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Sportsgist.com is very proud to introduce Steve Leo from the Parisi Speed School. Steve has an extensive background in athletic training and will be sportsgist.com’s resident strength and conditioning coach. He will be providing the type of information that any athlete who is serious about their game is going to want to have access to.

Steve has been training for 11 years, and an employee at Parisi’s for the past 10 years. He has been hired by Nike to conduct speed-testing camps through SAQ program . Steve was a three-sport varsity athlete at Hawthorne High School in Football, Wrestling (Captain, All-conference) and Baseball. He continued his education at Northeastern and William Paterson University in exercise Science Steve has ten years of experience coaching athletes including Head Coach of Saddle River Wrestling 4 years, Hawthorne High School Wrestling 3 Years, Bergen Catholic Wrestling 1 year, ASA Softball Coach 3 years, and MABL Baseball Coach 4 years. Steve continues playing competitive baseball in the North Jersey Men’s Adult Baseball League. Steve has Five years of experience in personal training of athletes including USA National Team Wrestling, Major and Minor League Baseball, Olympic Judo, NFL & Arena football players.

Certifications: Advanced Level Certified Personal Trainer from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), National Interscholastic Federation Coaches Association (NFICA-A.C.E.P program), Member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y Cerified Instructor and VIRTUS Certified (Protecting Gods Children).

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Brendan Michael Harris (born August 26, 1980 in Albany, New York) is a Major League Baseball infielder who currently plays for the Minnesota Twins.

Brendan grew up in Queensbury, New York and led the Spartans to the 1998 State Baseball Tournament. He graduated from the College of William and Mary, and was selected in 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs.

Harris made his major-league debut in 2004 with the Cubs, but was sent at the July 31 trade deadline to the Montréal Expos as part of an eight-player, four-team trade that brought Nomar Garciaparra to Chicago. Harris appeared in 20 games for Montréal, batting .160 with one home run and two RBI in 50 at-bats.

In 2005 and 2006, Harris saw limited playing time with the Washington Nationals, with whom he served in the capacity of utility infielder. In July 2006, he was sent by Washington along with Gary Majewski, Bill Bray, Daryl Thompson, and Royce Clayton to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Felipe López, Austin Kearns, and Ryan Wagner.

Harris was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in January 2007. He was their starting shortstop for the majority of his breakout 2007 season.

On November 28, 2007, the Rays traded Harris along with Jason Pridie and Delmon Young to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett, and Eduardo Morlan.

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