49 AngelMorales 1B/P Fr. Brooklyn,NY/BenjaminBanneker50 GilbertGomez P/RF Fr. Brooklyn,NY/Midwood51 JosephKane P/2B/OF So. Brooklyn,NY/Ft.Hamilton52 GreorygCardazone P/1B Fr. Brooklyn,NY/NewDrop54 JeremyRamos OF/2B Fr. Brooklyn,NY/AbrahamLincoln55 PedroAraujo P/OF Fr. Brooklyn,NY/FDRoosevelt

Kingsborough WAVE

HeadCoach:JimmyRyan;AssistantCoaches:BobGioia;AthleticDirector:GinaKranwinkelColors:Orange&Blue;Location:Brooklyn,NY

It took a late-inning rally by Bronx Community College to edge out defending champions Queensborough Community College, as the Broncos avenged last season’s CUNYAC Community College Baseball championship game loss and edged the Tigers, 5-4. Victor Lopez, who was the starting pitcher for BCC, was named CUNYAC Most Valuable Player, showed his ability at the plate as well, going 2 for 4 with what proved to be the game-tying hit and RBI and pitched 6.2 innings of four-run ball, with just two earned and struck out eight batters. It was QCC drew first blood, in the top of the third inning. With Matthew Schindler on second base, Christian Pinto slashed a double to left against Lopez to drive in the run. BCC would tie it up in the bottom of the fifth, with a little assistance from the Tigers’ defense. Carlos Grullon started the rally by reaching base on an error. After an infield hit by Danny Zorilla that advanced Grullon to third, Geovanny Familla Jr. would drive in a Grullon with a run-scoring fielder’s choice. QCC would threaten to score again in the top of sixth inning, but Lopez was able to wriggle out of a bases-loaded jam. With a 2-2 count to Brian Flynn-Kocurek, Lopez whirled around and picked off a relaxed Victor Chavez a second to get out of the inning unscathed. The Tigers struck back in the seventh, thanks a few lucky bounces that went QCC’s way. Leland Snaider would slice a line drive down the right field that landed just fair and past the outstretched glove of Erick Castillo, and Snaider raced to third ahead of the throw. The Broncos would bring the infield in and it proved to be a costly mistake. Edwin Suarez would slap a sharp grounder that rolled under the glove of second baseman Martin Bueno, giving the Tigers the lead yet again. Jose Segnini would provide insurance later in the inning, smacking a hard single to center and padding the lead to 3-1 and knocking Lopez from the game. But the Broncos would not go down quietly and responded with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the seventh inning. Jarib Jimenez would lead off the inning with a double to right. After a walk to Castillo, Familia dropped down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners over to second and third. Zorilla hit a hard smash to first, only for Flynn to make an errand throw home, allowing Jimenez to score. Jean Carlos Regalado would step up later on in the inning and singled home the tying run with two out. Queensborough responded in the top of the eighth, as Victor Tejeda wrapped a hard single, plating the Tigers’ fourth run, only for Bronx to respond in the bottom half. The first four batters for the Broncos reached base as BCC scored twice. Albeniz Sosa led off the inning with a double, followed by singles from Lopez, Jimenez and Martin Bueno. With two runs across already, Luis Mendoza bounced into a fielder’s choice before Zorilla bounced into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning. In the top of the ninth, Queensborough threatened. With one out, Wilmer Peralta singled, but was cut down on a fielder’s choice. With two out, Jose Velez would strikeout to end the game and seal the victory for the Broncos.

BRONCOS RALLY TO CLAIM EIGHTHCONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

TOURNAMENTMVP

VicTORlOPEz

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BOXSCOREQCC POS AB R H RBI BB SOPinto SS 4 1 1 1 1 0Peralta 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1Segnini 3B 4 0 2 1 1 0Velez RF 5 0 0 0 0 4Chavez LF 3 0 1 0 1 0Segura DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 Vallejos PH 1 0 0 0 0 0Flynn-Kocourek 1B 3 0 1 0 0 2 Gerena PH/1B 0 1 0 0 0 0Snaider C 2 2 1 0 2 1Tejada CF 4 0 1 2 0 1Gonzalez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ortiz P 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 33 4 8 4 5 9

QCC pitching IP H R ER BB SOGonzalez 7.0 8 5 2 4 2Ortiz (L) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0

Batting: 2B: 2 (Pinto, Flynn-Kocourek), 3B: Snaider. HR: none. HBP: 2 (Segura, Gerena). LOB: 9. SB: none. SH: none. SF: none. Fielding: PO: 24 (Flynn-Kocourek 8, Pinto 4, Peralta 3, Snaider 3, Segnini 2, Velez 2, Gerena, Tejada). A: 918 (Peralta 7, Segnini 4, Pinto 3, Gonzalez 3, Chavez). E: 2 (Pinto, Flynn-Kocourek). Pitching: WP: 2 (Gonzalez 2).

