About Angels

Showcase Softball

Ryan Leahy, Founder

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy,not on fighting the old, but on building the new"

- Socrates

Angels Showcase softball is about the journey. The transformation of young and promising early teen softball players into confident athletes and proven talents who are great students and leaders, on and off the field.

Angels Mission

We take great high school players and make them even better - with a focus on being competitive on a collegiate level.

Off-season program where positional skills, hitting, softball IQ and situational training are applied and in the fall and summer, tested with stiff competition on a national level.

We stress a proper physical training regimen, nutritional assistance as well as mental strength training.

We focus on leveraging their skills on the diamond to achieve their goals of playing softball in college, at schools that are academically and athletically a good fit for the player and student.

Our Leadership Team

Ryan Leahy

Founder & Coach

Ryan was a standout player at St. John's Prep where he earned MVP honors his senior year and was inducted into the Saint John’s Prep Hall of Fame in 2010. In college, he played one year at the University of San Francisco, and finished his college career at Boston College where he was team captain for two years and earned All-BIG EAST Second Team as well as All-BIG EAST Academic Team in 2003. He was signed by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as a free agent and spent five years in their minor league system, winning a Texas League championship in AA with the Arkansas Travelers and a Pioneer League championship in 2004 with the Provo Angels. As a coach, Ryan spent two years at the University of Pittsburgh and from 2010 to 2011 he was in charge of the entire Bobby Valentine (former Boston Red Sox Manager) All American national showcases. Ryan also spent 2 years as Director of player development for Legends Baseball LLC. Ryan formally served as the Area Scout for the LA Angels.

Eric Shepperson

Hitting Coordinator & Coach

Coming soon...

Colleen Newbury

Pitching & Coach

Coming soon...

2024 Coaching
Staff

12U HALO:

COLLEEN NEWBURY St. Mary's Varsity Head Softball Coach

12U NAVY

LAUREN DONOVAN Stonehill College

JOLIE QUINTANA Suffolk University

14U NAVY

FRANK SARRO Head Softball Coach Manchester Essex

MEG BURKINSHAW Merrimack College

14U HALO

KRISTINA YEBBA University of Southern Maine

MAGGIE CARON Wheaton College

16U HALO

MADISON DANA Assistant Coach Salem State University

SAM GAONA Salem State University

16U GOLD

ERIC SHEPPERSON Assistant Coach SJP

MACKAYALA ROONEY Framingham State University

18U ELITE

RYAN LEAHY Head Coach Salem State University

ARIEL LAROSA Former HS and college head coach

Player Development

Best of the Best

Developing great players means starting with great teachers who both know the game and can help the players understand how small changes can make big differences. Once a skill has been learned, applying it to real game situations and then allowing those skills to translate into muscle memory with constant practice. This is a process that takes place all year long, no matter what position is being played.