Head coach Miguel
Menendez with the eight
baseball signees
Joe Pesansky ’21 threw
35 TD passes and was
Florida’s Class 5A Player
of the Year
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FALL SIGNING DAY
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morning signing ceremony with family, friends, and
coaches in the Tiger Palace at Jesuit.
Jesuit with them to college, and to continue to strive for
Dominic
– Tulane;
– Charleston Southern;
– North Carolina;
– Univ. of Tampa;
The eight signees follow 12 baseball signees from
Jesuit last school year, consecutive abundant classes of
college-bound players who have been part of a historic
run that included a 2019 State title and 2020 No. 1
national ranking before the season was cut short due to
COVID-19.
Southern by Skelly, a right-handed pitcher. Russo,
Castellano, a left-handed pitcher. They follow in the
footsteps of , an All-American relief
in the 5th round in June.
State Championship game triumph, joins two Tigers who
signed with Tulane last fall, and Turner
. Shembekar joins a storied UT program
that is a perennial Division II National Championship
contender.
including . Volini, a left-handed
.
Jarrived at
Jesuit in August. His family
had just relocated from
Virginia to Tampa, his injured
right ankle was in a medical
boot, he knew none of his
future football teammates and
coaches, the season was in
jeopardy due to COVID-19, and
he had no college scholarship
offers.
His football career wasn’t
looking good.
was looking back on a season
for the ages.
What happened? The injury
healed during the preseason,
Pesansky won the starting QB
got the green light to play
during the pandemic, and the
who didn’t know the playbook
or his teammates in August
was a force to reckon with by
September.
Pesansky led the Tigers to a
came up just short in the State
Plantation American Heritage,
He shattered the record book
along the way, throwing a
with just 5 interceptions while
completing 164-of-259 passes
rushing for an additional 6
TDs. Pesansky was named
Year and was runner-up for
most prestigious prep football
honor. He was named Player of
the Year by Big County Preps,
region.
And Pesansky, who was
without college scholarship
offers when he arrived at Jesuit,
signed with Holy Cross in
December.
Though he is slated to
graduate in May, the Pesansky
family may continue to have
a major impact on Jesuit
football. Younger brother
recorded a
team-high nine sacks and was
All-America by MaxPreps.
The storied baseball program
yields eight college signees from
the Class of 2021
A Dream
Season