Reece Rappoli

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Class:
Sophomore
Position:
INF
Height/Weight:
5-10 / 185
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Foxboro, Mass.
High School:
Xaverian Brothers
Concentration:
Business Economics

2024: Second Team All-Ivy selection as a designated hitter…Made 38 appearances with 37 starts…Ranked fourth on the team with a .281 batting average, which rose up to .320 in Ivy League games…Posted a .320/.416/.427 slash line in Ivy League games with 12 RBIs and five doubles…His 24 hits in Ivy games ranked tied for second on the team and he was a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts…Went 4-for-6 with four RBIs and three runs scored in an Easter Sunday victory at Harvard (3/30)…Had three hits with two runs scored in a win at Yale (4/27).

2023: Appeared and started in 26 games…Second on the team and tied for eighth in the Ivy League with eight hit-by-pitches…Scored 11 runs and added 10 RBIs…Began the season with a 12-game on-base streak, and reached base safely in 15 of his first 16 games…Hit a three-run homer for his first career home run at Columbia (3/26).

2022: Appeared and started in 33 games…Led the Bears in several offensive categories including batting average (.333), on-base (.404), hits (43) and doubles (9)…Third on the team with 19 RBIs…Scored 16 runs…Second on the team with an .807 OPS…Had a six-game hitting streak from March 11-20, and added two separate hitting streaks of four games each later in the season…Went 4-for-4 with a walk, two RBIs and a run scored at Gardner-Webb (3/11)…Had a 4-for-4 game with an RBI and run scored against Holy Cross (4/5)…Tallied a five-hit game by going 5-for-7 with a double, four RBIs and two runs scored at URI (4/12)…Reached base four times via two hits and two walks and added four RBIs, including the game-winning three-run double in the seventh inning against Princeton, helping Brown rally from an 8-0 deficit to sweep a weekend series from Princeton (5/1)…Delivered the game-winning hit for the second straight weekend, knocking a two-run double down the right field line in the sixth inning to beat Cornell (5/8), helping him earn Ivy League Player of the Week honors.

2021: Team did not compete due to COVID-19.

Before Brown: Played shortstop for Xaverian Brothers High School … All-State and All-Star selection as a sophomore … First and Second academic honors at Xaverian … Also played for GBG Northeast.

Personal: Son of Hope and Paul Rappoli … Has two siblings, Nolan and Dylan … Father, Paul, played professionally in the Boston Red Sox organization from 1989-1996 … Lists father as biggest sports influence … Hobbies include fishing and spending time with friends.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because it is an institution that has the perfect combination of academics and athletics. Brown is the perfect opportunity to get a world class education while also having a competitive college baseball career. The coaching staff at Brown have made it very clear they care about both my athletic and academic success and are very passionate about what they do.”