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PWHS COLONIALS
2015 Season
www.pwhsbaseball.com on the web &@PWHSBaseball on Twitter
Inside our
Media Guide:
• Player Profiles
A Message from Coach Manero
… and much,
much more!
Welcometothe2015
PlymouthWhitemarsh
baseballseason!The
Colonialsthankallofour
fansforyoursupportand
hopethatyoucontinue
followingusallseason.
Other Highlights:
Somuchgoesintomaking
thehopesofanother
baseballseasonareality,
andweowethanksto
thosewhohavehelpedus
thisyear.Ourhighschool
principalMr.JasonBacani
andAthleticDirectorMr.
CharlesForsterareso
• Team History
• Rosters and
Schedules
instrumentalinsupporting
Colonialathletics.Theyare
assistedbyMr.Ed
Swetkowski,Ms.Marianne
Paparone,Mr.MJGrourke,
andathleticssecretaryMrs.
NancyHarper,whoensure
thatallrunssmoothly
throughouttheseason.
Atthedistrictoffice,we
thankSuperintendentDr.
MaryellenGorodetzerand
theColonialSchoolBoard
fortheircommitmentto
value‐addedprograms
suchasathletics.
DirectorofOperationsMr.
TerryYemm,Mr.JoeLally,
Mr.GeneKelly,andMr.
RichKoenigandhis
groundscrewmakeour
fieldsgamereadyeachday.
Workingtogether,
PlymouthWhitemarshisa
strongcommunitythat
workstoprovidegreat
opportunitiessuchas
baseballforourstudents.
Chris Manero
VarsityHeadCoach
Community Ads
Upcoming Events
Past Championships
Coaches Bios
Baseball Quotes
Team Photos
The Power Alley Parents Club helps support PW Baseball
Manyoftheeffortsto
produceour2015media
guideandprepareforthe
seasonhavecomewiththe
assistanceofthePower
AlleyParentsClub.Formed
inthewinterof2012,this
organizationofparent
volunteershasbecome
instrumentalinhelpingto
supporttheColonials
baseballprogram.
Throughoutthisoffseason,
membersoftheclub
assistedinplanningforour
“JingleBellJog5K”andthe
third“Fundraiseron
Fayette”,bothofwhich
werehugesuccessesin
generatingfundstohelp
offsetsomeofthemany
costsassociatedwith
runningahighcaliberhigh
schoolbaseballprogram.
Inadditiontotheseevents,
theparentswere
instrumentalinhelping
organizemanyteamevents
throughoutlastseasonand
thisoff‐season,andin
recruitinglocalbusinesses
toadvertiseinthismedia
guide.Theywerealso
instrumentalinhelpingus
planourspringtripto
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VeroBeach,Florida.
Throughouttheseason,
youwillseemembersof
theClubselling
merchandiseatourhome
games,aswellasassisting
atotherteameventsand
communityfunctions.
Theireffortsaretireless
andmuchappreciatedby
alloftheplayersand
coachesinourbaseball
program.
Formoreinformationon
howyoucanhelpwiththe
PowerAlleyParentsClub,
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COLONIALS BASEBALL
2015
COLONIALS MAINTAIN PROUD TRADITION OF SUCCESS
PIAA STATE CHAMPIONS
2008, 2009,
2010, 2011,
2014
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
“Therearethreetypesof
baseballplayers:Those
whomakeithappen,
thosewhowatchit
happenandthosewho
wonderwhathappens.”
SUBURBAN ONE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
TommyLasorda
PIAA DISTRICT ONE PLAYOFF APPEARANCES
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
COLONIALS BASEBALL
2015
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR THE 2015 SEASON
SATURDAY,MAY2
10:00am
LITTLELEAGUESKILLSDAY
COLONIALSFIELDATPW
3:15pm
SENIORDAY
COLONIALSFIELDATPW
12:00pm
ALUMNIGAME/FIELDCEREMONY
COLONIALSFIELDATPW
9am‐2pm
PWCOLONIALSBASEBALLCAMP
COLONIALSFIELDATPW
MONDAY,MAY11
SATURDAY,MAY16
JUNE22‐JUNE26
Moreinformationabouttheseeventsisavailableatwww.pwhsbaseball.com
Ifyou'regood,you'realways
lookingoveryourshoulder.
