University of Rhode Island

Career Highlights

• Named to the 2021 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (3/20/23)

2024 (Graduate Student)

• Appeared in 45 games, all starts
• Batted .223 with two doubles, 13 runs scored, 20 walks and five RBI
• Was 3-for-9 with one double in three games against George Mason (5/4-5/5)
• Batted .500 (3-for-6) with two walks and one run scored over three games at Dayton (4/27-28)
• Had two singled and two RBI against Holy Cross (4/17)
• Was 3-for-7 with three walks and three runs scored in three games against St. Bonaventure (3/24-3-25)
• Singled and scored one run at Fordham (3/16)
• Had two singles, two walks and three runs scored during a doubleheader at Tennessee Tech (3/12)
• Had three hits, four walks, one stolen base and two runs scored in five games at the Cathi Maynard Invitational hosted by Austin Peay (3/8-3/11)
• Batted .375 (6-for-16) with one run scored, two RBI and one walk at the Wofford Invitational (2/16-2/18)

2023 (Senior)

• Was the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week in the opening week of conference play after she led Rhode Island to a series victory at defending regular-season champion George Washington, batting .700 (7-for-10) with two doubles, four runs scored and four runs batted in. She factored in eight of the 10 runs the Rams scored in the series
• Started 51 of the 52 games she played
• Second on the team with 40 hits, she batted .301 with a team-best 11 doubles, two home runs, 17 RBI and a team-high 27 runs scored
• Drew 19 walks and was 8-for-10 on stolen base attempts
• Recorded 81 putouts and seven assists in the outfield

2022 (Junior)

• Started all 41 games in which she played
• Batted .271 with three doubles, two triples and 10 runs batted in
• Second on the team with 18 runs scored and third with seven stolen bases
• Had three sacrifice bunt and one sacrifice fly 

2021 (Sophomore)

• Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team (eligible due to COVID ending 2020 season)
• Appeared in 25 games, making 23 starts
• Batted .343 with three doubles two triples and one home run
• Led the team with 13 runs scored and drove in seven runs
• Led the team with four stolen bases

2020 (Freshman)

• Appeared in 10 games, making two starts
• Appeared as a pinch runner and scored once against Stanford (2/29)

Before URI

• Competed in softball, volleyball and track & field for Hale-Ray High School, where she was a three-time scholar-athlete recipient
• Earned four letters in softball and volleyball, and one in track & field
• In 99 career games, batted .520 with 168 hits, 145 runs scored and 131 runs batted in
• Had a .585 on-base percentage slugged .820
• Chosen as a team captain in softball and volleyball as a senior
• A four-time all-state and all-conference selection in softball
• Selected as Player of the Year as a senior
• Also earned all-conference honors in volleyball twice
• Set single-season school records for batting average (.578), slugging percentage (1.000), on-base percentage (.678) . and hits (50)
• Competed in club softball for the Eliminators (six years) and the Polar Crush (three years)

Personal

• Born Aug. 16, 2001
• Daughter of Nina and Mike Rapuano
• Has one brother, Michael
• Considered attending the University of Bridgeport, Providence College, Central Connecticut and Sacred Heart
• Chose Rhode Island because, "When I came to visit URI it felt like home to me. I have always loved Rhode Island and being only a little over an hour away from
• home made URI perfect. The atmosphere at this school, within the team, and the coaches made me feel that this University was where I was meant to be."
• Enjoys traveling and hiking
• Favorite athlete is Jason Tatum
• Favorite team is the Florida Gators softball team
• Majoring in Kinesiology