CURRENT AMBLER SPORTS ACADEMY INSTRUCTIONAL/MENTORING STAFF
Shannon Gunby
Director of Baseball and Softball Instruction and Mentoring
- Currently Head Baseball Coach at Wissahickon High School
- Former Baseball Operations Manager for Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation
- Played at Mansfield University
Shannon’s mentoring philosophy:
It is imperative in life that you have someone in your life who can give you guidance. Most ideally that person is where you want to be in life. Through sports I have been blessed to have had many of those people come into my life. I look to be that person for other people.
BASEBALL
Rich Prall
. 2-time 1st team All Atlantic 10 Catcher
. 4-Year starter LaSalle University
. 2nd in career hits @ LaSalle University
. Drafted in the 33rd round by the Philadelphia Phillies in 07
Frank Decembrino
- Currently Head Baseball Coach at Cheltenham High School
- Owner/Director Fox Chase Baseball Softball Academy
- Masters Degree in Education Leadership (St. Joseph’s University)
- Played at East Stroudsburg University
Brett John Reynolds
- Currently Assistant Baseball Coach at Cheltenham High School
- Currently a player with the Upper Moreland Brewers
- Played at East Stroudsburg University
- Four year starter
- 2X 1st Team All-PSAC
John Duffy
. Currently Head Coach Germantown Academy High School
John McSweeney
- Currently Assistant Varsity Coach at Wissahickon High School
- Played at Bloomsburg University
Brett Hiett
- Currently JV Coach at Wissahickon high School
- Played at West Texas A&M
Mike Jackson
- Assistant Coach at Lincoln University
- Former Ripken Baseball Instructor
- Played at Slippery Rock University
Drew Moyer
- Currently playing in Perkiomen League
- Lafayette 2 years of Varsity play
- Carpenter Cup participant in 2001 and 2002
Paul Komorowski
- Currently Assistant Varsity Coach-Shipley School
- Phillies Baseball Academy Instructor
- Penn State University player (1985-1989)
John Crits
- Currently coach of the Blue Bell Angels (14U)
- Coached the Lower Gwynedd Little League to 2006 PA State Championship tournament
- Played at East Stroudsburg University
SOFTBALL
Erika Lee
- Currently assistant varsity coach-Hatboro-Horsham
- Currenlty catching coach Sellersville Belles (18U)
- Played 4 years at East Stroudsburg University
Wendy Iadonisi
- Currently coach-Hatboro-Horsham
- Played 4 years at Rider University
Katlin Arbogast
- College:
- Female “Rookie of the Year” at Kutztown University
- PSAC East “Pitcher of the East”
- 1st Team PSAS East
- 2nd Team All-Region
- High School:
- Set all pitching records at Wissahickon High School
- 1st team Suburban One (3 years)
- Led team to 3 District Championships
Anne Arbogast
- Currently player at Kutztown University
- Four year starter at Wissahickon High School
Kelly Krier
- Currently -Varsity Softball Coach-Hatboro-Horsham High School
- Four year starter at Pennsbury High School-1993 State Champion
Marci Grossman
- Wissahickon High School Coach
Mentoring? What is Mentoring?
It is a philosophy that will separate every Ambler Sports Academy families’ experiences from all other previous instructions. Mentoring is based on taking a holistic view of your son/daughter. It is about how you son/daughter develops, as a baseball/softball player and as an athlete and as an individual, through sports. We work with the parents to clearly define how athletics fit into their overall family plan.
CONTEXT FOR EXCELLENCE
Mentoring means assessing a player to determine what they are doing very well, what they are comfortable with, what is unique to them because of their body type and building upon it. Mentoring is not just showing or instruction but rather ingraining. Mentoring means ensuring that the player and the parents are aware of the physical, mental and emotional aspects of success on the diamond. Not just a specific physical skill. Mentoring is about being co-responsible (with the player and the player’s parents) for actual results.
A philosophy is worthless if it cannot affect the desired change you and we wish in your sons/daughters. We have assembled a group of baseball and softball “lifers” who not only have a wealth of baseball/softball knowledge and experiences, but also a passion to share it with others. They were recruited by Amber Sports Academy because they have personally benefited from a similar philosophy in their own competitive pasts and have practiced it with individuals they have coached throughout their careers. They are committed to making a difference in the lives of our players and their families.
