Name:
Erik Wilson was picked as the WAKA PLAYER OF THE MONTH for October. His Offensive performance, Defensive performance, Attendance and overall Attitude were truly exemplary of WAKA and what we stand for. Thank you and Keep making us proud. The Following is a small interview we did with him to better help others get to know him.
1) Name:
2) Age:
3) Town/City you live in:
4) Where did you grow up:
5) Did you go to college?
6) Did you play sports in College? If so what sports:
7) How long did you play:
8) What is your biggest accomplishment in your sports career?
9 ) What/who got you started with softball:
10) Years playing softball:
11) What one or two things do you currently do in your training that are keys to your success?
12) What would be your ultimate achievement in softball?
13) How did you start playing with WAKA?
14) What is your biggest challenge, and what do you do to manage this challenge?
15) What is your diet like?
16) What do you do for fun when your not playing playing softball?
17) How many teams are you currently on? And name them.
18) What is your favorite WAKA uni?
19) What was the best advice you were ever given?
20) Do you have any brothers and/or sisters and do they play any sports?
21) What is your funnies memory while playing with WAKA?
22) Do you have a nick name and who gave it to you?
23) Anything else you’d like to share?
Thank You
12) What would be your ultimate achievement in softball? Winning Nationals
13) How did you start playing with WAKA? Russo gave the call up.
14) What is your biggest challenge, and what do you do to manage this challenge? Being young and playing with people who have a lot of experience.
15) What is your diet like? McDonalds and Wendys
16) What do you do for fun when your not playing playing softball? Go to the gym
17) How many teams are you currently on? And name them. 4, all WAKA teams
18) What is your favorite WAKA uni? Waka/Northern Air one
19) What was the best advice you were ever given? "Dont be a scumbag"
20) Do you have any brothers and/or sisters and do they play any sports? One brother and two sisters and Yes.
21) What is your funnies memory while playing with WAKA? When we play in tournaments
22) Do you have a nick name and who gave it to you? "Big Stu"
23) Anything else you’d like to share? Yes, "Be a scumbag because nice guys finish last"
Thank You
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: SEPTEMBER
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: OCTOBER
Name:
Nick "Barbie" Ostuni was picked as the WAKA PLAYER OF THE MONTH for September. His Offensive performance, Defensive performance, Attendance and overall Attitude were truly exemplary of WAKA and what we stand for. Thank you Nick and Keep making us proud. The Following is a small interview we did with him to better help others get to know him.
1) Name: Kevin Sarubbi
2) Age: 24
3) Town/City you live in: Palisades Park
4) Where did you grow up: Palisades Park
5) Did you go to college? Yes, Montclair State
6) Did you play sports in College? If so what sports: Yes, Intramural Dodgeball
7) How long did you play: 5 years (got red shirted my freshman year)
8) What is your biggest accomplishment in your sports career? Intramural Dodgeball MVP
9 ) What/who got you started with softball: Bryce Harper and my brother
10) Years playing softball: 6
11) What one or two things do you currently do in your training that are keys to your success? Djais on weekends, gym during the week
12) What would be your ultimate achievement in softball? Winning Nationals
13) How did you start playing with WAKA? Russo gave me a call and you know how he has a way with his words. He says one thing and means another, he knows how to talk to people
14) What is your biggest challenge, and what do you do to manage this challenge? Knees, and I dont
15) What is your diet like? Irrelevant
16) What do you do for fun when your not playing playing softball? Go to Djais
17) How many teams are you currently on? And name them. 4 they all start with Waka
18) What is your favorite WAKA uni? Waka/Northern Air one
19) What was the best advice you were ever given? "Dont be a creep, unless your at Djais then be the biggest creep a creep could be" Grandpa Sarubbi told me this
20) Do you have any brothers and/or sisters and do they play any sports? Brothers yes. Yes they play sports.
21) What is your funnies memory while playing with WAKA? Theres to many but the top one is definitley the time I pulled the chair out on Russo the bald guy who looks like a penguin and he fell and busted his ass.
