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Veteran infielder who spent five years with the Georgia Tech program ... Versatile player who has played second base, third base and shortstop ... Spent a year and a half as the starting second baseman ... Steady defensive player with good hands and range ... Handles the bat very well - an excellent bunter and puts the ball in play ... Voted a co-captain of the 2006 team.
2006: A member of the NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tournament Team ... Named the ACC Player of the Week (4/24) ... Had a pair of hits in the season opener at Georgia Southern (2/12) ... Drove in three runs against Rutgers (3/3) ... Finished the series against the Scarlett Knights with five hits and five RBI ... Went 6-for-11 with three RBI in the Jackets' series victory over Virginia (3/10-3/12) ... Drove in three runs against Mississippi Valley State (3/15) ... Went 3-for-3 with three runs against Western Carolina (3/28) Collected four hits and drove in four runs at Maryland (3/31-4/2) ... Homered and drove in three runs against Georgia Southern (4/4) ... Went 5-for-11 with a home run at Virginia Tech (4/7-4/9) ... Went 2-for-2 with four RBI at Georgia State (4/19) ... Had six hits and four RBI in Tech's sweep at Florida State (4/21-4/23) ... Collected two hits at Georgia (4/26) ... Went 5-for-9 with three RBI vs. Duke (5/12-5/14) ... Hit a game-winning solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead Tech to a 2-1 win over No. 19 Miami in the opening round of the ACC Tournament (5/24)
2005: A second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection at second base ... Finished the season strong, collecting 28 hits in his last 72 at bats (.389) ... Hit .449 in ACC games, the best mark in the league ... Went 9-for-15 in the last two weekends of the regular season vs. Virginia Tech and North Carolina ... Went just 2-for-13 in the ACC Tournament, but made a number of outstanding defensive plays in the championship game vs. Virginia ... Went 3-for-11 in the NCAA Atlanta Regional ... Had a good opening weekend at Georgia Southern (2/12-2/13), batting 4-for-8 with a home run while filling in at shortstop ... Went 5-for-10 in two games at Duke (3/5-3/6) ... Went 5-for-11 in three games at Miami (3/25-3/27) ... Was 3-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored in the series finale vs. Florida State (4/17) ... Went 4-for-8 with a home run and three RBI in Tech's series win at Clemson (4/29-5/1).
2004: Became the starting third baseman when Wes Hodges was hit in the face by a pitch on May 11 ... Started the final 17 games of the season, and went 26-for-62 (.419) with three home runs and 11 RBI ... Was one of Tech's hottest hitters down the stretch of the season ... Made a total of 22 starts and appeared in 32 games ... Made starts at second base, third base and shortstop ... Finished the season with a .418 average, four home runs and 17 RBI in 79 at bats ... Made a spot start at shortstop against Duke (5/9) and went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI ... Went 3-for-10 in Tech's three-game sweep of Clemson ... Went 7-for-11 with two home runs, four RBI and five runs scored in a series at Maryland ... Went 9-for-17 (.368) with a home run in the ACC Tournament ... One of Tech's top hitters in the NCAA tournament ... Hit .389 (7-for-18) with two doubles, three RBI and four runs.
2003: Utility infielder who made 13 game appearances and had three starts, including two at second base and one at third base ... Had just two hits on the season, but both went for home runs ... First hit of his career was a home run against Miami (3/30) ... Went 1-for-3 with a walk and three runs scored in that game ... Added his second homer against Winthrop on 4/2 ... 2003 ACC Tournament: 0-for-2 with a run scored in one game ... Spent the summer with the Marietta Red Sox in the Atlanta Stan Musial League.
2002: Redshirted ... Practiced with the team, but did not participate in any games.
High School: A four-year letterwinner for coach Dan Perez at the Marist School as a shortstop, third baseman and pitcher ... Helped Marist to state runner-up finishes in 1999 and 2000 ... Named all-county as a junior and senior ... Good athlete who also lettered four years as a quarterback for coach Alan Chadwick on the football team ... Posted a 25-2 record as Marist's starting quarterback ... Earned all-county honors as a junior and senior in football ... Football team finished in the top five in the state in each of his four years ... Team captain in both baseball and football as a senior.
Personal: Full name is Michael Reid Trapani ... Born January 5, 1983 ... Son of Mike and Mary Jane Trapani ... Father Mike played football at Auburn in the early 1970's ... Grandfather Reid also played football at Auburn ... Uncle David lettered in baseball at Georgia Tech in 1980 and 1981 ... A member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in both 2002 and 2003 ... Graduated with a B.S. in Managament on May 7, 2005.
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