As a senior: Wrapped up a strong career in 2017 ... NEC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Named the Bryant Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Appeared in 24 games and made 11 starts ... Started two games in left and nine in right field ... Hit .184 (7-38) with a double, two home runs, six RBI and eight runs scored ... Posted a .354 OBP ... Collected a hit, walked twice and scored a run at New Mexico State on Feb. 18 ... Hit his first home run of the year vs. FDU on Apr. 29 ... Homered, drove in two, scored twice and walked twice at URI on May 19 ... Named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a junior: Put together another strong season as a key reserve for the Bulldogs in 2016 ... Appeared in 29 games, making 12 starts in the outfield ... Hit .213 (10-47) with three doubles, six RBI and 12 runs scored ... Walked 15 times and posted a .439 OBP ... A perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases ... Opened the season with two hits and an RBI against Army ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and a run scored vs. Penn St. during the opening weekend ... Went 1-for-2 and scored three runs against Maryland on Mar. 13 ... Named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore: Stepped up and put together an outstanding season for the Bulldogs in 2015 ... Appeared in 34 games and made 21 starts in the outfield ... Hit .286 (22-77) with four doubles, two triples, a home run, 12 RBI and 12 runs scored ... Posted a .394 OBP and was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts ... Made his first career start on Apr. 1 against Northeastern ... Went 1-for-2 with three walks, an RBI and two runs scored ... Hit his first career home run and drove in two against Saint Joe's in the following game ... Tripled and drove in two against Rhode Island on Apr. 8 ... Tripled and drove in a run against Central Connecticut on Apr. 12 ... Went a perfect 4-for-4 in a weekend series against Sacred Heart ... Went 2-for-3 with a double against Wagner in the NEC Tournament ... Named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman: Bryant’s top pinch-runner as a freshman … Appeared in 19 games off the bench, scoring five runs and stealing a base … Made his collegiate debut on Mar. 8 at Radford and scored a run … Stole a base and scored on Mar. 9 against the Highlanders … Scored a run against Mount St. Mary’s, FDU and Wagner ... Named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: A four-year letterwinner in baseball and football at Norwich Free Academy ... Named a National Football Foundation SEC scholar athlete, Walter Camp All-Connecticut team, CIAC scholar athlete, all-state, all-area and All-ECC as a senior ... Earned All-ECC honors as a junior and sophomore as well ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society ... Received the CT CPA Award, the Jeffrey Kerrigan Award, the Case Congdon Award, the CBEA Stanley Lessoff Award, the Connecticut State Police Memorial Scholarship and the Daniel E. Boucher Memorial Award as a senior ... Also a member of the Bryant University football team.
Personal: The son of Christine and Frank Paparelli, Joseph Paparelli was born on April 9, 1995 ... Has one sister, Alexa.
