Matthew Valin

OCC '17 Cortland '20ish ⚾️ Assistant Coach @CortBaseball 6yr Professional Career- Certified Personal Trainer- M.S in Coaching and Fitness Leadership

[Matthew Valin @CoachValin]

I want to thank Marietta College for an incredible two years. With that being said, I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining @CortBaseball as an assistant coach. I’m excited to get to coach at my alma mater and continue to build upon a historic program.

[Matthew Valin @CoachValin]

@cziance1 @austinziance @CortBaseball I appreciate that! Can’t wait to see how he continues to develop this coming year at WVU.

[Matthew Valin @CoachValin]

@larry_kumor Thank you!

[Matthew Valin @CoachValin]

@nlavin18 Appreciate it !

[Matthew Valin @CoachValin]

@coachdoorey @CortBaseball Thank you!

[Matthew Valin @CoachValin]

I want to thank Marietta College for an incredible two years. With that being said, I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining @CortBaseball as an assistant coach. I’m excited to get to coach at my alma mater and continue to build upon a historic program.

[Marietta College Baseball @EttaExpress_MC]

Huge congratulations to our Austin Ziance for being awards fifth-team All-American Honors. He is now the 146th program recipient ⚾️

Congratulations Austin, and thank you! 💙🤍

[LHS Rangers Baseball @Lkwd_Baseball]

Congratulations to @NickHart07 :
First Team All Cleveland West Conference

Nick contributed to an undefeated 14-0 record in Conference play, outscoring opponents 179-34 w/ 22 Team HR's & a 1.89 Team ERA

We are proud of you, Nick!

#RangerWay

[Mike Savino @MikeSavino_]

I am entering the graduate transfer portal from D1 Manhattan University in search of PhD, Grad School, or Grad Certificate opportunities

Mike Savino | Catcher

[phone]

College Career Stats:

Games played: 67
BA: .302
OBP: .408

@FlatgroundBats

[La Salle Baseball @LancersBsb]

Congrats to Kellan Riesenbeck on reaching 100 career strikeouts tonight!

#LancerBaseball #LJIOH #Brotherhood

[Kameron Hartenstein @KHart_Catching]

College Baseball Players/Coaches:

The Watertown Rapids are looking for starting and relief arms along with one OF and one MIF. The Rapids are a premier organization in the NYCBL! Reach out for details!
Cell: 203-631-7380
Email: [email protected]

[Donna Parsons @parsonsd290980]

Yesterday was Signing Day for @BrentParsons824.
@EttaExpress_MC @PNAthletics @PickNorth

[Lincoln Hewett @LincolnHewett]

Big things coming soon… #EttaExpress

[Matthew Valin @CoachValin]

@cziance1 Thank you! He was a pleasure to coach and will do big things at WVU.

[Matthew Valin @CoachValin]

Congrats Austin, super proud of you. West Virginia is getting a good one. One of the hardest workers and most coachable players I’ve ever worked with.
Austin’s development here has been fun to watch. As a freshman he average 85.6 on his fastball. My first fall with him we didn’t focus much on mechanics, we changed up his fastball from a deadzone 4 seam at 14&14 to a 2 seam that had 20+ inches of arm side run and 12 inches of IVB. It paired much better off of his changeup at 5&20. Our main focus was adding arm strength. Gave him and all of the pitchers an arm strength program and he saw fast results, got up to 94 2 weeks later for the first time, a 3mph PR. Fast forward to the spring his average fastball velo was 87.6 for the season. An improvement but not where he or us wanted him to be. Over the summer we asked Austin to shed a few pounds, his velo was a little inconsistent in the spring and I think some days he would just move better than others so the weight loss improved how he moved and made it more consistent day to day. The other thing we wanted to work on was his arm action. It was a little too long and almost a little pushy at times, especially on his offspeed pitches. We did a lot of preset arm drills to create the feeling of a shorter & tighter arm action. In the fall he saw a little velo jump up to 88.5 in average. Going into the spring our main focuses were his lower half. Specifically I felt his back foot was disconnecting from the runner a little too soon and causing him to lose some ground force. We went heavy with medball drills trying to reinforce the feeling of him staying grounded and connected with his back foot and it worked fast. His medball throws climbed every week. From 42 week 1. To 47 the week before our first game. He was moving better and not losing the energy he created with his back leg. This spring he averaged 90.6 on the fastball and probably more impressive he did all of that while cutting his walk rate down from 3.69 per 9 as a freshman to 2.71 as a sophomore and finally 1.67 as a junior.

[Austin Ziance @austinziance]

Cue Country Roads!

I am extremely excited to announce that I will be continuing my baseball career at West Virginia University!
#HailWV

[Marietta College Athletics @MariettaPioneer]

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Four Pioneers placed on the All-OAC Baseball team #EttaExpress #PioNation #d3baseball

https://t.co/wBHx5lLQAy

[La Salle Baseball @LancersBsb]

Six Lancers. Six opportunities earned.

Proud of these guys for taking the next step and continuing their baseball careers at the collegiate level. The work, leadership, and commitment they showed in a La Salle uniform will carry with them far beyond high school.

#LJIOH #LRD

[Marietta College Athletics @MariettaPioneer]

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Ziance earns OAC Pitcher of the Week honors #EttaExpress #PioNation #d3baseball

https://t.co/AFha4NzSp1

[Orange Baseball @oobaseball]

Senior Spotlight ⭐️ 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆

We are counting down the days to SENIOR NIGHT on May 8th! Congratulations to Kellen!

#OrangeBaseball | #ICCU

[Chris “Stump” Richmond @c_richmond18]

Some swings from the start of the season

[Marietta College Baseball @EttaExpress_MC]

Your Etta Express wins a non-conference matchup against W&J in extra innings this evening. 💙🤍

We pick up conference play, and end the regular season on Saturday away against Wilmington! See ya then! ⚾️