BruceSpringsteen
“Thebestwaytofind
yourselfistoloseyourself
intheserviceofothers.”
MahatmaGandhi
COLONIALS BASEBALL
2015
COACHING STAFF
FROMLEFTTORIGHT…FreshmanHeadCoachToddKochersperger,VarsityAssistantCoachPaulFischer,Varsity
PitchingCoachPhilKelly,VarsityHeadCoachChrisManero,VarsityAssistantCoachEricFisher,JVHeadCoachJack
Kavetski,JVAssistantCoachRobLuthy,FreshmenAssistantCoachKevinGolebiewski
Coaching staff brings wealth of experience to Colonials Baseball
TheColonialsbaseball
programisfortunateto
haveacoachingstaffwell
versedinallaspectsofthe
game,andeagertowork
withthestudentathletes
fromPlymouthWhitemarsh
toprovideapositiveand
memorablebaseball
experience.
ChrisManeroentershisthird
seasonasthevarsityhead
coachin2015andhis10th
seasonintheprogramoverall.
Hehasspentthefirstseven
yearsinthePWbaseball
program,servingastheJV
coachfrom2006‐2008anda
varsityassistantcoachfrom
2009‐2012.CoachManero
alsoservedastheheadcoach
ofTheMt.CarmelClub
Mounties,alocalAmerican
LegionBaseballteam,from
2008‐2012.Heisagraduateof
NorthPennHighSchooland
YorkCollegeofPA,and
residesinPlymouth
Township.
PhilKellybeginshissecond
seasonasthevarsitypitching
coachin2015,andhisthird
overallwiththeprogram.
CoachKellyservedastheJV
HeadCoachin2013.He
playedbaseballatNeumann
UniversityandisaPW
Baseballalumnus,having
graduatedin2003.Coach
KellyalsoledtheColonials
strengthandconditioning
programthroughoutthis
winter.Herunshis
Lumberjacksbaseball
programinthesummerand
fall.
EricFisher,whohad
previouslycoachedinthe
Colonialsprogramin2004
and2005,returnsforathird
consecutiveseasononthe
varsitycoachingstaff,working
primarilywiththeinfielders.
CoachFisherwasamemberof
the1994PIAAstate
championshipteamatPWand
wentontoplayatEckerd
CollegeinFlorida,andplayed
independentminorleague
baseballfortheSiouxFalls
CanariesandAllentown
Ambassadors.
PaulFischerreturnstothe
PWHScoachingfraternitythis
season,afterpreviousstintsas
anassistantfootballcoach
from2003to2008,andthe
freshmanbaseballcoachfrom
2003to2006.CoachFischer
hastaughtintheColonial
SchoolDistrictsince2004,and
iscurrentlyaHealthandPE
teacheratColonialMiddle
School.HeholdsaBachelors
degreefromUrsinusCollege
andaMastersdegreefrom
VillanovaUniversity.Coach
FischerandhiswifeLindy
resideinWorcester,andhave
twochildren,Meredithand
Keith.
JackKavetskientershis
secondseasonastheColonials
JVcoachin2015.Kavetskiis
nostrangertoPWBaseball.
Theformercaptainwasa
stand‐outinfielderand
pitcher,graduatingin2008.
Hewentontohaveaprolific
careerasaninfielderat
DeSalesUniverstiy,wherehe
playeduntilhisgraduationin
2013.
RobLuthyreturnsthisyear
forhissecondseasonastheJV
assistantcoach.
