Mike Adams 
President/Co-founder 
Recruiting Coordinator 

All American Prospects Baseball, Inc. 
5153 Misty Morn Road 
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 
Phone: 561-602-2476 
Email: laws2326@cs.com 

BIOGRAPHY: Coach Adams has won state and national championships at nearly every level of youth baseball during more than a decade as summer coach of the Palm Beach Dream Team, Team Florida USA and, now, the All American Prospects. He has coached more than a dozen players who have gone on to play for USA Baseball's youth and junior national teams. Coach Adams' Dream Team set and still holds many records at Cooperstown Dreams Park ( Cooperstown , NY ). Coach Adams is a nationally recognized PGA golf professional, rated as one of the top golf pros in the country by Golf Magazine . He has also published more than 12 books on how to play golf and even had his own television show on golf on CNNSI and ESPN. His involvement and success in developing young players is well known by college recruiters and professional scouts. His son, Matt Adams, attends Yale University.

 

Bruce Arrick 
General Manager 
7365 S.W. 123 St 
Miami, FL 33156 
Phone: 305-613-7351 
Email: arrickmia@aol.com 

BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Arrick is a practicing attorney in Miami, Florida. He received his undergraduate degree from the Univerisity of Florida in 1977 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida College of Law in 1981. Mr. Arrick receives the highest lawyer rating in his area of practice, A-V, from Martindale Hubbell. Mr. Arrick was formerly a tennis professional and instructor from 1973-1980 with Nick Bollitieri's All American Sports and Offense-Defense Tennis Academy training aspiring tennis players. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Arrick formed a youth baseball team in Miami, Florida known as the Miami Titans which participated in travel baseball from 2002-2005 as one of the most successful teams in the South, if not the country, at their respective age levels. In 2006, Mr. Arrick brought several of his most talented players and joined forces with the All American Prospects. Mr. Arrick now serves as the organization's General Manager overseeing the day to day operations of the organization and is involved in all aspects of the Prospects Organization.

 

Harvey Perez
Assistant General Manager
Phone: 561-719-8225 
Email: allamericanprospects@yahoo.com

BIOGRAPHY: Coming soon!

 

Dennis Braun 
Manager 17U Program
1732 Suffolk Dr. 
Clearwater, FL 33756 
Phone: 727-488-1515 
Email: allamericanprospects@yahoo.com

BIOGRAPHY: Coach Dennis Braun enters into his 24th year of coaching baseball. In these 24 years he has coached at every level. In 1985 he began his coaching career as assistant at Clearwater High School under Steve Sotir, where he had the privilege to coach Plant assistant, Mike Arner. After 5 years at Clearwater, Coach Braun became as assistant coach at Division 1 Georgia Southern University. He coached under the legendary Jack Stallings who finished his illustrious career with over 1500 wins. Coach Stallings introduced Dennis to international baseball by conducting baseball clinic in Aruba and Curacao. Coach Braun then became head coach of the German Olympic and Junior Olympic teams, where he spent four years. Major League Baseball commissioned him to speak in clinics in over 15 countries to help build baseball globally. Following his German assignment, MLB sent Coach Braun, to South Africa for 6 months to work with the Olympic Team, and promote baseball in underprivileged schools across Africa. Following his 4 1/2 year stint internationally, he came back home to Clearwater where he currently lives. He accepted the position of head coach at Tarpon Springs High School. The following summer he coached professionally as bench coach for the Sioux Falls Canaries in the Independent League. He then moved on to Seminole High School in 1999. He spent five years coaching baseball and football under long time coaches Rich Chapman and Sam Roper. In 2004 he was hired by Plant High School as head baseball coach and health teacher. Braun's Plant team boast a 4 year record of 85-17. But the stat he is most proud of is 15 of the 22 seniors who have played under him at Plant are currently playing baseball on an athletic scholarship. The other 7 are in line to graduate from college. Coach Braun recently got his 100th win as Head Coach at Plant this Spring.

 

David Parra
Director of Baseball Operations/Manager 16U Program 
165 53rd Ct. SW 
Vero Beach, FL 32968 
Phone: 319-651-0154 
Email: allamericanprospects@yahoo.com

BIOGRAPHY: David Parra begins his 2nd season as the Field Manager of the All American Prospects 16 and under Red Team. The Prospects compiled a 43-5 record, in 2008, en route to 2 National Championships at the prestigious AABC Mickey Mantle World Series and the WWBA Under Class World Championship. Prior to the Prospects, Dave managed 6 seasons in the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is widely regarded as one of the best collegiate summer leagues in the country. Dave finished his career with 211 victories, which ranks 3rd all-time. He was named to the Northwoods League All-Decade Team for accomplishments as a player and coach, including the single season record for pitching victories (11) in a single season(1997). Dave finished his playing career with the Cleveland Indians and has been a scout for the Indians since the fall of 2000.

