A-Game Sports Staff

Jose Alberro was born and raised in Puerto Rico. As the son of a former major leaguer, Jose was introduced to baseball at an early age and spent most of his youth travelling with his dad, playing baseball in different parts of the world.

Jose started his college career at Monroe College where he was a pitcher, third baseman, catcher and outfielder before transferring to Nyack College.

Immediately after graduation, Jose became a volunteer coach for the Nyack baseball team, where he worked with the catchers and outfielders, before beginning his work with the Nyack softball program as an assistant coach, helping develop infielders and outfielders. Jose now works as the pitching coach for Caldwell University in New Jersey and has spent the last two years working with youth programs and travel teams in Rockland and Orange County as a private instructor.

Vaughn Anderson played high school basketball at Iona Prep, and then went on to play two years at Buffalo State College. From Buffalo State, he transferred to Manhattan College on an academic scholarship and graduated with Honors in the field of Exercise Science. Vaughn is well known in NY state as one of the top basketball trainers on the youth elite AAU circuit. Vaughn has coached at New Rochelle High School, Iona Grammar, Mount Vernon Jr. Knights, and Mamaroneck Middle School.

Madison Carlo was a 4 year varsity softball starter at Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers where she caught, pitched and played infield. She started coaching right out of high school for the Yonkers Federation as a 10U coach for Bryn Mawr. In 2016, Madison co-founded the Yonkers Blaze Sports Association, which has both travel and tournament softball teams and AAU basketball. Prior to coming to A-Game, Madison was a 12U and 14U coach at Proswing of Port Chester. In 2019, she started coaching for Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale as their head JV coach.

Thomas Cosentino is a 2016 graduate of Westlake High School, where he earned three varsity letters under head coach John Consorti. A team captain his senior year, he was selected to the All-State, All-Section, and All-Tournament teams. Thomas also earned Second-Team All-County honors while a member of the Wildcats. Tom spent all four years at Ithaca and made an immediate impact as a freshman, logging 35.2 innings and making the most appearances out of any pitcher on the staff. As a sophomore, he threw 28.2 innings and led the Empire 8 conference with a 1.26 ERA. As a junior, he threw 43.2 innings for a 2.68 ERA and a 5-1 record. Thomas was named an Empire 8 all conference selection. In Senior year, he was named Liberty League pitcher of the week in his first start before the season was cancelled due to Covid-19.

Lule Dyasi has been coaching and training athletes for over 20 years. He played soccer at a championship level for many teams with accomplishments that include being a Hyundai nation cup finalist, a Budweiser Cup champion and a Los Albos (Honduras) champion in the NESSL. Lule’s love for playing the game is reflected in how he trains and coaches his students.  He instructs players at all different levels of soccer, from recreational to professional. Lule holds a USSF national license to coach and truly loves working with anyone that is willing to better themselves on and off the field.

Nicole Goodrich (Director of Remote Learning) is a native of Queens, NY and a graduate of St. John’s University. She came to New Rochelle 25 years ago to be the Director of Children and Family Services at the New Rochelle YMCA. While with the YMCA, Nicole started afterschool programming in all 7 of the New Rochelle public schools, growing their programs from 12 children to 250. Deciding to open, own, and operate her own center in 2001, Nic of Time became a successful early childhood education and afterschool program for the past 20 years in the community. Nicole joined the faculty at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Pelham Manor as the Pre-K Assistant Teacher in 2013. Over the past 7 years she has served as an experienced, trusted and valued champion of education, helping develop the minds of countless pre-kindergarten students that have come through OLPH’s doors. She has been involved in curriculum development, classroom management, technology assistance, group teaching, and one on one learning. Nicole has worked with students in all grades academically, and has over 28 years of teaching and directing experience.

Mike Green has been the Varsity Assistant/Modified Lacrosse Coach at Pelham Memorial High school since 2013 and Varsity Assistant Cross Country Coach since 2017.

