Pinelands Regional’s Dean, Ventresca and Papernik Sign With NCAA Division I Colleges

At one time, Noah Dean and Joey Ventresca not only dreamed of playing baseball in college, but had hoped to take the same field together.

“We talked about that for the longest time,” said Ventresca after he signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Monmouth University, while his teammate signed with Old Dominion University. “He’s my boy. And it would have been awesome to play with him in college. But that’s not the way it worked out. That’s OK, though.