CoachLuthyisa2009
graduateofPWHS,wherehe
playedonthebaseballteam,
inadditiontobeingathree
yearlegionplayerwiththe
Mt.CarmelClubMounties.He
isa2013graduateofWest
ChesterUniversity.
ToddKocherspergerreturns
totheColonialsstaffin2015
astheFreshmenheadcoach.
CoachKpreviouslyservedas
boththeJVheadcoachand
VarsityAssistantcoachfrom
2009‐2013.Aphysedteacher
atColonialMiddleSchool,he
hasalsocoachedsoccerand
basketballfortheColonials
andisamemberoftheUpper
MorelandHighSchoolAthletic
HallofFame.
KevinGolebiewskijoinsthe
staffthisyearasanassistant
ontheFreshmenteam.Coach
Gservedasanassistantat
CMSonthe8thgradeteamin
2014andiswellknowninthe
areaforhisprominenceinthe
PWSwimmingprogramand
aquaticclub.Kevinisaspecial
educationaideatPlymouth
WhitemarshHighSchool.
COLONIALS BASEBALL
2015
FRESHMAN TEAM
Whenbaseballisno
longerfun,it'snolonger
agame.
JoeDiMaggio
Mymainluckynumberis9.
Thatwasmybaseball
numberinhighschool.My
otherluckynumberis3,
becausethat'stheoneI
worebeforeIgottohigh
schoolandhadtopicka
differentone.
JasonAldean
FROMLEFTTORIGHT…
FIRSTROW‐AlexO’Connor,TylerDelaney,ZachFisher,JonathanSilberman,StevenMaslij,
DavidKeenan.SECONDROW‐DannyGreen,JohnCasselli,JackSmeltzer,RoyceGuagliata,
StephenLongo,BlakeRosen
JV TEAM
Inbaseball,democracy
shinesitsclearest.Theonly
racethatmattersistherace
tothebag.Thecreedisthe
rulebook.Andcolor,
merelysomethingto
distinguishoneteam's
uniformfromanother's.
ErnieHarwell
FROMLEFTTORIGHT…
FIRSTROW‐BrettBrown,CorryMaloney,KyleChandler,MaxBaker,MattMitchell,Matt
DiSisto.SECONDROW‐ConnorKissane,JustinGelfand,ColinWerner,JakeKuruc,Ian
Warner,ChrisSymnoski,BrendanMcAllister.THIRDROW‐BrianKrepto,JoeStoberl,
DarrenDelaney,MattGatta,StevenBlum,DillonFamous
COLONIALS BASEBALL
2015
VARSITY TEAM
FROMLEFTTORIGHT…
FIRSTROW‐NoahGoldstein,LucaAmoroso,AdamMcKinlay,IanWarner,BenRaeder,Ryan
Bischoff.SECONDROW‐EvanBischoff,ZachMetz,JonFisher,GavinBrody,ConnorBurke,Dylan
Ensslin,DutchReardon,MattCooper.THIRDROW‐JacobLaudenbach,BrettHighland,Nick
Satterthwaite,JoeJordan,JohnPecharo,AnthonyCasselli,JamesFreels
VARSITY SENIORS
FROMLEFTTORIGHT…
FIRSTROW‐AnthonyCasselli,BenRaeder,BrettHighland.SECONDROW‐ZachMetz,Jon
Fisher,NickSatterthwaite,JoeJordan,GavinBrody.THIRDROW‐DylanEnsslin,Evan
Bischoff,RyanBischoff,JamesFreels
PITCHING STAFF
CATCHERS
201 E. Germantown Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
PHONE:
(610) 825-1500 ext. 1206
E-MAIL:
cmanero@colonialsd.org
TWITTER:
@PWHSBaseball
INFIELDERS
ALSO VISIT US ON:
www.pwhsbaseball.com
Athletic Director:
Mr. Charles Forster
High School Principal:
Mr. Jason Bacani
Superintendent of Schools:
Dr. MaryEllen Gorodetzer
School Board President:
Mr. Alan Tabachnick
Director of Operations:
Mr. Terry Yemm
Grounds Crew:
Mr. Rich Koenig
Assistant Athletic Directors:
Mr. Ed Swetkowski and Ms.
