Thomas Tarulli Sports Marketing is a unique, family run company that works with student-athletes to find the best fit for players first academically, then athletically. Not only do we work with softball, but we have placed athletes in Baseball, Football, Basketball, Soccer, Field Hockey, and are expanding quickly into other sports. We work on time management, communication with coaches, and our newly added addition; Player Development with Jackie Spina (Tarulli) former Division I softball player at DePaul University, Women’s College World Series participant, and Division I college coach at DePaul University! Working with Jackie is an added bonus where our clients will be taught an array of new ways to communicate with teammates, how to be a better teammate, how to deal with adversity and stress, what the life of an athlete will consist of in college, how to be prepared to play in college at the highest level mental and physically!
Over the last 15 years, Tommy T has brought all of his life experiences from marketing with Fortune 500 companies to sports recruiting together to represent student-athletes and find a school that fits their profile. He has also been known to brand travel softball programs into being competitive, well run organizations that help the student-athletes that play for them!
As a family run business, TTSM works hard to make sure your son or daughter goes to an institution they love waking up at every day AND get to play a sport they love!! Throughout years of success in placing athletes, we have been afforded the opportunity to begin doing camps and clinics in front of college coaches from all over the country to give the student-athlete the best chance to be successful!
There is a school and a right fit for everyone; in fact, we pride ourselves on serving the Rudy’s of the world because heart and dedication will let you achieve anything! Leave it to us to out work everyone and to make your kids college dreams come true !! We would love nothing more then to have your family as clients and find the right fit for your child.
Thomas Tarulli – CEO
Thomas Tarulli has 25 years in the Marketing and Advertising fields working with some of the biggest Fortune 500 Companies including: Campbell Soup, Adidas USA, IBM, L’Oreal, Lancome, Johnson & Johnson, Ralph Lauren, and TUMI. He has been working in the print media field where, for the last 15 years, he has brought all his life experience in the developing and branding of travel teams and prospective student athletes to universities and colleges that fit their profile, both on and off the field.
Tom was part of the USA Junior National Team Selection Process and was named USA Ambassador to Softball and Team Liaison under Head Coach Karen Johns from 2009 to 2011. In 2011 the USA Jr Nat. Team Won a World Champion.
Jackie Spina (Tarulli), M.Ed
Jackie, is a New Jersey native coming back home after eleven years in Chicago, her home away from home. Jackie is a DePaul University Double Demon and a 2007 Women’s College World Series Participant. She graduated from DePaul with a masters in Educational Leadership Cum Laude in 2012 and her undergrad in communications with a minor in Sales Leadership in 2009. Prior to her opportunity to coach with the Cheetahs, Jackie served as the Graduate Assistant and student worker for the DePaul softball team for 3 years which catapulted her into her most recent job as the Director of Operations and Assistant Coach at DePaul. Not only was she honored to be a coach in the Big East at the largest private Catholic University in the country, but was also afforded the opportunity to play her four years of college ball there.
During her tenure at DePaul, Jackie racked up quite the list of accomplishments. She finished her four-year career at DePaul tied for fourth all-time in RBI’s and second all-time for homeruns. In 2007, her sophomore year, not only did she play in the Women’s College World Series, she was a part of a record breaking team at DePaul going 20-0 in Big East Conference play and beating #1 ranked Oklahoma in the Super Regional to project them into the World Series. Spina (Tarulli) also racked up first team all conference awards all four years as well as making the All-Region team in 2007 and 2009.
Prior to her attending DePaul, Jackie attended Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey and was an all-state short stop and catcher for her high school team.
Coach Eugene Lenti
Eug prefers to teach the game of softball, and when the game is done, he leaves everything on the field. And yet, what Lenti has accomplished in 37 years at DePaul University is all about the numbers, and his legacy leaves softball fans, coaches, and former DePaul student-athletes astonished.
After 37 years in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, Lenti has won 1,300 games. Since 1999, Lenti took four teams to the Women’s College World Series. Although the Blue Demons have been deemed a “Cinderella” each time they ventured to Oklahoma City, DePaul is one of only five teams since 1999 to have made four or more trips to the WCWS.
Having a remarkable 14 All-Americans have been crowned during Lenti’s tenure at DePaul. Nine of his student-athletes have been named a conference Player of the Year and another nine have earned conference Pitcher of the Year accolades. Ten DePaul players have won conference Rookie of the Year titles while still another 104 of his student-athletes have been named first team All-Conference and countless others have been named to second, third and honorable mention all-league lists.
A true believer of making academics a top priority, Lenti ensures that athletes should aim to be students first and softball players second. Under Lenti’s direction 20 student-athletes have been named Academic All-Americans. His 2007 team had the 29th best GPA in the country and was the only team in the top-30 to go to the WCWS.
Lenti is a master of teaching his players not only the game of softball, but also the “game of life.” He challenges his players to become better people while under his tutelage. He educates them about responsibility and accountability; qualities he demands both on the field and in the classroom. He stresses critical thinking and appropriate behavior and wants each of the athletes he works with to become exceptional human beings as well extraordinary softball players.
After finishing his career at DePaul, he couldn’t just hang it all up, which is what afforded TTSM the opportunity to have Eugene join forces with Tommy Tarulli and one of his former players, Jackie Spina. Having him on board is going to give our clients something that most other student-athletes don’t have at their fingertips; experience. Eug is able to reach in ways most coaches cannot and we are so excited to have him on board!
Although Lenti and his wife Kandace reside on Chicago’s North Side, that won’t hinder him from helping our clients across the country! He will be visible in all facets of the company and will bring only positivity and growth to our clients and teams!