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05/31 1:00 PM Trenton Staten Island Mercer County College

05/31 3:00 PM Trenton Staten Island Mercer County College

06/04 5:00 PM Trenton South Jersey Mercer County College

06/06 1:00 PM Trenton Quakertown Mercer County College

06/06 3:00 PM Trenton Quakertown Mercer County College

06/07 7:00 PM South Jersey Trenton Lindenwold Complex

06/08 7:00 PM North Jersey Trenton Overpeck County Park

06/09 5:00 PM Staten Island Trenton College of Staten Island Complex

06/10 6:30 PM Jersey Trenton Snyder Ave Park

06/13 1:00 PM Trenton Allentown Mercer County College

06/13 3:00 PM Trenton Allentown Mercer County College

06/14 1:00 PM Quakertown Trenton Memorial Park

06/14 3:00 PM Quakertown Trenton Memorial Park

06/20 12:30 PM Trenton North Jersey Mercer County College

06/20 2:30 PM Trenton North Jersey Mercer County College

06/24 4:30 PM Trenton Jersey Snyder Ave Park

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06/27 12:00 PM Trenton Jersey Mercer County College

06/27 2:00 PM Trenton Jersey Mercer County College

06/29 6:30 PM Staten Island Trenton College of Staten Island Baseball Complex 2015 TRENTON GENERALS SCHEDULE

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06/30 6:30 PM Staten Island Trenton College of Staten Island Baseball Complex

07/02 7:00 PM North Jersey Trenton Overpeck County Park

07/02 5:00 PM Trenton North Jersey Overpeck County Park

07/05 1:00 PM Trenton Mercer County College

07/05 3:00 PM Trenton Lehigh Valley Mercer County College

07/06 5:00 PM Trenton North Jersey Mercer County College

07/07 5:00 PM Trenton Jersey Mercer County College

07/08 5:00 PM Trenton Staten Island Mercer County College

07/11 10:30 AM Lehigh Valley Trenton Richards Field at EAHS

07/11 12:30 PM Lehigh Valley Trenton Richards Field at EAHS

07/13 5:00 PM Trenton Staten Island Mercer County College

07/14 5:00 PM Staten Island Trenton College of Staten Island Baseball Complex

07/15 6:30 PM Jersey Trenton Snyder Ave Park

07/17 5:00 PM Allentown Trenton ECTB Stadium

07/17 7:30 PM Allentown Trenton ECTB Stadium

07/18 12:00 PM North Jersey Trenton Overpeck County Park

07/18 2:00 PM North Jersey Trenton Overpeck County Park

07/19 3:00 PM South Jersey Trenton Lindenwold Complex

07/22 6:30 PM Jersey Trenton Snyder Ave Park

07/27 5:00 PM Trenton South Jersey Mercer County College 2015 TEAM

1 Michael Pfenninger / 3 Paul Sparano / 4 Mike Salvatore / 6 Cole Creighton

7 Ryan Shinn / 9 Matt Von Roemer / 11 Brendan Campbell

15 Joseph Santospago / 16 Antonio Baglivo / 18 Matthew Gall

19 Matt Iantosca / 20 Brandon Garrett Jr. / 21 C.J. Hirschy 2015 TEAM

22 Jason Patnick / 23 Brian Uliana / 24 Karl Blum / 27 Daniel Marano

28 Brandon Birkhead / 33 Ryan Reitmeyer / 35 David Osnato

15 Joseph Santospago / 16 Antonio Baglivo / 18 Matthew Gall 42 Matt Hornich / 52 Kevin Short / , General Manger

Jim Maher, Head Coach / Russ Stupienski, Assistant Coach Matt Nelson, Play-by-Play Announcer & Official Scorekeeper / Kevin Stanford, Annoucer 2015 TEAM BIOS