Marianne Paparone
9th Grade Athletic Director:
Mr. MJ Grourke
We’re on MaxPreps!
See us at:
www.maxpreps.com
OUTFIELDERS
CAPTAINS
JAMES FREELS, BRETT
HIGHLAND, BEN RAEDER
#46 BRETT HIGHLAND
POSITION: C
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star Game MVP
for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
#12 NICK SATTERTHWAITE
POSITION: OF
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Jim and MaryAnn
HOMETOWN: Plymouth Twp
COLLEGE PLANS: West Chester University (with Evan)
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Hitting two home runs in one
game
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Kendrick Lamar
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Allowing a HR to James Freels
#3 JAMES FREELS
POSITION: 2B/SS
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Margaret and Hank
HOMETOWN: East Plymouth Mtg.
COLLEGE PLANS: University of Scranton
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning the ‘chip
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Kendrick Lamar
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Andrews
FAVORITE DINNERTIME MEAL: Mom's Chicken and Rice
#33 GAVIN BRODY
POSITION: 1B
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: William and Mayellen
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Bloomsburg University
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Turning a Triple Play
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Meek Mill
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Matt Cooper hitting a home
run off of me
#23 JOE JORDAN
POSITION: 3B/OF
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Joe and Jacky
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Neumann University
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Walk off walk
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Meek Mil
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mrs. Hoffman
CAREER GOAL: Become an Athletic Trainer
#53 RYAN BISCHOFF
POSITION: RHP
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Eric and Tabitha
HOMETOWN: Whitemarsh Twp.
COLLEGE PLANS: University of Virginia
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Hitting HR off Jonnie Fisher
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line/ ZBB
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Coletta, Mr. Scheidly,
Mr. Manero, Ms. Hannold
#38 JON FISHER
POSITION: RHP
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Jon and Lori
HOMETOWN: Plymouth Twp.
COLLEGE PLANS: James Madison University
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: States in Little League
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Luke Bryan/ Kendrick Lamar
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Letting up a HR to Ryan
Bischoff in little league
#50 EVAN BISCHOFF
POSITION: SS/ RHP
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Eric and Tabitha
HOMETOWN: Whitemarsh Twp.
COLLEGE PLANS: West Chester University
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning District 22 and
making the winning catch at the wall
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Kevin Gates/ Fla. Georgia Line
OTHER INFO: I’m a fun and nice guy. Follow me on Instagram
#52 ANTHONY CASSELLI
POSITION: C
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Nicholas and Rita
HOMETOWN: Roxborough
COLLEGE PLANS: Albright College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Hitting my first homerun
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Imagine Dragons/Jay-Z/Eminem
FAVORITE TEACHER: Ms. Tavani and Mr. Wadlin
FAVORITE DINNERTIME MEAL: Spaghetti and Meatballs
#35 ZACH METZ
POSITION: OF/ LHP/ 1B
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: George and Donna
HOMETOWN: Conshohocken
COLLEGE PLANS: Gwynedd Mercy University
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Playing for the AmericanContinental Carpenter Cup team
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Imagine Dragons
FAVORITE DINNERTIME MEAL: Deer meat fajitas
#32 BEN RAEDER
POSITION: LHP
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Lowell and Jane
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Pennsylvania State University
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Making District Playoffs last
year
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Backstreet Boys
FAVORITE TEACHER: Ms. Russo
#25 DYLAN ENSSLIN
POSITION: 1B
CLASS: 2015
PARENTS: Greg and Judy
HOMETOWN: Plymouth Twp.
