West Coast Hall of Fame

Between 2001 and 1999 and 2003 Joe Magno had the opportunity to Coach a very dedicated group of young men.  In that period of time Joe conducted private training and private team training for a new list of rising superstars.  These superstars play at several powerhouse baseball school like Wilson High school CIF Southern section Championship and runner-up team in 2007 and 2008.  Most of the Wilson team were students of Coach Magno.

Some of the students Joe has trained are:

Wilson High School

  • Ray Hansen – Chicago White Sox (Arizona State) pitcher
  • Zach Wilson – Angels (Arizona State) 3rd baseman
  • Jake Thompson – Tampa Bay Rays (fmr Long Beach State pitcher)
  • Harry Koulos – Yale catcher

Milliken High School

Jonathan Singleton – Houston Astro Top Prospect First Baseman

South / East Coast Hall of fame

  • Bobby Wilson – Angels (Major League Catcher)

    • In 2001 Seminole High School Baseball team from Seminole Florida won 31 straight games on the playing field, captured a 5A Florida State High School championship, and was named the Best High School Team in America by Baseball America.    In the years since, some professional baseball writers have even gone so far as to refer to that squad as the best High School Prep team ever.  Seven of the players from that team were drafted to play professional baseball, and others went on to star in College programs.

    Joe had the opportunity to have coached and trained most of the players on the team while they played at Seminole Little League.  Joe personally trained Bobby Wilson now playing Major league baseball with the Angles. Ricky Nolan who plays for the Washington Nationals, TJ Large who plays for the Boston Red Sox, and Ryan Dixon who plays for the Texas Rangers. Jon Riggleman son of major league Coach Jim Riggleman. Damon Lister, Phillip Stillwell

    As a professional trainer Joe was hired to train the Seminole boys for 2 consecutive seasons and trained Casey Kotchman Major league Angels, Paul Buhrow, Brian Campbell, Jon Skrupski Florida Gators, Jon Killilea St Louis Cardinals

    Seminole HS Players coached by Joe:

    • Paul Buhrow (Played at St. Petersburg College and Florida Gulf Coast University)
    • Brian Campbell
    • Ryan Dixon (Drafted by Texas Rangers, Played at Miami U, and Stetson)
    • John Killalea   St Louis Cardinals
    • Casey Kotchman (Gatorade National Player of the Year) Angels
    • T.J. Large Boston Red Sox
    • Damon Lister
    • Rick Nolan  Texas Rangers Catcher Washington National
    • Jon Riggleman
    • Jon Skorupski  Florida Gators
    • Phil Stillwell
    • Bobby Wilson (Team MVP) Angels