{"id":3432,"date":"2022-07-02T13:20:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T13:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/?p=3432"},"modified":"2022-07-02T13:21:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T13:21:25","slug":"italian-ballplayer-daniel-monti-earns-scholarship-to-sonoma-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iabf.foundation\/italian-ballplayer-daniel-monti-earns-scholarship-to-sonoma-state-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Ballplayer Daniel Monti Earns Scholarship to Sonoma State University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Italian native Daniel Monti attended an IABF sponsored college showcase in the spring and landed a baseball scholarship to Sonoma State University in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monti played previously at Odessa College in Texas. Last season he hit .352 in 39 games with 4 home runs, 35 RBI, 37 runs scored and 11 stolen bases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of IABF’s key missions is to provide opportunities to Italian baseball players and help grow the game in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monti, who plays for the Italian National Team, will play for Sonoma assistant coach Tony Ragusa, a proud Italian American, who played professionally in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monti offered a heartfelt narrative about this moment in his life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to thank the IABF for this great opportunity. They have helped me with the chance to find a great school where I will complete my collegiate career. The scholarship I have been awarded by the IABF is a culmination of the support I received from them since day one.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The showcase in San Francisco allowed me to receive a scholarship offer from Sonoma State University and it is where I got the opportunity to strengthen the relationship with Coach Tony Ragusa, who made the official offer along with Head Coach J. Goelz.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Without the showcase and without the help of the Italian American Baseball Foundation, I wouldn\u2019t have had this amazing opportunity. The IABF is a family, who helps you in times of need, and will always give players 100% of their support. Un grosso grazie alla IABF e Joe Quagliano!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Italian native Daniel Monti attended an IABF sponsored college showcase in the spring and landed a baseball scholarship to Sonoma State University in California. Monti played previously at Odessa College in Texas. Last season he hit .352 in 39 games with 4 home runs, 35 RBI, 37 runs scored and 11 stolen bases. One of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n