DAVE GALLAGHER – GENERAL MANAGER seasons, the Generals have had two players drafted, Nancisco Crook (Reds) and Heath Fillmyer (Athletics). Jim has coached every Dave Gallagher’s life has been spent on the baseball diamond. at every level of baseball and has been successful at each stop. Having going straight into directly from The fiery manager led Nottingham Little League to the Mid-Athletic high school and playing 17 years of professional baseball, Dave Bristol Regional with his 12 year-old club coming just one game Gallagher stands apart from the crowd. short of the Little League . His high school coaching Dave graduated from Mercer County Community College in 1980 career began at Florence High School where he spent nine years and played in the Junior College World Series that year. He was as Head Coach. He then found himself as the Head Coach of the originally selected by the in the January 1980 Hamilton West Hornets baseball team, where he spent 10 years amateur draft, but chose not to sign. He was selected later that at the helm and earned the highest winning percentage by any year by the in the June secondary draft and coach in any sport at the school. His greatest achievement was in signed with the team. After developing and refining his skills in 2000 when the Hornets became state champions, which included , where he hit .271 with 39 home runs and a player named Jim Hoey, who played in the Major Leagues for 316 RBIs, Dave earned the right to play at the Major League level 11 years. In 2009, the school inducted Jim into the Hamilton West in 1987. From 1987 to 1995, he played for several different Major Hall of Fame. The Trenton Generals manager has also made stops League teams, including the Indians, , Baltimore at various colleges along the way. While at TCNJ, he helped coach Orioles, California Angels, Braves, and the a team to the NCAA Regional Final. He then went to become an . His experience speaks for itself and having Assistant Coach at where he helped the Broncs played for many major league organizations, Dave has seen the best to the 2008 MAAC Championship and traveled to the Cal State of Major League training techniques from the best in the business, Fullerton Regional. Jim also spent three seasons at Barton College including many Hall of Fame managers, coaches and players. in Wilsom, NC where the Bulldogs baseball team went to the NAIA Dave’s baseball knowledge is incredible. Having hitting coaches South Regional. Jim also coached his Nottingham Babe Ruth team such as Bobby Bonds, Dave’s teammates have included players to three consecutive World Series appearances from 2006-2008, such as Dave Winfield, Ozzie Guillen, Carlton Fisk, Eddie Murray, including reaching the World Series Final in 2006, where the team Willie Randolph, David Cone, Sid Fernandez, John Franco, Cal Ripken lost to California 7-6. Jr., and . Dave has an incredible knowledge of all aspects of the game at the highest level possible. RUSS STUPIENSKI – ASSISTANT COACH His passion is baseball and he enjoys working with children of all ages, teaching the game and watching players mature and Russ is in his second season as the Assistant Coach of the Trenton watching their talents take them to the next highest attainable Generals, and his first since 2013. He mainly spends his Spring levels. Dave is a competitor who works hard year after year to as one of the assistant coaches for the baseball team at Mercer complete at the major league level. His love of and commitment to County Community College. Russ also played baseball at Mercer baseball continues with his baseball abilities. in 2008 and 2009 before transferring to St. Peter’s University in After retiring from , Dave became the hitting 2010. In 2008, he batted .304 with two home runs, 21 RBIs and had instructor for the , the Double-A affiliate of the New a .440 on-base percentage. He also played for Bordentown Post York Yankees and worked there from 1997-1998. He was also a 26 in the Mercer County American Legion League and was named baseball coach at Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, NJ in the circuit’s Most Valuable Player with a .442 batting average and 1999 and at Mercer County Community College in 2000. seven home runs. Russ played his high school baseball at Northern Dave also wrote an instructional book called The Little League Burlington Regional High School. Hitter’s Journal to help young ballplayers and their parents work on baseball fundamentals, all aspect of the art hitting and assess MATT NELSON – PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER player progress and performance in the field. AND OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER He opened up the Dave Gallagher Baseball Academy in 2003 and eight years later became the Generals Manager of the Trenton Matt is entering his second season as the Voice of the Generals Generals in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. The Generals for all games home and away and the official scorekeeper for all are one of eight teams in the ACBL and the league is one of eight home games. Born and raised in East Windsor, NJ, Matt graduated summer collegiate leagues sanctioned by the NCAA with partial from Hightstown High School in 2008, Mercer County Community funding from Major League Baseball. College with an Associate’s Degree in Communications and in 2012 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Radio/TV/Film. After graduating from college, he worked as a Freelance Reporter for JIM MAHER – HEAD COACH the Windsor-Hights Herald for just over a year. Matt then became Jim is back for his fourth season at the helm of the Trenton Generals a Play-by-Play Announcer and Sportscaster Coordinator for NJ.org after taking them to