COLLEGE PLANS: University of Delaware
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Cooperstown Dreams Park
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Foster the People / Logic
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Dwyer and Mrs. Hoffman
CAREER GOAL: Become a Biomedical Engineer
#26 JOHN PECHARO
#30 NOAH GOLDSTEIN
POSITION: 3B/1B/P
CLASS: 2017
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star
Game MVP for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
POSITION: OF
CLASS: 2017
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star
Game MVP for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
#4 LUKE AMOROSO
#16 ADAM McKINLAY
POSITION: OF
CLASS: 2017
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star
Game MVP for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
POSITION: 2B/ 3B
CLASS: 2016
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star
Game MVP for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
#6 CONNOR BURKE
#40 JACOB LAUDENBACH
POSITION: OF/ RHP
CLASS: 2016
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
POSITION: C
CLASS: 2016
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
#36 Connor Kissane
#5 IAN WARNER
POSITION: RHP/ 1B
CLASS: 2016
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star
Game MVP for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
POSITION: OF
CLASS: 2016
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star
Game MVP for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
#2 MATT COOPER
#24 DUTCH REARDON
POSITION: RHP/ 2B
CLASS: 2016
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star
Game MVP for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
POSITION: 3B/ 1B/ C
CLASS: 2016
PARENTS: William and Maribeth
HOMETOWN: Lafayette Hill
COLLEGE PLANS: Ursinus College
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Winning All Star
Game MVP for Senior Legion
FAVORITE MUSICIAN/GROUP: Florida Georgia Line
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Labick
Good Luck Chris and the
PW Colonials!
Have a great season!
The Symnoski Family
From T-ball to Varsity,
James you’ve always made us proud!
Love, Mom, Dad, Jess, Allison & Emma
GOOD LUCK BEN & THE
2015 COLONIALS
BASEBALL TEAM!
JANE, LOWELL AND JAKE
RAEDER
Good luck to Ben Raeder
and the 2015 Colonials!
2015 Colonial Baseball
Peter and
Marie
Satterthwaite
wish the PW
Colonial
Baseball
Players an
outstanding
season!
Go
Nick!!!!!!!
HAVE A GREAT SEASON COLONIALS!
BEST OF LUCK TO CONNOR BURKE,
FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT THE
CONSHOHOCKEN BOCCE CLUB!
KITCHEN OPEN EVERY FRIDAY NITE 6 - 9pm
Good Luck from Eve's Lunch!
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Congratulations
Ryan
Love Mom & Dad
Go PW
Have a great season
Congratulations
Evan
Love Mom & Dad
Go PW
Have a great season
HENRY JAMES SALOON
577 JAMESTOWN ST.
ROXBOROUGH, PA 19128
HAVE A GREAT SEASON
AS A SENIOR ANTHONY!!
Good Luck Chris and the
PW Colonials!
Have a great season!
Grandma and Pop-Pop Vasturia
Good Luck PW Baseball Players and # 24 Dutch Reardon
Have a great season boys!
The Reardon’s
Best of luck Zach as you finish your high
school baseball career and move on to
college!
We support Plymouth Whitemarsh
Baseball and John Pecharo!
The Pecharo Family & Pecharo
Grandparents
Good Luck Dutch Reardon and
PW Baseball!
Love Grandmom Reardon
Good luck Ben Raeder and the
2015 Colonials!
Papa, Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Mina, Uncle
Eddie, Aunt Amy, Aaron, Lauren, Sam,
Justin, Sara, Eden & Grace
Best of luck to Adam McKinlay & the
2015 PW Colonials!
BEST OF LUCK IN THE 2015 SEASON COLONIALS! FROM THE FREELS FAMILY
The 2015 Colonials Baseball teams sincerely thank all of the coaches,
teachers, parents, family, friends and fans for their continued support
during the season and all year long!
National Chemical Laboratories
proudly supports
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Colonials Baseball
Best of Luck
this season to
Dutch Reardon #24
From all at NCL
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