All of our instructors have played at the
Professional Level.
Tommy Collaro
Tommy Collaro was born in Sunrise, Florida and graduated from Piper High School in 2001. He holds school records for Homeruns and RBI's. Tommy was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 2001 in the 27th round out of high school. Tommy was a 5 time All Star with over 160 Minor League career home runs. In 2005, he was the Carolina League MVP, with a Batting average of .264 with 29 Home runs and over 100 RBI´s. In 2007, he was also the AA Southern League Home Run Derby Champion. Tommy has 7 years as a High School Coach ( 5 Years in Florida ). Along with coaching high school, Tommy also founded the Florida Heat 16U and 18U travel baseball program.
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Sam Banister
Sam was born and raised in Petaluma, CA. She graduated from Petaluma High School in 2005 with 2 NCS Titles and she held two All Empire and All League titles including the 2006 All Empire Athlete of the Year award for Sonoma County. Sam then went on to play for the University of Arizona to become a 2-time National Champion and a Pac 10 Champion for the U of A. She had the privilege of playing under two time Gold Medal winnng coach, Coach Mike Candrea, and was a member of the All Pac 10 Team her senior year. Sam finished her career playng for the Akron Racers of the NPF alongside Olympians like Crystal Bustos, Jennie Finch and Jenny Topping.
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