Purritano Selected by Cincinnati Reds in MLB Draft

HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth's Joe Purritano was taken in the 30th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon. The 37th Big Green selection ever in the draft, Purritano was the 895th pick overall and one of nine Ivy Leaguers chosen.

A 6-1, 205-pound junior from Woodcliff Lake, N.J., Purritano started all but one of the 43 games for a Dartmouth team that won its eighth straight Rolfe Division title in the Ivy League this past spring. He hit .277 from the left side of the plate as the Big Green's designated hitter while leading the team with three homers, five triples, 22 extra-base hits, 30 RBIs, 74 total bases and a .500 slugging percentage to earn All-New England Second Team honors.

In his first three seasons with the Big Green, Purritano sports a .291 average over nearly 400 at-bats with 27 doubles, nine triples and 11 long balls while driving in 86 runs and posting an OPS of .864. As a freshman, he was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, first-team ABCA All-Region and All-New England, and a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American.

Purritano is the first Dartmouth player selected in the draft since a school-record three were taken in 2013 — Mitch Horacek, Michael Johnson and Cole Sulser. The most recent Big Green player to reach the big leagues is Kyle Hendricks '12, who joined the starting rotation for the Chicago Cubs last season.

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