Name: Joe Paparelli
Major: Actuarial Mathematics
Class: 2017
HC: What are your plans after graduation?
JP: I have accepted a full time position at The Hartford as a Sr. Actuarial Analyst beginning next summer.
HC: What activities are you involved in on campus?
JP: Baseball.
HC: What is the greatest challenge you face being a student athlete?
JP: Balancing practice/lift, travel, schoolwork, and a social life. Also making contact with a pitcher who is a “Dude.”
HC: When did you start playing baseball?
JP: Probably around age 4 or 5 I started playing organized baseball.
HC: How did you know you wanted to play in college?
JP: I love competing, working hard, and I believed I had a lot of potential to be developed in baseball. Coming to Bryant for two sports (Baseball and Football) was the perfect fit, but following my freshman year, I decided to focus solely on baseball despite being more physically talented at football.
HC: If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
JP: A beach house in Fiji or a log cabin in the Rocky Mountains.
HC: Who would be your roommate?
JP: Zac Efron, Justin Timberlake, and Jake Marotta.
HC: Who is your ideal date?
JP: Mila Kunis in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
HC: Three favorite words?
JP: Quality not quantity.
HC: Drink of choice on the weekend?
JP: Michelob Ultra, need to preserve the temple.
HC: What is your dream job?
JP: Traveling the Southern California Coast on a Harley with a surfboard, skimboard, and a Golden Retriever puppy.
HC: What’s your guilty pleasure?
JP: Binge watching TV Shows and watching Romantic Dramas (Nicholas Sparks).
HC: Do you have any pets?
JP: A Pug named Molson (yes, like the Canadian Beer). He’s a stud.
HC: Anything else you’d like to add?
JP: I’m single ;)