In 2018, he was part of the coaching staff for the Pelham Varsity Lacrosse team who won the NY Class C Section 1 Title in a dramatic overtime win over Rye. In the following game, the team won the NYS Regional Championship against Glens Falls which led to his team finishing 3rd in New York State. During his 7 years of coaching, he has developed players that have gone on to play Division 1 and Division 3 lacrosse across the country including Notre Dame, Boston University and Georgetown. Throughout his career, his players have found success on the field as well as in the classroom with dozens of Academic All-Americans. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and earned his Masters Degree in Education from Pace University.

Mike has been a full time Special Education Teacher at Pelham Memorial High School since 2013.

Brooke Kane grew up in Shirley, Long Island, playing softball since a young age. Brooke played for William Floyd High School as a four-year varsity starter earning MVP and other coaches awards. She also played on two showcases teams, LI express and LI Anthem, traveling around the states to different showcases. Brooke went to Monroe college and started on the mound for them for two years, pitching 196 innings with an overall 142 strikeouts. She graduated from Monroe college with a Bachelors Degree and then received a Masters Degree from Kings Graduate School. Brooke then went on to return to the Monroe College softball staff as an assistant and a pitching coach, and has been there since 2018.

Yolanda Nyero was an assistant field hockey coach at Mercy College and is currently the Head Varsity Field Hockey Goalie Coach of The Masters School of New York team since 2014.

Nyero was a member of the Mercy College field hockey team during the 2011, 2012, and 2013 seasons. During the 2013 season, Nyero saw action in 17 games, starting 12 and led the team with 16 points, four assists and a .794 shot-on-goal percentage. She tied for the team lead with six goals.

Prior to attending Mercy College, Nyero was a soccer goalie for 12 years, attending numerous training camps dedicated to individual improvement of goalkeeping. Nyero was the Carlisle High School Varsity Soccer Goalie, earning All-Conference honors in 2010 and 2011.

Nyero currently resides in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Jose Reyes (Director of Baseball Instruction), a Westchester native who attended Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, led the Indians to two conference championships.  In addition to being named team MVP, Outstanding Defensive Player, All Section One Honorable Mention (twice) and the league leader in stolen bases during his high school years, Jose had the opportunity to represent the Hudson Valley in the Empire State Games and the College Select club team.

He went on to play at the college level with Post University in Waterbury, Connecticut as a shortstop, second baseman and center fielder. In his senior year, he was elected team captain.  After graduating, he went on to play professionally in the Cam-Am League – first with the New York Federals in 2011 and then with the Rockland Boulders in 2012.

Jose has successfully taken that playing experience into his current area of expertise, baseball instruction.  He has trained aspiring athletes since 2007, helping them to improve both physically and mentally as players and individuals.  While Jose loves seeing kids play and excel in baseball,  his biggest sense of pride comes from teaching children how important it is to have an education.

Vincent Ricasio is from New York City. He was an all star goaltender at the South Kent School (South Kent, CT). He was a co-founder and player of the Brooklyn Men’s Lacrosse Club, as well as a member of the Philippines national lacrosse team. He is currently the Head Coach of Boys Varsity Lacrosse at the Keio Academy of NY. Previous coaching duties include Poly Prep, Collegiate School, and St. David’s School, along with Doc’s Youth Lacrosse and the Brooklyn Admirals. Vincent is an administrator of Boulder Brook Men’s Lacrosse Network, Board Member and Coach of Pelham Youth Lacrosse in Westchester County.

Angela Robbins has had a passion for field hockey since she was in 5th grade. After graduating from high school, where she was a four-year Varsity Player, she went on to become a member of the Mercy College Field Hockey Team. With 14 goals, seven assists, and 35 points during her four years on the team, Angela ranked third in program history in goals, fourth in assists, and fourth in points. During her time at Mercy, she has earned numerous accolades including ECC offensive player of the year and ECAC second team ALL-Conference, to name a few. Angela graduated in 2019 with a Bachelors Degree in Exercise Science. Moving forward, she hopes to go to graduate school to pursue a career in physical therapy, with a concentration in pediatrics. Angela’s love for the game of field hockey continues and she enjoys sharing her passion with other young athletes that she coaches.

Raul Rodriguez is a native of Panama, but raised in The Bronx. He has spent his entire life on the baseball field – starting from his early years in youth leagues through high school and into higher level leagues in the Dominican Republic and Panama.

