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Ronald Vrana - Vrana is the owner and scouting director for the Paramount Scouting Bureau, and a regional director for National Scouting Report. Having run baseball showcases for over 10 years, his premier event is the Beast of the East Showcase in Wheeling, WV, which is now one of the area showcases. 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. Vrana’s earned his undergraduate degree in secondary education from Flagler College. 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. Mr. Vrana also officiated high school baseball, softball and track, and ASA softball.

Claudio Reilsono - Reilsono, an assistant director of the Paramount Scouting Bureau, is the former general manager and lead scout for the Global Scouting Bureau where he assisted in placing over 1,000 baseball players onto professional rosters. He is currently the head baseball coach at Carnegie-Mellon University. 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: Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Holland and Germany

Mike Florak - Mike Florak is the Former Youngstown State University and Waynesburg University head baseball coach, Mike Florak became one of the youngest Division 1 head baseball coaches in the country when in the fall of 1998 he was named the coach at YSU. He coached 11 players in nine years who were either drafted or signed professional baseball contracts, including one first-round and one fourth-round selection. He led YSU to the 2004 Horizon League Championship and their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. In 2004 and 2005, Florak was one of only 12 baseball coaches in the country selected to be an instructor at the NCAA YES Clinic at the College World Series. Under Florak, YSU maintained a high degree of academic integrity in their baseball program. In 2002 and 2007, the YSU baseball team had the highest team grade point average for all of the men's team sports in the entire Horizon League. At Waynesburg, the baseball team also achieved in the classroom. In both of Florak's years (1997 and 1998), the Waynesburg baseball team had a team grade point average above 3.0. In 1997, the team had the highest team batting average in the nation. The 1998 team was the Presidents' Athletic Conference champions. Florak also was an assistant coach at Ohio University and West Liberty State. He was and assistant for the 1994 Steubenville (OH) Catholic Central High School and Steubenville American Legion state championship teams. Florak was drafted by the Seattle Mariners and still holds career records at Ohio University where he earned his undergraduate degree in communications and his Master's degree in education.

Brian Guinn - Was signed out of the University of California at Berkeley in 1983 by the Oakland Athletics. A baseball and basketball standout at UC-Berkeley, Guinn was an all-star in the Northwest, California and Southern Leagues before being traded for Dennis Eckersley to the Chicago Cubs. From 1987 through 1992, Guinn played for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox AAA teams before retiring from baseball. He scouted for the Arizona Diamondbacks for five years then formed Shortstop Management, LLC, a unique professional management company. Guinn also provides individual baseball instructions and coaches the All Pro Travel Baseball Team.

Toney Butler - Butler has been involved with baseball for over 30 years. He began his baseball days in Connecticut before, at age 17, moving to Alabama. There, he played his junior year on the Centronell High School state championship team and was named to the Alabama all-state team. At the end of the season, he moved back to Connecticut where in 1983 he received all-city honors from the Norwalk Hour newspaper. He hit the game winning home run to put Norwalk High in the state playoffs for the first time in many years. He then received a scholarship to attend Jarvis Christian College where as a freshman he was a starting pitcher, broke batting records and had the lowest ERA (1.24) on the team. He also led the NAIA in strike outs for freshman pitchers. Drafted as a junior, Butler played four years with the Longview Pirates (Minor League AA) before returning to Connecticut to help his cousin, Mo Vaughn, start his baseball career. Butler has been coaching youth baseball for over 20 years.

Mike Hinds - Utah Showcases. National Scouting Report - Utah, 801-243-2836, mhinds@nationalscoutingreport.org

Tom Sydeski - Western New York Showcases. National Scouting Report - Rochester, 585-355-0084, tsydeski@nsr-inc.com

Neil Shepard - Best of the Midwest Tournament director, 847-247-1122, globalns11@aol.com

Ronald Vrana - Paramount Showcases director/National Scouting Report regional director. 724-746-6859, rvrana@paramountscouting.com

Claudio Reilsono - Paramount Showcases assistant director. 412-443-4288, creilsono@paramountscouting.com

Mike Florak - Paramount Showcases assistant director. 330-550-6069, mflorak@ndcis.com

Pat Daley - Oregon Showcase, National Scouting Report - Oregon, 503-310-9442, pdaley@nsr-inc.com

Glenn Anderson - Paramount football/basketball showcases. 412-260-0288, glenndcsports@comcast.net

Lenny Randle - Southern California and eastern New York showcases. 909-225-0161, lenny@lennyrandlesportstours.com

Toney Butler - River City Showdown. Director, Richmond Hitdogs Baseball Club, 804-878-7248, tbutler382002@yahoo.com

Joe Herubin - Illinois Showcases. National Scouting Report - Northern Illinois, 330-219-4455, jherubin@nationalscoutingreport.org

Stacey Harris - NorCal Showcase, National Scouting Report - NorCal, 925-724-0136, sharris@nationalscoutingreport.org

Neil Andreoli - New Jersey Showcases. 856-220-3930, nandreoli@tricmoorestown.com