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2017 IN THE DUGOUT CHATHAM ANGLERS

ROB BONO PITCHING COACH
Rob Bono returns to the Anglers for his fourth season and his third as the Anglers pitching coach. He has just completed his fifth year
as a student assistant coach at Central Connecticut State University. He was selected in the 11th round of the 2007 MLB draft and
signed by the Houston Astros out of high school. A 2009 All-Star in the South Atlantic League, he won 10 games and posted a 3.10
ERA with 19 walks in 149 innings. In 2010, Bono was traded to the Florida Marlins, for Major League closer Matt Lindstrom, where
he reached the Double A level. During Bono’s five-year tenure in professional baseball he pitched under three former major leaguers,
including Tom Lawless, Ron Hassey and Bill Buckner.
Prior to signing a professional contract, Bono played baseball and basketball at Waterford (CT) High School. He earned numerous
accolades for baseball in high school including being named a 2007 High School All-American, three-time New Haven Register All-
State, and 2007 New London Day Player of the Year and the Norwich Bulletin co-player of the year. He shared the award with former
Angler and current New York Mets All-Star, Matt Harvey. Bono’s high school success earned him a scholarship offer to the University
of Connecticut, which he turned down in favor of becoming a professional baseball player.
The summer prior to his senior year of high school, Rob was selected to play for the national American Legion team in the Tournament
of Stars in Joplin, MO. He also played for the Northeast team in the East Coast Professional Showcase in Wilmington, NC. Prior to high
school, Rob participated in back-to-back Babe Ruth World Series as a 13 and 14-year-old representing Waterford.

MIKE MILLER ASSISTANT COACH
Mike Miller returns to the Chatham Anglers coaching staff for a third season. Miller is an assistant coach at Saint Anselm’s in Nashua,
NH. Previously, he spent a year as an assistant coach at Daniel Webster College, also in Nashua. Miller joined the coaching staff at
Daniel Webster after a five-year stint at NCAA Division 2 Davis and Elkins College where he served as an assistant coach as well as (for
a short time) interim head coach. His primary responsibility was working with the outfielders and hitters. In 2011 Miller helped Davis
and Elkins to one of its best seasons posting a 31-12 record, finishing seventh in the regional standings.
Miller has also spent his summers coaching. Most recently, he spent two summers with the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks of the Futures
Collegiate Baseball League. In his second year with the Sharks as manager, Miller led the Sharks to the FCBL Championship posting a
35-18 record. The Sharks also won many FCBL individual awards including the Pitcher of the Year, Hitter of the Year, Player of the Year
and Miller was named Manager of the Year. Miller has also spent two years coaching the Elkins Post 29 Legion team helping to grab
back to back state runner ups while posting a 75-22 record over the two seasons.
A 2005 graduate of Burlington (MA) High School, Miller spent his first two years of college playing at Salem Community College in
Carney’s Point, NJ. While at SCC, Miller started in left field both years helping the school to its first conference championship in school
history. Miler then finished his college career at Davis and Elkins College.

Jamie D’Antona ASSISTANT COACH
Jamie D’Antona returns to the Chatham Anglers after a 15-year absence. In 2002, Jamie played first and third base for the Anglers,
the same positions he played for the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, where he compiled a .354 batting average and hit 58
homeruns. In his last season at Wake Forest (2003), he was the ACC leader in home runs, RBIs and slugging percentage. In 2001, Jamie
was named National Freshman of the Year and the ACC Rookie of the Year and went in the second round of the 2003 Major League
Baseball Draft to the Arizona Diamondbacks. A 2008 stint with the Diamondbacks followed a six-year minor-league career. He played
briefly at the Major League level in 2008 with the Diamondbacks. Jamie played his last two years of his professional career in Japan.
Jamie was featured in The Last Best League by Jim Collins.
He is a native of Trumbull, CT, and now lives in South Carolina.

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