Ted Lawrence
- Raised in Mahopac, NY
- All-Section Football/Baseball at Mahopac H.S.
- Scouted by Bill Fesh of the Los Angeles Dodgers, junior and senior year high school
- #9 jersey retired at Mahopac High, inducted into school’s Hall of Fame
- Numerous collegiate football and baseball scholarship offers
- Starred at Pace University on a full baseball scholarship (1983-1985)
- 3 time All-Conference First Team
- Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft after stellar junior season
- Made MLB Detroit Tigers 40-man roster as a catcher 1986
- Earned Master’s Degree in Physical Education; teaching and coaching high school baseball over 25 years Westchester/Putnam Counties
- Varsity head baseball coach for 16 years; finished with 201 wins, amassing numerous league & NYS titles
- Now follows two of three sons at top-flight Div. l & Div. III programs
- Instructor Power Yoga for Baseball
- Wife, Gwen, owns and operates power yoga for sports, working with professional NY Teams: Giants, Yankees, Rangers, Knicks, Red Bulls and NYCFC Soccer
- Preaches sportsmanship, fundamentals and proper mechanics
- Specializes in teaching catchers, the art of hitting, and infield play.
Joe Kesselmark
- Raised in Poughkeepsie, NY
- Three-sport All-County selection (baseball, football, basketball) at Our Lady of Lourdes H.S.
- Inducted to the Lourdes Athletic Hall of Fame in its inaugural year
- Starred at Pace University on an athletic and academic scholarship to play Division I baseball (1984-86)
- Received several state, regional, and national awards highlighted by being selected to the 1986 GTE Academic All-American 1st team at Pace, hitting .487 (2nd among D-I in country) junior year
- Inducted to Pace Athletic Hall of Fame
- Selected in the 8th round of the MLB draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Hit .348 and was selected the MVP of the Pioneer League in first year of pro ball
- Played five professional season with L.A. Dodgers and Cleveland Indians reaching the AAA level, including being invited to big league camps and winter pro ball in Venezuela
- Coached baseball at all youth levels (tee-ball through college) at camps and clinics
- Specializes in hitting, and outfield technique
- Preaches sportsmanship, dedication to the craft
- Currently a Division II college assistant baseball coach