Stony Brook Athletics inducted eight new members into the Rita & Kurt Eppenstein Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday. The 17th class is the largest to be inducted in the university’s history.
What is Stony Brook Baseball’s greatest strength as it embarks on the 2017 season? If you ask 2016 America East Rookie of the Year Bret Clarke, he would tell you it’s revenge.
The New York Yankees selected starting pitcher Tyler Honahan, a 2016 graduate, and the Houston Astros drafted outfielder Toby Handley, who would be a senior next season.
Stony Brook’s baseball schedule was released earlier this week. The Seawolves went 35-18 and were America East champs in 2014, but lost to Binghamton in the America East Conference Tournament finals.
Nick Tropeano was playing his final year of baseball in Stony Brook University red in 2011. The team’s run to the College World Series was still a year away, leaving the team in relative irrelevancy.
As Major League Baseball rosters expanded for the season’s final month, Stony Brook alum and Houston Astros prospect Nick Tropeano received the call of a lifetime: a major league promotion.