22) Do you have a nick name and who gave it to you? People just call me by my last name.
23) Anything else you’d like to share? Yes there is........... " In Virginia this past year, I walked into Calabrias room and saw him, Kelly, and Russo wearing matching pajamas and sleeping all in the same bed." I have an eye witness
Thank You
1) Name: Nick Ostuni
2) Age: 21
3) Town/City you live in: Oradell Nj
4) Where did you grow up: Palisades Park Nj
5) Did you go to college? Yes, Montclair State
6) Did you play sports in College? If so what sports: Yes, Baseball
7) How long did you play: 2 years
8) What is your biggest accomplishment in your sports career? Getting a save in a conference game against KEAN
9 ) What/who got you started with softball: Kev Sarubbi
10) Years playing softball: 2
11) What one or two things do you currently do in your training that are keys to your success? Play 4 times a week and go to the gym 6 time a week.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: AUGUST
Name:
"Kevin Sarubbi" was picked as the WAKA PLAYER OF THE MONTH for August. His Offensive performance, Defensive performance, Attendance and overall Attitude were truly exemplary of WAKA and what we stand for. Thank you Criss and Keep making us proud. The Following is a small interview we did with him to better help others get to know him.
1) Name: Criss Sullivan
2) Age: 23
3) Town/City you live in: Wallington
4) Where did you grow up: Wallington
5) Did you go to college? If so where: Brookdale
6) Did you play sports in College? If so what sports: Baseball
7) How long did you play: 1 year
8) What is your biggest accomplishment in your sports career? Winning the football state championship
9 ) What/who got you started with softball: My brother Sean
10) Years playing softball: 2 years
11) What one or two things do you currently do in your training that are keys to your success? I don't train
12) What would be your ultimate achievement in softball? Win a championship every year
13) How did you start playing with WAKA? My Brother Criss
14) What is your biggest challenge, and what do you do to manage this challenge? Biggest challenge is to stop hitting pop ups. Trying to stop uppercutting my swing
15) What is your diet like? I don't have a diet.
16) What do you do for fun when your not playing playing softball? Go to the park and play with my son.
17) How many teams are you currently on? And name them. 2 teams. WAKA/Northern Air and Revenda Plumbing.
18) What is your favorite WAKA uni? The only one I have.
19) What was the best advice you were ever given? Hakuna Matata
20) Do you have any brothers and/or sisters and do they play any sports? Yes, 1 older brother who also plays for WAKA.
21) What is your funnies memory while playing with WAKA?
22) Do you have a nick name and who gave it to you?
23) Anything else you’d like to share?
Thank you.
Name: CRISS SULLIVAN
"Criss" was picked as the WAKA PLAYER OF THE MONTH for June. His Offensive performance, Defensive performance, Attendance and overall Attitude were truly exemplary of WAKA and what we stand for. Thank you Criss and Keep making us proud. The Following is a small interview we did with him to better help others get to know him.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: JULY
1) Name: Danny Lopez
2) Age: 28
3) Town/City you live in: Weehawken
4) Where did you grow up: Weehawken
5) Did you go to college? If so where: Seton Hall University
6) Did you play sports in College? If so what sports: Yes. Baseball
7) How long did you play: 4 years
8) What is your biggest accomplishment in your sports career? Hudson county athlete of the year
9 ) What/who got you started with softball: Papa aka DP
10) Years playing softball: 7 years
11) What one or two things do you currently do in your training that are keys to your success? A lot of playstation
12) What would be your ultimate achievement in softball? National championship
13) How did you start playing with WAKA? Rich Russo called me everyday for 3 months
14) What is your biggest challenge, and what do you do to manage this challenge? Staying healthy...beg Rich Russo for a day off that I never get
15) What is your diet like? SEEfood diet nuff said
16) What do you do for fun when your not playing playing softball? Golf and sleep
17) How many teams are you currently on? And name them. Too many ...all the WAKA teams, fab Stylz and NYC Hounds
