In 1977, Tony’s senior year at Penn Hills, his baseball team won the WPIAL Championship. He then went on to attend Chipola Junior College in Florida on a baseball scholarship. He received the award for the “All Southern Conference Catcher”. In 1978 & 1979 his batting average was .373 and .380. He helped the Indians to State Finals two years in a row, while maintaining a 3.2 QPA.
He was awarded a scholarship to Louisiana State University where he held the school record in doubles with a .322 batting average and a .976 fielding average behind the plate.
