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Ronald Vrana - Vrana is the owner and scouting director for the Paramount Scouting Bureau. Having run baseball and softball showcases since 1997, his premier event is the Beast of the East Showcase in Wheeling, WV. In the past, the event has drawn athletes and college coaches from numerous states and Canada, along with several hundred spectators. Vrana has extensive coaching experience and has recruited at the college level. He has experience in sports information, public relations and promotions at the college and professional levels. Since 1995, Vrana has worked as an area director for National Scouting Report where he has assisted over 1,500 high school athletes earn college athletic scholarships. Vrana earned his undergraduate degree in secondary education from Flagler College and his Master’s degree in communications/public relations from Shippensburg University. He has earned numerous national awards for curriculum development and is listed in Who's Who in American Education, Who’s Who Among American Teachers and Who's Who in American Business. Vrana coached high school sports for 18 years producing numerous individual and team champions in track, basketball, football and softball. Vrana also officiated high school baseball, softball and track, and ASA softball.

Claudio Reilsono - Reilsono, the director of professional scouting for the Paramount Scouting Bureau, is the former general manager and lead scout for the Global Scouting Bureau. He has been a part of signing 44 players to professional baseball contracts. He is currently the head baseball coach at Carnegie-Mellon University where he has led the Tartans to some of their most successful baseball seasons in school history. Reilsono started his coaching career at Quaker Valley (PA) High School. During his tenure at Quaker Valley, Reilsono founded and coached the Sewickley semi-pro baseball team. He went on to coach at Penn-State–Beaver where he guided the team to the Penn State Commonwealth Championship and an appearance in the NJCAA National Championships. Reilsono also was an assistant coach at Duquesne University. A frequent guest on television and radio sports programs for his baseball expertise, Reilsono also conducts baseball camps, private lessons, and is a motivational speaker. He produced a hitting video in 2003 & has helped players sign professional baseball contracts all over the world including: Australia, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Holland, the Czech Republic and Germany.

Greg Shelton - Greg Shelton has had an impressive baseball career since starting the American Legion baseball program, in 1971, in Russellville, KY. With over 800 career coaching wins, Shelton was twice named the Kentucky Baseball Coach of the Year (1991 and 1999). In 1991, he was nominated for National Baseball Coach of the Year when he won the Kentucky State Baseball Championship as the coach at Franklin Simpson High School where he taught and coached baseball for 29 years. In 2005, Shelton took his teaching and coaching skills to Beech High School in Hendersonville, TN and twice has been named the Tennessee District 9 Coach of the Year (2006 and 2009). Active in conducting baseball clinics and instruction, Shelton is a certified hitting instructor for Mike Epstein Hitting. He also was a professional scout for the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees. A graduate of Western Kentucky University, Shelton holds a BS in physical education and a Master’s degree in secondary education.

Eric McCombie - Eric McCombie is the director of tournaments and social media for Paramount Scouting Bureau. He was a four-year baseball letterman at LaRoche College where he was the team captain his junior and senior seasons. He helped the Redhawks win the2007 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship, the same year he led the NCAA in being hit by pitches. McCombie also had a successful high school athletic career where he earned four baseball and three football letters at Homer-Center High School, Homer City, PA, while playing on several championship teams and earning numerous honors in both sports. McCombie is currently an assistant baseball coach for Georgia Southwestern University. He is a former assistant coach at Bishop Canevin and Canon-McMillan High Schools in Pennsylvania.

Bill DeMann -

Ronald Vrana - Paramount Scouting Bureau scouting director, 724-514-6797, rvrana@paramountscouting.com

Claudio Reilsono - Paramount Scouting Bureau director of professional scouting. 412-443-4288, creilsono@paramountscouting.com

Greg Shelton - Paramount Scouting Bureau area director for Kentucky and Tennessee. 270-586-7826, greg_shelton@att.net

Eric McCombie - Paramount Scouting Bureau director of tournament/social media. 724-388-6596, emccombie@gmail.com.com

Bill DeMann - Paramount Scouting Bureau area director for Indiana. 317-217-4813, demann4@comcast.net