 

Brook Fordyce
Head of Instuction/Director of Player Development
7675 Ellipse Way
Stuart, FL 34994 
Phone: 772-631-1045 
Email: allamericanprospects@yahoo.com

BIOGRAPHY: Brook Fordyce is Owner and Lead Instructor of the Frozen Ropes of Stuart. Brook began his professional baseball career in 1989 with the New York Mets as a third round draft pick out of high school. He led the Appalachian league catchers with a .991 fielding percentage and was named to the Appy All-Star and All-Rookie teams. In 1992, he set career highs in virtually every offensive category at Class AA Binghamton, throwing out 41% of opposing base stealers and finished with a .278 average and 61 RBI's. In 1996, he was named Class AAA All-Star Game most valuable player, and compiled an 11 game hitting streak, along with 16 career highs of 16 home runs and 64 RBI's, being voted the top catcher in the American Association.
In 1999, in his first American League season with the Chicago White Sox, he held a .297 average with 9 home runs and 49 RBI's - his average was the 2nd highest among American League catchers and was the highest by a White Sox catcher since 1970. In 2000, he signed with the Orioles, and posted a .301 average with 14 home runs and 49 RBI's, and was in the top 5 American League catchers with a .507 slugging percentage. As the catcher for the 2003 Orioles season, he was third among American League catchers with a .996 fielding percentage and received the Roberto Clemente Award for his work with the Red Cross.

 

Mike DiRosa
Hitting Coach
10836 SW 123rd Place
Miami, FL 33186
Phone: 305-345-5312 
Email: allamericanprospects@yahoo.com

BIOGRAPHY: Mike DiRosa has coached with the All American Prospects for two summers, as head coach of the Prospects Gray team. Formerly, Mike was a catcher with the Ohio Warhawks and attended Coral Gables High School where he earned first team all-state honors. Mike was drafted out of high school by the Cleveland Indians, but chose to attend college, playing forCoach Jim Morris and the two-time 1999 and 2001 National Champion University of Miami Hurricanes. After his junior year , Mike was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks and spent five years in their organization, catching the likes of Randy Johnsonand Brandon Webb, reaching AA  with the Tennessee Smokies before injuries ended his career. Mike is presently attending UM to complete his degree and  continues in his position as a coach within the AA Prospects organization.

 

Josh Oliver
Pitching Coordinator
1595 16th Ct. SW
Vero Beach, FL 32962
Phone: 501-944-8229 
Email: allamericanprospects@yahoo.com

BIOGRAPHY: Josh is the assistant coach at Indian River State College in Ft. Pierce, FL.  From 2003 –2006 Josh assisted former minor league pitcher Adam Benes with camps, clinics, and private lessons at Junior Deputy Baseball a youth complex in Little Rock, AR. In 2005 Josh completed a coaching Internship with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. As a player, Josh received a scholarship at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas.  Following his graduation from Junior College, Josh was invited to play for the Northwoods Summer League and played for the Mighty Gulls franchise in Brainerd, Minnesota.  During the summer 2000, Josh accepted a scholarship to play at Division 1 Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.  Following his baseball career at ASU, he enrolled at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, graduating with a degree in health science in 2005.   

 

Greg Coleman
Legal Counsel 
515 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 400 
West Palm Beach , FL 33401 
Email: gcoleman@bclclaw.com 

BIOGRAPHY:
 Gregory W. Coleman received his Juris Doctor from the Stetson University College of Law in 1989. He has been a member of the law firm of Burman, Critton, Luttier and Coleman, LLP since 1995 and a partner since 2000. Mr. Coleman was rated one of South Florida's top lawyers in the 2006 and 2007 South Florida Legal Guide and is listed as one of the top two percent of all Florida lawyers by Florida Trend magazine in 2006. In addition to receiving the highest lawyer rating, A-V, from Martindale Hubbell, Mr. Coleman has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Florida, all Circuit and County Courts within the state and the United States District Court for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida. He has been actively involved with the Florida legal community, serving as president of the Young Lawyers Division of both the Florida Bar and the Palm Beach County Bar Association. Mr. Coleman served as president of the Palm Beach County Bar Association and at the time was the youngest person to ever serve in that capacity. He also is a member of the House of Delegates for the American Bar Association. Mr. Coleman is currently one of only four elected representatives from the 15th Judicial Circuit ( Palm Beach County ) to serve on the Florida Bar Board of Governors. He is also actively involved in the Supreme Court Commission for Professionalism.