Con Aquilante
Founder & Chairman
Con Aquilante has been serving the baseball community for over the past 30 years, at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels. His service began in the Berwyn Paoli Little League, coaching four of his sons through the Little League ranks. His teams routinely competed for league championships at all levels. During his little league tenure, Con was selected to manage the summer All-Star LLWS tournament team. And in 1989, his team came one win away from winning the PA State Little League Championship.
In 1990, Con's fifth son, Jordan Michael Aquilante was born. Jordan was born premature, weighing only 1.5 pounds at birth. He had the looks of his mother, the fight of his father, and the love of his four brothers and one sister. Soon after his arrival, he was stricken with pneumonia. His little body battled the sickness for almost two months, but finally succumbed in April of 1990. A little boy was taken from his family; but the seed of a little boy's fighting spirit was planted.
As his older boys grew out of Little League, Con created a Player Development Program that was the area's first to expose High School players to college programs. During the initial years of his program, Con began to develop his curriculum of life management strategies.
In 2003, the seed really began to blossom and Con's thoughts turned towards helping those less fortunate; those who could not afford his services. In 2004, a five-hour meeting took place between Con and the Marian Anderson Rec Center in South Philadelphia. The Rec Center is dedicated to teaching and promoting baseball to inner city kids of Philadelphia. Soon after their meeting, coaches from the Rec Center began to bring out six kids twice a week to work with Con and his staff. And thus, The Jordan Foundation and Angels Baseball was born.
Since its inception in 2004, Angels Baseball has extended its arms further into the Community, working with kids from several Mid-Atlantic states. Among its accolades, the non-profit has helped approximately 150 kids receive college baseball scholarships. Most of these kids have become first generation college students. And even more Angels Baseball graduates have come back to the program to help guide youth as they move through the program. Many youth have benefited from Con and his teachings over the years; which all began in April of 1990, when a little boy, the program's first Angel, planted a seed that continues to grow strong.