BCC POS AB R H RBI BB SOZorilla SS 5 1 1 0 0 0Familia 2B 3 0 0 1 1 0Regalado 1B/C 4 0 2 1 0 0 E. Castillo RF/1B 4 0 0 0 0 1Sosa 3B 3 1 1 0 1 1Lopez P/DH 4 1 2 1 0 0Jimenez LF 4 1 3 0 0 0F. Castillo C 2 0 0 0 1 0 Bueno RF 1 0 1 0 0 0Grullon CF 2 1 0 1 1 0 Mendoza P 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 32 5 10 4 4 2

Batting: 2B: 2 (Sosa, Jimenez). 3B: none. HR: none. HBP: none. LOB: 8. SB: none. CS: none. Fielding: PO: 27 (Castillo 8, Regalado 5, Grullon 4, Zorilla 3, Familia 3, E. Castillo 2, Sosa, Bueno). A: 10 (Zorilla 2, Familia 2, Sossa 2, Lopez 2, Regalado, F. Castillo). E: Familia. Pitching: WP: Mendoza.

BCC pitching IP H R ER BB SOLopez 6.2 5 3 2 4 8Mendoza (W) 2.1 3 1 1 1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H EQCC 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 8 2BCC 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 x 5 10 1

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For this CUNYAC Community College sport, only players named to the NJCAA Region XV All-Star

team become CUNYAC All-Stars.

FIRST TEAm All-CUNY & REgION XVErick Castillo Bronx CCJean Carlos Regaldo Bronx CC

cuny & reGion XV all-stars current cuny standinGs

as of 4/26/10 CUNYAC Overall W l Pct. W l Pct.1. Queensborough 8 4 .667 9 18 .333

bronx 8 4 .667 9 23 .281

3. Kingsborough 5 5 .500 5 13 .278

4. Manhattan 1 9 .100 1 21 .045

Year Champion Score Runner-up Site Winning Coach most Valuable Player School1988 Kingsborough n/a n/a Shea Bruce Miller None selected n/a1989 Queensborough n/a n/a Shea Mike Miele None selected n/a1990 Queensborough n/a n/a Shea Mike Miele None selected n/a1991 Queensborough 7-3 Kingsborough Yankee Ed Tartarian None selected n/a1992 Queensborough 9-7 Kingsborough Queens Lou Santos Vinny Lorenzini QCC1993 Queensborough 6-0 Bronx Shea Charles Aliano Walter Velasquez QCC1994 Queensborough 13-4 Bronx St. John’s Charles Aliano Ray Nawrocki QCC1995 Bronx 8-4 Queensborough Yankee Adolfo DeJesus Franklyn Fennely Bronx1996 Queensborough ** Bronx ** Greg Burlin None selected n/a1997 Queensborough 4-2 Bronx Lehman Greg Burlin Herminio Torres QCC1998 Bronx 8-7 Queensborough Yankee Adolfo DeJesus Manny Perez Bronx1999 Kingsborough 6-5 Queensborough KCC Robert Pertsas Jason Emerson KCC2000 Bronx 14-7 Kingsborough CSI Adolfo DeJesus Manny Zavala Bronx2001 Bronx 7-4 Kingsborough Yankee Adolfo DeJesus Michols Pena Bronx2002 Bronx 3-1 Queensborough Bronx Adolfo DeJesus Cesar Alvarez Bronx2003 Queensborough 3-1 Bronx CSI Craig Everett Melvin Batista QCC2004 Queensborough 9-5 Bronx CSI Craig Everett Frank Turzo QCC2005 Queensborough 7-6 Bronx CSI Craig Everett Tommy Reo QCC2006 Bronx 10-8 Queensborough St. John’s Adolfo DeJesus Thaway Peguero Bronx2007 Bronx 7-6 Queensborough Keyspan Adolfo DeJesus John Caamano Bronx2008 Queensborough 7-3 Bronx Keyspan Craig Everett Victor Gonzalez QCC 2009 Bronx 5-4 Queensborough Keyspan Adolfo DeJesus Victor Lopez BCC