three straight ACBL Kaiser Division titles and Varsity covering high school and small college sports throughout winning the ACBL Championship last season. Trenton has reached Bergen County as well as the Color Commentator for the men’s and the playoffs in each of the team’s first three years of existence. The women’s teams at Montclair State. This past Fall, Matt did Generals have been ranked as one of the top 50 Summer Collegiate freelance Play-by-Play work for the Strive Network covering prep Baseball teams in the country during Jim’s tenure. In the first three sports throughout and was also the Color Commentator 2015 TEAM BIOS for the football team at FDU-Florham. This past winter, Matt added #7 RYAN SHINN – LHP/ OF another gig to his resume by covering high school sports for the FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY Times of Trenton and NJ.com throughout Mercer, Burlington and (NORTHERN BURLINGTON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, 2015) Hunterdon Counties. Ryan had a marvelous four years at Northern Burlington Regional KEVIN STANFORD – ANNOUNCER High School hitting over .500 and pitching over 60 innings while logging over 85 . The Xfinity/NJ.com Baseball Athlete of For over 20 years Kevin has been active in Youth Sports. He has the Week is committed to Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers been a Coach, VP of Majors for Nottingham Little League baseball, this upcoming Fall. Ryan also played with Northern Burlington in and has served on several committees. One area that he seems to the Group 3 State Championship this past Spring. enjoy the most in making contact with advertisers for yearbooks. He has worked with the CYO, YMCA, Hamilton Little Lads, #9 MATT VON ROEMER – INF – KENYON COLLEGE Nottingham Little League and Nottingham Babe Ruth. Kevin has also been involved with St. Gregory the Great carnival and now is Matt comes to the Generals from Kenyon College in Gambier, currently our yearbook coordinator for the Trenton Generals. If you Ohio. He batted .377 with 2 HR and 37 RBIs in all 40 games for the would like to sponsor in our 2016 yearbook, please contact Kevin baseball team this past season. Matt was part of the North Coast at [email protected]. Athletic Conference All-Conference team at Kenyon. A Rutgers Prep product, Matt was part of the 2011 and 2012 NJISAA Prep B State #1 MIKE PFENNINGER – INF/OF – Championship Teams as well as the NJSIAA South Jersey Non- Public B State Championship team. He currently lives in Kendall A 2014 graduate of Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Park, NJ. Mike is coming off his freshman year as a Manhattan Jasper. He contributed with 9 RBIs and 5 doubles. During his three years on #11 BRENDAN CAMPBELL – OF the varsity baseball team, Mike split time playing first base and CARSON-NEWMAN UNIVERSITY third base and also played on the New Jersey Super 18U team in 2013. He was also on the All-County and All-Conference teams at Brendan is in his first year with the Generals and as a native of Hunterdon Central. Yardley, PA. He is a two-time member of the Carpenter Cup team and received 1st Team All-League in his junior and senior year at #3 PAUL SPARANO – RHP – RIDER UNIVERSITY Pennsbury. He did not see any action with the Carson-Newman baseball team this past season. Paul graduated from Ewing High School in 2014 and eclipsed 88 innings in his three years as a high school . He is a former #12 ANDY LOPEZ – INF – Trentonian Player of the Year recipient and was selected to play in the Carpenter Cup on two occasions. Paul went 1-3 with 6.62 ERA Andy is in the midst of his third season in a Trenton Generals to go with his 35 innings and 15 strikeouts on the mound in his first uniform. The Jackson, NJ native hit .296 with 1 HR and 12 RBIs year on the baseball team. in 2014 and batted .284 with 1 HR and 15 RBIs in 2013 with the Generals. He attended Jackson Memorial High School and will #4 MIKE SALVATORE – INF – ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY return to Kean University in the Fall as a Redshirt Senior after (EWING HIGH SCHOOL, 2015) injuring his right hamstring in the Spring. Mike was a .346 lifetime hitter in his four years at Ewing High #13 BRIAN LAWLER – 1B/OF – JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY School. This past season, he batted .393 with four triples and nine stolen bases. Mike also pitched in his freshman and junior years at Brian comes to the Generals from James Madison University. A Ewing. He has also committed to St. John’s University in , redshirt freshman, he went 1-2 in two games after suffering an NY this upcoming Fall. Mike was recently drafted by the Cincinnati injured knee and an injured left elbow. Brian lives in Medford, NJ Reds in the 19th Round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft and attended Shawnee High School where he holds the school record for career RBIs and is top-5 in other categories such as #6 COLE CREIGHTON – LHP – STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY singles, doubles, home runs and batting average. Brian helped his team to the 2011 and 2012 Olympic Patriot Division Championships. Cole comes to the Generals from Stony Brook University, where He was also a two-time member of the Carpenter Cup as a junior he had an opportunity to play with the Seawolves in the NCAA and senior. Baseball Tournament Regionals in Fort Worth, TX. Cole lives in Levittown, PA and played four years on the varsity baseball team at Neshaminy High School. He received 1st Team All-League and 1st Team Southeastern Pennsylvania selection as a senior. A two- athlete sport in high school, Cole also played football. He was also voted the Bucks County Courier Times Player of the Year. 2015 TEAM BIOS

