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2025 Baseball Roster

Will G. MacNeil
Will G. MacNeil
Will G. MacNeil
Will G. MacNeil
Elizabeth Teo
Delanie Gearing
Alex Kline
Will G. MacNeil
Sarah Macias
Will G. MacNeil

2 Johnny Pappas

  • Position C/OF
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 175
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Chino Hills, CA
  • Highschool Ruben S. Ayala HS
  • Prev School Clarendon College

Biography

Awards and Honors  

  • 3x All-CCAA First Team (2022, 2024, 2025)
  • NCBWA Preseason All-West Region (2025)
  • 2023-24 Cal Poly Pomona Male Iron Bronco
  • 2x NCBWA All-West Region First Team (2024, 2025)
  • 2x D2CCA All-West Region First Team (2024, 2025)
  • 2x ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team (2024, 2025)
  • 2x ABCA West Region All-Defensive Team (2024, 2025)
  • All-CCAA Honorable Mention (2023)
  • ABCA All-West Region Second Team (2022)
  • NCBWA All-West Region Honorable Mention (2022)
  • First Team All-WJCAC selection (2021)
  • CCAA Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)

  2025 
 Redshirt Senior | Cal Poly Pomona
  • Broke the Cal Poly Pomona all-time runs scored record with his 169th career run on April 12th
  • All-CCAA First Team
  • NCBWA All-West Region First Team
  • D2CCA All-West Region First Team
  • ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team
  • NCBWA Preseason All-West Region
  • ABCA West Region All-Defensive Team
  • Was the only player on the team to start, or appear, in all 49 games
  • Batted .344 with a team-leading 67 hits
  • Recorded 43 runs scored and 23 RBI
  • Collected 16 doubles and five home runs
  • Had a .934 OPS with a .503 SLG and .431 OBP
  • Carried a 16-game hitting streak from March 23rd to April 26th, the 11th longest in program history
  • Led the team with 20 multi-hit games, including two four-hit games
  • Stole 3 bases on 5 attempts
  • Posted a .988 fielding percentage with 3 errors in 257 chances
  • Threw out 12 base runners for a .203 caught stealing percentage
  • Named CCAA Spring Academic Honor Roll

  2024 
 Redshirt Junior | Cal Poly Pomona
  • 2023-24 Cal Poly Pomona Male Iron Bronco
  • NCBWA All-West Region Unanimous First Team
  • D2CCA All-West Region First Team
  • ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team
  • All-CCAA First Team
  • ABCA West Region All-Defensive Team
  • Started in all 55 games he appeared in
  • Batted .352 in 213 at-bats
  • Recorded 75 hits, 13 doubles, and 11 home runs
  • Scored 60 runs and drove in 42 RBI
  • Had an OPS of 1.032 with a .568 SLG and .464 OBP
  • Stole 2 bases in 4 attempts
  • Recorded 287 putouts with just one error for a .997 fielding percentage
  • Threw out 7 base runners for a .318 caught stealing percentage


  2023   Redshirt Sophomore | Cal Poly Pomona

  • All-CCAA Honorable Mention
  • Started in 39 of the 42 games he appeared in
  • Batted .315 in 146 at-bats
  • Recorded 46 hits, 5 doubles, 4 home runs, scored 24 runs, and 27 RBI
  • Had an OPS of .854 with a .445 SLG and .409 OBP
  • Stole 2 bases on 3 attempts
  • Posted a .996 fielding percentage with 212 putouts and 15 assists
  • Threw out 8 of 22 runners for a .364 caught stealing percentage
  • Recorded five three-hit games
  • Finished the season with a 7-game hitting streak
  • Recorded a season-high 4 RBI against Cal State San Marcos on 4/15/23

  2022   Redshirt Freshman | Cal Poly Pomona
  • Started in all 53 games he appeared in
  • Batted .308 in 195 at-bats
  • Recorded 60 hits, 18 doubles, 3 home runs, scored 47 runs, and 38 RBI
  • Had an OPS of .919 with a .477 SLG and .442 OBP
  • Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with 380 putouts and 24 assists
  • Threw out 10 of 28 runners for a .357 caught stealing percentage
  • Recorded 18 multi-hit games
  • Had an 11-game hitting streak from 3/6 to 3/26
  • Recorded a season-high 5 RBI against Stanislaus State on 4/14/2022
  • Program's first CCAA Player of the Week since 2018, for week of Feb. 7-13. Hitting .467 (7-15) and slugging .867 from the leadoff spot with six runs, six doubles, four RBI, five walks and .600 on-base percentage during four-game home split vs. Montana State Billings 
  • ABCA All-West Region Second Team (2022)
  • NCBWA All-West Region Honorable Mention (2022)
  • All-CCAA First Team (2022)

  2021   Redshirt Freshman | Clarendon College (TX)
  • Played 46 games with 51 runs scored and 34 RBI
  • Hit .385 (.438 in conference play) with an OPS of 1.164 (1.326 in conference) 
  • Hit 5 home runs and registered 16 doubles
  • Threw out 22 base stealers, which led Region 5 of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
  • First Team All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference (WJCAC) selection.

  2020   Freshman | Cal Poly Pomona
  • Started in all 12 games he appeared in
  • Batted .256 in 39 at-bats
  • Recorded 10 hits, 3 doubles, and scored 2 runs
  • Had an OPS of .659 with a .333 SLG and .326 OBP
  • Posted a .985 fielding percentage with 118 putouts and 15 assists
  • Threw out 2 of 14 runners for a .143 caught stealing percentage
  • Recorded multiple hits in his first two collegiate games
  • Led CCAA and tied for fifth nationally with six sacrifice bunts
  • Season canceled due to COVID-19
  
High School  
  • A 2019 graduate of Ayala High School in Chino Hills, CA
  • All-Palomares League First Team as a senior
  • All-Palomares League Second Team as a junior
  • Team MVP as a senior
  • Broke program record for single-season RBI
  • Chosen to Bulldog Hall of Fame
  • Graduated with honors and four-year Associated Student Body (ASB) member
  • Member of National Honor Society

Personal  
  • A Business Administration major
  • Son of Pete Pappas and Michelle Allbright
  • Aspires to become a baseball coach at Cal Poly Pomona
  • Favorite TV shows are Peaky Blinders, The Resident, and Lioness
  • Favorite movies are Napoleon Dynamite, The Batman, and The Dark Knight
  • Favorite music artists are Travis Scott, Dua Lipa, and Marlon Funaki
  • Favorite pro sports teams are the Los Angeles Angels and the Los Angeles Chargers
  • Favorite pro athlete is Will Rudy
  • Has webbed toes

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2020Freshman

    Catcher
    5'10" 165 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'10" 165 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'10" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Junior

    Catcher
    5'10" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Senior

    Catcher / Outfielder
    5'10" 175 lbs
    2