St. Lawrence University Athletics

Dave Tropeano ’95 grew up in Stoneham, Massachusetts playing baseball, hockey, and golf. While he’s being inducted into the hall of fame as a baseball player, it was actually the hockey team that first drew his attention to St. Lawrence. While he did have a two-year stint on the Saints’ JV hockey team, and later played on the football team in his final two years at St. Lawrence, it was on the baseball diamond where Dave really shined. He was a career .354 hitter and flirted with a .400 batting average in each of his final two seasons. He set a school record with 18 doubles as a senior, a mark that stood for 17 years, and his 24 stolen bases in 1995 ranks second in program history. Dave was invited to tryout for the Atlanta Braves organization but was unable to attend the tryout after breaking his foot at a college all-star game in Yankees Stadium two days after he graduated from St. Lawrence. Dave has spent the last 20 years as a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dave and his wife Beth have three daughters, Meghan, Nicki and Lauren.