"I am writing on behalf of Cole Wassner, a student athlete at Quartz Hill High School in Southern California. Cole is an exceptional athlete playing both football and baseball at Quartz High. He is a starter on both the offensive and defensive line as well as handling both the punting and
kick-off duties for the 2008 CIF champion Rebels. More importantly, he is
also a humble young man with great character. He has already shown a great
propensity for overcoming adversity, which I personally think is the most
important skill a player needs to compete at the highest levels.
Cole has above average power as a hitter, recording some tape measure homeruns in his high school and legion programs this past season. I recently
featured him in an article for Collegiate Baseball regarding some of the top
bat speed and ball exit speed producers in the country. Cole has been
recorded with as high as 97 MPH bat speed and 98 MPH ball exit speed off the
tee with 100 MPH exit speeds off live pitching. This puts him in the top 1%
of exit speeds of all players tested to date around the country. Along with
high power numbers, he also led his team in batting average as well as
winning MVP honors this past season.
Cole is also an accomplished pitcher topping out at 87 MPH and averaging 84
MPH with his fastball and features a cut fastball and an above average
change up. Cole has spent time learning the same Effective Velocity
concepts being implemented by many major leaguers and at major collegiate
programs including Vanderbilt, USC, University of Washington, University of
Tennessee and many others around the country. His fastball change up
combination will be a featured video in one of the presentations at the
American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) convention in San Diego in
January 2009. Cole has also worked with Ron Wolforth at the Texas Baseball
Ranch which has helped produce over 80 pitchers topping out at 90 MPH or
more in the past five years. With his persistence and work ethic, I project
Cole to be one of the next to reach that pinnacle.
With his work ethic and fierce competitiveness, Cole will make a great
representative for Southern California at the International High School
Power Showcase.
Good luck to all the competitors.
Perry Husband
Author - Hitting Is A Guess Video Series and the Downright
Filthy PitchingSeries
Professional Hitting Instructor -- Guest Baseball Scientist on Fox's
Sport Science