#15 JOE SANTOSPAGO – OF #21 C.J. HIRSCHY – RHP – RIDER UNIVERSITY MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE C.J. is coming off his freshman year as a member of the Rider (TRANSFERRING TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IN THE FALL) baseball team. He compiled a 3-0 record with a 6.14 ERA in 22 Joe is an Archbishop Wood High School product, who also played innings allowing 29 hits, 11 walks and struck out nine batters in football during his time in high school. With the Mercer County the Spring. C.J. attended Toms River High School East where he Community College Vikings, Joe hit .385 with 3 HR and 31 RBIs in earned All-Shore and 1st Team All-Division honors in 2014. He was his freshman season and .375 with 1 HR and 37 RBIs. He will take also part of the Senior All-Star Game, the Pitcher of the week, the his talents to Kutztown University in Pennsylvania this Fall. Team MVP and the Team Player of the Year.

#16 – ANTONIO BAGLIVO – RHP – ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY #22 JASON PATNICK – OF – MANHATTAN COLLEGE Antonio, or Tony, went 2-3 with a 4.25 ERA this past season with the Jason comes to the Generals from Manhattan College. He batted Alvernia Crusaders baseball team. He pitched just under 30 innings .228 with 11 RBIs and nine stolen bases this past Spring. The and struck out 18 batters on the mound. Tony is a native of Lake Hopewell, NJ native played first base, third base and for Rankonkoma, NY and is an alum of Sachem High School North. the Hopewell Valley Central H.S. baseball team for four years. Jason was a three-time All-County Selection and was selected to the #17 MIKE CUNNINGHAM – INF – ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY Mercer County Carpenter Cup roster for two years. He also received the Inaugural Diamond Jacks Scholarship honoring Kevin Gilbert, Mike is a Berlin, NJ native, who attended Gloucester Catholic High a person of integrity who exhibits strong leadership skills both on School. Coming off his freshman season at Alvernia, Mike hit .268 and off the field. Jason also became a post-graduate at the IMG with 9 RBIs and a .960 . Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

