Corey Snyder
It may sound kind of cheesey, but Corey Snyder’s biggest thrill playing baseball is “coming back from a deficit to win.”
That’s exactly what Snyder did in an early season 2008 game as Avon Grove defeated Downingtown West thanks to Snyder’s 10th inning three run homer.
Snyder, a sophomore (2010 grad), made his second varsity hit a memorable one, not only because it was a game winning homerun, but it also gave the win to older brother Brandon Snyder (no not that Brandon Snyder) who has signed with Division 2 East Stroudsburg for next season.
The Snyder’s are a real baseball family and the boys have a pedigree when it comes to the diamond. Corey’s grandfather was a draft choice of the Milwaukee Braves and the family-minded Snyder says that his father and grandfather have “helped me to strive for greatness.”
Snyder is a 6′ 3″, 195 pound young sophomore, still only 15, from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. He still has growth remaining on an ever strengthening frame that is being built in the gym and on the football field. The 2010 Avon Grove High School prospect is ideally built for first base, but Snyder also pitches and catches. He throws right, but swings from the port side.
Snyder has participated in the Keystone State Games and plays for Avon Grove Legion, Diamonds Baseball and the West Chester Knights. He has also played up with older brother Brandon on the Chester County Crawdads–one of the top travel teams in the northeast.
Ex Tigers’ and Phillies’ catcher John Wockenfuss is Snyder’s personal hitting instructor and you can see a lot of Wock’s influence in Snyder’s power swing. In addition to working at Wockenfuss’s private training center, a barn in the rolling countryside of southeastern Pennsylvania, the hard working Snyder also trains at Maple Zone Academy and All Star Baseball Academy.
Corey Snyder has the size and power to project as a college first baseman. His speed, at 7.5, is average for a big man, but he has two years to improve. Snyder’s goal is to continue working hard to improve his already impressive power and on base percentage (he works a lot of walks) while improving on his speed and agility around the bag.
“I’m not picky at all for college,” said the sophomore who hopes to have a Division 1 opportunity. “Somewhere on the east coast or middle of the country would be best.”