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John Cappello
A strong-armed left handed pitcher from Cranston, Cappello posted a 3-2 record as a senior at Brown University. He earned second team All-Ivy honors as a utility outfeilder in 2001 and 2002.  Hit .326 his junior year with four home runs and 18 RBI's, in his senior year Capello hit a pinch hit home run to beat Harvard.    In high school, while playing at Cranston West he was named the Gatorade Player of the Year in RI.

Marek Drabinski

Brown University’s head coach the past 14 seasons.  In 2009 He led the Bears to a team-record 27 wins, besting the previous mark of 25 set by his 2002 club and earning New England Coach of the Year honors from the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association. 

 

During his tenure, Brown has had 28 First Team All-Ivy, 23 All-New England and 13 All-Northeast Region selections. Drabinski has coached a total of 15 players who have gone on to play professionally, including Devin Thomas, Drafted by the Detroit Tigers, and Jeff Dietz, who signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks after his junior season.

 

Drabinski a 1991 Graduate the University of Connecticut where he was a four-year starting Catcher for the Huskies.  MVP in 1990, Drabinski also earned All-Big East Conference honors in 1988 and was a member of the 1990 Big East Conference Tournament Team. After his collegiate playing career, Drabinski spent two-plus seasons with the Atlanta Braves organization.