JUNIOR VARSITY A COACHING STAFF
VIN DEMARIA SR. ‘83
VINNY DEMARIA JR. ‘12
PETER LADIS ‘10
HEAD COACH
ASSISTANT COACH
ASSISTANT COACH
COACH DEMARIA JOINED THE IONA PREP BASEBALL COACHING STAFF AFTER LEADING THE WOODLANDS HS PROGRAM FOR 17 YEARS. HE HAS ALSO COACHED AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL AS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT CONCORDIA COLLEGE. COACH DEMARIA IS A CO-OWNER AND COACH OF THE DIAMOND BUDDIES HAWK ORGANIZATION DURING HIS PLAYING DAYS, COACH DEMARIA BEGAN HIS COLLEGE BASEBALL CAREER AT RANGER CC AND TRANSFERRED TO LONG ISLAND-BROOKLYN WHERE HE EARNED ALL-ECAC HONORS AND WAS ON THE ACADEMIC DEANS LIST.
AFTER A STANDOUT CAREER AS A FOUR YEAR STARTER AT SS FOR IONA COLLEGE, COACH VIN DEMARIA COACHED ONE YEAR AS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT IONA COLLEGE. HE JOINS THE IONA PREP COACHING STAFF AS OUR LEAD INFIELD COACH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING COACH DEMARIA WORK WITH THE ENTIRE PROGRAMS INFIELDERS. COACH DEMARIA WAS A THREE-YEAR LETTER-WINNER AT IONA PREP AND A MEMBER OF THE 2012 CHSAA CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.HE WAS NAMED 2012 ALL-LEAGUE, ALLDIVISION, ALL-COUNTY, AND ALL-NYC MEMBER. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE NYC MAYORS CUP ALL-STAR GAME.
PETE GRADUATED FROM IONA IN 2010 AND WENT ON TO PITCH COLLEGIATELY AT IONA COLLEGE. PETE WAS A STANDOUT AT THE PREP WHERE EXCELLED ON THE MOUND AND AT THE PLATE. PETE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MAAC ALL ACADEMIC TWICE AT IONA COLLEGE. PETE JOINS THE JV STAFF AND WILL HELP OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOT ONLY OUR PITCHERS BUT OUR HITTERS AS WELL.
JUNIOR VARSITY B COACHING STAFF STEPHEN NIGRO ‘15 ASSISTANT COACH
GEORGE WILLIAMS ‘08 HEAD COACH WHILE AT IONA GEORGE PRIMARILY CAUGHT AND PLAYED FIRST BASE. HE WENT ON TO PLAY AT EASTERN NAZARENE COLLEGE AS A 4 YEAR STARTER BECOMING ONE OF THE TEAM’S LEADERS BY HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR SEASON. IN 2012 GEORGE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NCAA CHI ALPHA SIGMA STUDENT ATHLETE HONOR SOCIETY. GEORGE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND CURRENTLY WORKS FOR A.G. WILLIAMS CO, INC. AS DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
2015 GRADUATE WHO WAS A COCAPTION AS A SENIOR. STEVE WAS 2ND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE IN 2015 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE MAYORS CUP GAME. PLAYED TWO YEARS COLLEGIATE BASEBALL AT CONCORDIA COLLEGE BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO FORDHAM UNIVERSITY. HE IS CURRENTLY A TRAINER AND COACH AT HARDBALL NY IN ELMSFORD.
MATT BREMBS ‘13 ASSISTANT COACH 2013 GRADUATE WHO STARTED AT THE PREP BOTH IN THE OUTFIELD AND ON THE MOUND. WAS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR AS A LEFT HANDED PITCHER ON THE 2012 CHSAA CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. WENT ON TO PLAY COLLEGIATE BASEBALL AT SOUTHERN UNION, WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND MOLLOY COLLEGE. HAS HELPED WORK THE IONA PREP BASEBALL CAMP AND THE DIAMOND BUDDIES BASEBALL CAMPS.
BOB CAPUTO ‘65 ASSISTANT COACH ALUMNUS COACH CAPUTO WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE 1965 VARSITY BASEBALL GAELS. HE WENT ON TO CAPTAIN THE FORDHAM UNIVERSITY RAMS IN 1969. COACH CAPUTO HAS COACHED AT BOTH OF HIS ALMA MATERS - FORDHAM UNIVERSITY FROM 2002-2005 AND IONA PREP FROM 1994-2001 AND 2005-PRESENT. HE IS A CHSAA HALL OF FAMER AND WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS ALUMNI AWARD FROM IONA PREP.
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