Jason Simontacchi

After transferring from De Anza College, Simontacchi attended San Jose State University in the 1994–95 school year and pledged the Cal Iota chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity as a member of the Alpha Theta pledge class. Simontacchi completed his collegiate baseball career at the College of Idaho.\n', '

He was pitcher of the year in 1998 for the independent Frontier League champions, the Springfield Capitals, going 10-2 with an ERA of 2.95. He also played in the Italian Professional League for Rimini Baseball Club and went 12-1 with a 1.17 ERA in 2000, where he played well enough to make the roster for Italy at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he was the winning pitcher vs. South Africa, pitched in relief vs. USA and was the losing pitcher vs. The Netherlands with a 1.17 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 15.1 innings.\n', '

He had an ERA of 2.34 and a record of 5-1 in 2002 for the Triple-A…