** Game was never contested, Queensborough was declared champions, based on the Regular Season standings.

By profession, Ron Fusco has been a pioneering college professor in the field of health education and a psychothera-pist in private practice. A native of the Bronx, he gained his bachelors degree at Hunter (‘58), his masters at the Univer-sity of Illinois and doctorate at Columbia. Playing collegiate sports, he was a switch-hitting cen-terfielder in baseball, a backstroke and freestyle specialist in swimming, a javelin thrower in track and field. In the early 1960’s at Queensborough Community College, while teach-ing such courses as human sexuality, stress management, understanding behavior, addictions and dependencies, and the health concerns of a maturing population, he was asked to coach the school’s startup sports teams in soccer, basketball and baseball. His coaching career covered 1962-67. Fusco retired from fulltime teaching seven years ago, but continues as an adjunct professor at both QCC and Nassau CC. At 72 and still limber (“I can beat some ‘youngsters’ in tennis,” another sport he loves), he exercises regularly. Re-cently, he talked to us about a fascinating and varied college and professional career. Q: What inspired you to play college athletics, and later to coach college athletics?Ron Fusco: I grew up with a ball in my hand, any kind of ball. The Bronx was Yankees land. I was inspired. My hero was Joe DiMaggio. I was two years younger than most kids in school, having skipped grades, so I had to try harder to make teams. I wanted to play baseball in school and in the sandlots. The majors were always a dream. Playing for a college team (Hunter) was a natural continuum of my sports endeavors. I was athletic and even excelled in most sports I played. I never thought much about coaching col-lege athletics while I was in college. But, my role models, my coaches, who I am still in touch with to this day, were an inspiration to me. Their professionalism, devotion to the students, their lifestyle of teaching, coaching and be-ing among stimulating young people was appealing to me. And, I guess I never wanted to leave the wonderful atmosphere of the college campus. Q: Why did you choose to attend CUNY (Hunter), and then the one (QCC) where you taught for so long?RF: My folks could not afford the standard college tuition at that time, and CUNY was free. I chose Hunter College in the Bronx (now Lehman) because I lived in the Bronx and the campus was attractive. The good fortune of being hired to teach at Hunter after finishing my Masters (at age 21) was a dream come true. The move to Queensborough occurred when two of my professors and coaches --- Frank Egan in track and field, Joseph Santora in swimming --- convinced me to join them at QCC two years after they transferred over. I was a little reluctant going from a four-year college to a two-year college … however, when your salary doubles in one year it is difficult to refuse, and pro-motions would come faster at a new institution.

Fusco at graduation from Hunter in 1958 and today!

RON FUSCO

Q: Can you tell us a single standout moment, while you were coaching college baseball?RF: Truthfully, the thrill of putting on the uniform and coaching my first game (in 1962) at Alley Pond Park had to be my standout moment.

Q: Tell us about your greatest or most memorable coaching achievement in any of the sports, and does it still resonate with you today.RF: Having an outstanding team in soccer each of the three years I coached (that sport) at Queensborough was the most memorable. I had three All-Americans on the team: Irv Williams from Jamaica; Paul Engle from Austria and John Rappanaro from Italy. I had talented players and they made me look good. Q: How were your baseball teams?RF: We weren’t too bad; around .500 or a little over. I cer-tainly wasn’t a tough coach. I had a good rapport with the kids. I was able to help most of the players. I played quite a few positions, and I knew the game.

Q: How would you sum up the influence your own college coaches have made on your life?RF: These men --- Frank Egan in track and field, Joseph Santora in swimming, Charles Irace in baseball, Mike Fleis-cher in basketball --- were the best role models a young man could have for their professionalism, integrity, dili-gent devotion to their students and the values they lived by in their personal lives. I will always admire them. Q: How did being a student-athlete help you in coaching?RF: I was a student of the sports I played, and the coaches I played for were very knowledgeable. I would take notes on suggestions they would make to improve my sports skills. The rapport my coaches had with us was excep-tional. The proof is evident to this day. I am still in regular contact with all my coaches, except Frank Egan, who is deceased. Q: Talk about being on a team, and what it fosters.RF: Team to me always meant camaraderie. Playing and working with people, and interacting, has always given me a sense of fulfillment . . . Some of my closest friends to this day are guys I played with, going back to when I was just 10 years old. Annual baseball and swimming reunions every few years still bring together teammates from all over the country (Fusco is attending the latest Hunter swimming reunion on April 24.)

Q: What advice would you give to current student-athletes, as they look forward to their next chapter in life?RF: Learn good time management skills . . . Don’t waste these precious years of exposure to knowledge. Very few of you will become professional athletes, but many of you can become professionals in a variety of careers. Be realistic, and without missing out on the values sports participation teaches you, concentrate on classes and the co-curricular experiences college provides.

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