WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Name: Brandon Gelpi Position: Outfield Years played: 4 year starter for Central Catholic High School Varsity Baseball GPA: 4.2 Future plans: I will continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I will be studying Teaching of History (Secondary Education) Dream Job: Professional Baseball Player in the MLB Hobbies: I love to workout and train for baseball… More »
Name: Aaron Lindow Sport: Baseball Position: Pitcher/OF GPA: 4.08 Future Plans: Dentistry Dream Job: Owning my own dentistry business Hobbies: Sports, watching sports, fishing Athletic Accomplishments: Pitching a no-hitter over the summer Academic Clubs: Spanish club
Name: Anthony Chiccitt Sports: Football, basketball, and baseball (baseball: 2 year letterman) Positions: Football: Qb, Basketball: Guard, and Baseball: Shortstop GPA: 3.8 Future Plans: Playing football at Robert Morris University and majoring in business Dream Job: Play professionally Hobbies: Golf and video games Stats: All-section in football and basketball. Back-to-back section champs in baseball.
Name: Alex McRandal School: Fox Chapel Sport: Baseball Position: Catcher GPA: 4.20 weighted, 4.00 unweighted Future Plans: Study computer science at Heidelberg University and earn a four year degree. After that, I intend to enter the job market. While all of this is happening, I’d like to play baseball as long as possible. Way down… More »
Name: Jake Bredl Sport: Baseball Position: Pitcher/First Base GPA: 3.0 Future plans: Attend La Roche university and study early education and play baseball. Dream job: To be a hitting coach at any professional level Hobbies: Working out and hanging out with friends Stats/Accomplishments: 2018 Class 6A honorable mention and 2019 .333 batting average before season… More »
Name: Ben Petschke Sport: Baseball Position: Pitcher/ Outfield GPA: 3.4 Future Plans: Attend University of Dayton, Study Business, and play Baseball Dream Job: MLB Pitcher Hobbies: Sports, Outdoors, Motorcycles, Cars. Stats/Accomplishments: 0.75 ERA in his sophomore year and is a 3-year varsity letterman.
Name: Eli Shedd Sport: Baseball Position: Pitcher (LHP) GPA: 3.5 Future plans: Attending Wagner college in New York to study business/finance and play baseball Dream Job: MLB pitcher Hobbies: Baseball, basketball, golf, going to the beach and spending time with friends. Any past athletic stats/accomplishments: Team leader in ERA in 2018 and 2019 seasons. Leader in strike… More »
Name: Zak Klaczak Sport: Baseball Position: First Base/Pitcher GPA: 3.95 Future plans: Study business at the University of Pittsburgh
Name: Donny Shimko Grade: Senior Position: Shortstop GPA: 3.61 Future Plans: Going to Westminster College to continue my baseball career and studying biochemistry Dream Job: Professional Baseball Player Athletic Accomplishments: 2 year letterman for baseball and 1 year letterman for basketball Academic Clubs: Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Link Crew Other info: I played for the… More »
Name: Mike Devito Grade: Senior Sport: Baseball (3-year Letterman) GPA: 3.0 Future plans: Joining the Carpenter union Dream job: One day owning a big landscaping company Hobbies: Playing baseball, wrestling, soccer, and spending time with my family and friends. Athletic/Accomplishment: WPIAL qualifier and placing in sections in wrestling.