Raul possesses a strong passion for baseball and it gives him great satisfaction to share his skills with others, especially kids, who area always receptive. Raul has over 15 years of experience as a baseball coach and trainer, coaching in the Crotona Summer Little League in the Bronx, the Kensico Little League in Westchester and working as a private baseball trainer around the NYC area.

Teresa Rozycki is a native of Harrison, NY where she was a two-sport varsity athlete—playing both field hockey and softball, her true passion. She dedicated many summers to playing competitive softball.

Teresa graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University with an undergrad degree in Health and Physical Education, and recently graduated from Long Island University with her masters in Early Childhood and Childhood Education.

She has been coaching for five years and currently coaches the 16U Gold softball team at A-Game. She has also coached at the Rye Country Day School as the JV Head softball coach and has previously held the position as the Varsity Assistant softball coach at Greenwich Academy.

Currently, she is an elementary school teacher in the Bronx.

Margaret Scarcella is the mom of three girls, an occupational therapist and has been coaching softball to girls ages 8 – 18 for the past 15 years. She is a graduate of NYU, where she played basketball.

Margaret is currently the girls varsity basketball and softball coach at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, her alma mater. Her teams have been very successful in making the playoffs the last six out of seven seasons.

Margaret is enthusiastic and has a passion for the game which carries over to the teams she coaches. She believes in emphasizing the basics and the technical understanding of the game. She has run pitching clinics for girls ages 8 – 15 as well as various hitting and fielding clinics for all ages.

Margaret is from Yonkers, NY and currently resides in Greenwich, CT.

Alex Tejera attended Fordham University on a baseball scholarship where he was a four year letter winner, the starting SS for three seasons, and Captain as a Senior. They won their league all four years, making the NCAA Regionals twice. Alex was part of the double play combination that led the nation in double plays in the 1990–1991 season.

After Fordham, Alex played minor league baseball in the Dominican Republic (Winter Ball) and for the Northern League Sioux Falls Canaries in 1994. He played both SS and Pitcher.

Alex has since been the Assistant Baseball Coach at Woodlands High School (2000–2002), Head Baseball Coach of The Masters School (2002–2004), and Head Softball Coach at Rye High School (2004–present).

Mike Vecchione became the director of basketball at A-Game Sports in April 2019. In his current role, Mike is responsible for the oversight of all daily activities for basketball, including camps, training and travel teams.

Mike is currently the varsity boys basketball head coach at Rye Neck high school. He previously worked as boy’s varsity head coach at Gorton high school in Yonkers, NY and JV head basketball coach at Blind Brook high school in Rye, NY. Mike was the co-director of Sts. Peter and Paul CYO basketball program for 17 years and is currently coaching at Immaculate Conception in Tuckahoe, NY. Mike also has 10 years’ experience as a varsity head coach for baseball in Blessed Sacrament in New Rochelle, NY and Gorton high school in Yonkers, NY.

Mike is a full-time science teacher at Mount Saint Michael Academy in Bronx.

Aaron “The Problem” Williams played basketball at New Rochelle High School and average 18 points per game.  Afterwards, he walked on at SUNY Delhi and was named NJCAA “Player of the Year”. The award helped him get a scholarship to Delaware State University where he helped get his team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history by hitting the game-winning shot in the conference finals. He has since gone on to a pro career that extends from the ABA here in the states, to FIBA and other professional leagues around the world, including Canada, The Dominican Republic, Russia and New Zealand.  In addition to still playing the game, Aaron provides basketball instruction to kids throughout Westchester County, teaching them to turn their “problems” into strengths.

Carly Young grew up in New Hampshire and has played lacrosse and field hockey since second grade. She has played for Brine All American Lacrosse and the Under Combine 120 team, and was an All-State Player for her high school. Carly was chosen for the Super Sophs All-State field hockey team and All-State field hockey for New Hampshire. She was also a member of the Seacoast field hockey team and New Hampshire Tomahawks lacrosse team. Carly currently plays lacrosse at Iona College as a Defensive Mid, where she is a Junior working towards here Criminal Justice Major with a Psychology Minor.