Religion & Spirituality
As a Sports Mom how can we best support our blossoming athlete? Matt Grosso will share some words of wisdom gained from years of playing ball as a kid, as a teen, as a college student, as a professional, and finally as an assistant coach. What sideline behavior drives kids crazy? What not to say after a loss? How can we strive for their big goals without imposing limitations, or jumping off when the going gets tough? Kids play for the love of the game....lets cheer from the sidelines with all our hearts! A peek into Matt's career so far ~ After playing baseball for RHAM High School in Hebron CT, Matt Grosso played collegiate baseball at the University of Notre Dame, where he was a three-time monogram recipient as an outfielder. While playing for the Fighting Irish, he was also a four-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team. Grosso was named to All-Star teams in both the New England Collegiate Baseball League and the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. He also spent one summer playing for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod Baseball League. After graduating from Notre Dame in 2011 with a degree in psychology, he spent three years playing professional baseball in the California Winter League and the Frontier League, where he played for the Windy City Thunderbolts and the Las Vegas Train Robbers. He also serves as the head coach of the 16u AAU team, the Connecticut Bombers. Grosso graduated from Northeastern with a master’s degree in Sports Leadership in 2014, and is currently pursuing his MBA at LIU Brooklyn.