#18 MATT GALL – LHP #23 BRIAN ULIANA – OF – RIDER UNIVERSITY MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (TRANSFERRING TO LIMESTONE COLLEGE IN THE FALL) Brian is in his second year with the ACBL after spending last summer with the Lehigh Valley Catz and batted .261 with 8 RBIs. Brian spent Matt is in his first year with the Generals after spending two years this past season as a redshirt freshman at Rider after sitting out the at Mercer County Community College. He went 5-3 with a 3.28 ERA 2014 season for medical reasons. He attended Freedom High School and struck out 50 batters in 46.2 innings this past Spring. A native in Bethlehem, PA where he was part of the 1st Team All-Area and of Shamong, NJ, Matt will be transferring to Limestone College in 1st Team All-Conference as well as the American Furniture All-USA Gaffney, SC this Fall. Pennsylvania State baseball team. Brian was also named the MAAC Rookie of the Week for the week of April 17-May 3 where he batted #19 MATT IANTOSCA – C/INF – .500, 1 HR and 7 RBIs. All in all, Uliana finished his first season at Rider batting .364 in 20 games, and 11 RBIs. Matt is coming of his freshman season at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, where saw three games for the Red Foxes baseball team. He is a native of Randolph, NJ where he attended #24 KARL BLUM – RHP – DUKE UNIVERSITY Randolph High School. A Toms River High School North product, Karl just finished up his second season as a Duke Blue Devil. In his first season on the #20 BRANDON GARRETT – RHP baseball team, Karl made eight appearances and started four MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE games while registering a 4.72 ERA. This past year, he was part of (TRANSFERRING TO SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL) the 2015 ACC Academic Honor Roll. While in high school, Karl was the 2013 Shore Conference Player of the Year. A soon-to-be baseball player at Shepherd University, Brandon just finished up his first two years of college baseball at Mercer County #27 DAN MARANO – 1B/OF Community College. Brandon went 6-1 with a 3.40 ERA and struck out 39 batters in 42.1 innings this past Spring. A Pennsbury High FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE School East product, he lives in Levittown, PA. Dan comes to the Generals from Bishop Eustace High School and Franklin & Marshall College. In his first year in college, Dan batted .363 with 2 HR, 32 RBIs, 25 runs, 10 doubles and 53 hits. He received numerous awards at Bishop Eustace, including the Coaches Award in 2014, two-time 1st Team All-Olympic Conference, at had the chance to play in the Carpenter Cup in 2013. At Franklin & Marshall, he was the Conference Player of the Week, the Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year, 1st Team Centennial Conference, and 3rd Team All-Region. 2015 TEAM BIOS

#28 BRANDON BIRKHEAD – RHP/INF the opportunity to represent the United States as a member of the BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY NJCAA Team USA baseball team at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas towards the end of last summer. He Coming off his first season at Bloomsburg, Brandon is a pitcher and also helped lead Mercer County Community College to the Junior an infielder, who mainly saw time on the mound this past season. College World Series last year before suffering a season-ending He pitched 6.1 innings, struck out four batters and held opponents finger injury. David is expected to transfer to the University of to a .240 average. Brandon comes to the Generals from Central Houston in the Fall. Bucks High School East. #42 MATT HORNICH – LHP – UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE #33 RYAN REITMEYER – INF – KEAN UNIVERSITY Matt is in his first season with the Generals and he comes to us Ryan is entering his second season with the Generals and third from Hillsborough High School. While he was there, he received overall in the ACBL after playing for the Staten Island Tide in 2013. All-Area, County Tournament MVP and All-Group 4 awards on the He hit .265 with 26 hits and 11 RBIs that year and backed it up with baseball team. Matt’s father Ed Hornich played baseball at Salem a .333 batting average, 1 HR and 10 RBIs in 2014. He is a graduate College and his grandfather Joe Melick played football at Rutgers of Lacey Township High School University.

#35 DAVID OSNATO – C #52 KEVIN SHORT – LHP – ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (TRANSFERING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IN THE FALL) Kevin finished up his first season with the Alvernia baseball team where he went 1-2 with a 4.07 ERA in 6 starts. An Overbrook High David is a graduate of Hamilton West High School where he is the School product, he was a nominee of the All-Regional Team. Kevin all-time hits leader. He is in the midst of his second season with lives in Berlin, NJ. the Generals after hitting .279 with 10 RBIs in 22 games. David had

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