18) What is your favorite WAKA uni? The one I don't have yet
19) What was the best advice you were ever given? Stop playing on so many teams or u won't have knees that work by 30
20) Do you have any brothers and/or sisters and do they play any sports? 2 sisters. Soccer and softball
21) What is your funnies memory while playing with WAKA? You gotta be part of waka to know that everyday is a sh*t show
22) how did you get the nick name "D-lo" and who gave it to you? Got it in high school
23) Anything else you’d like to share? I'd like to thank my beautiful girlfriend Luisa for not leaving me yet since I play every damn day
Name: DANNY LOPEZ
"D-Lo" was picked as the WAKA PLAYER OF THE MONTH for May. His Offensive performance, Defensive performance, Attendance and overall Attitude were truly exemplary of WAKA and what we stand for. Thank you Danny. Keep making us proud. The Following is a small interview we did with him to better help others get to know him.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: JUNE
1. Name: Kevin Kallert
2. Age: 28
3. Town/City you live in: Weehawken
4. Where did you grow up: Weehawken
5. Did you go to college? If so where: Saint Peter’s College, Jersey City
6. Did you play sports in College? If so what sports: Yes. Baseball
7. How long did you play: 4 years
8. What is your biggest accomplishment in your sports career: MAAC Preseason Player of the Year and 3 time MAAC Player of the Week.
9. What/Who got you started in Softball: Danny Lopez asked me to come play and it was all downhill from there.
10. What one or two things do you currently do in your training that are keys to your success: Play as many games as possible to keep my swing right.
11. What would be your ultimate achievement in softball: To play more tournaments and eventually win a national title.
12. How competitive would you say you are and how do you think that affects how you get along with other guys you play with? I’m a very competitive person and I don’t like to lose at anything.
13. How did you start playing with WAKA: Russo asked me to come play.
14. What is your biggest challenge in softball, and what do you do to manage this challenge? My biggest challenge is staying healthy and not pulling my hamstrings. Have to stretch more to manage this.
15. What was the best advice you were ever given? “The saddest thing in life is wasted talent” (from the movie a Bronx Tale) Obviously this advice wasn’t given to me but I do like this saying.
16. What do you do for fun when your not playing playing softball? I like to play COD and hang out with my wife Kris (I love you <3)
17. How many teams are you currently on? And name them. I am currently playing on 9 teams: Waka/HD (DoubleAA), Waka/Diamond Rock (Ridgefield Park), Waka/Primetime (DoubleAA), Taos (Rutherford), KPMG (Mountainside), VP (Wayne), Fab Stylez (Secaucus), and a team in Little Falls. I also play tournaments for Waka/Primetime.
18. What is your favorite WAKA uni? Since I only have one jersey, the white one from indoors.
19. Do you have any brothers and/or sisters and do they play any sports? I have 1 brother and 3 sisters and they played sports in high school.
20. What is your funniest memory while playing with WAKA? Going to White Castle after we lost in the ASA regionals in Ohio and Sarubbi kicked out Russo’s chair haha.
21. How did you get the nick name "Big Country": Jorge gave me that nickname after my first at bat in softball.
22. If you could improve part of your game what would it be and why: Learn to control my swing better and not miss hit balls. Also work on swinging at good pitches and not swinging at balls.
23. What is more important to you at this time: Tournaments or leagues?Tournaments
24. What does it mean to you to win this award:
25. Anything else you’d like to share: There are too many questions on this.
Editors note: There are not too many questions*
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: MAY
Name: KEVIN "BIG COUNTRY" KALLERT
Kevin was picked as the WAKA PLAYER OF THE MONTH for April. His Offensive performance, Defensive performance, Attendance and overall Attitude were truly exemplary of WAKA and what we stand for. Thank you Kev. Keep making us proud. The Following is a small interview we did with him to better help others get to know him.
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