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2025 Baseball Roster

16 Owen Tappy

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height / Weight 6-1 / 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School (Prev. School) Providence Day School (Hampden-Sydney)
  • B/T R/R

Biography

2024 Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion
D1Baseball Preseason Top 100 Relief Pitcher, No. 65 (2025)
Perfect Game Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Conference (2025)

2025/GRADUATE STUDENT
  • Named preseason No. 65 relief pitcher in the nation by D1Baseball
  • Tabbed preseason Atlantic 10 All-Conference by Perfect Game
  • Made 14 appearances, starting eight games
  • Posted a 4.01 ERA with a team-high 76.1 innings pitched
  • Compiled a 5-2 record with a save and one combined shutout
  • Fanned a team-best 58 and surrendered just 15 walks
  • His 1.36 WHIP was first among Rams 
  • Led the A-10 and ranked 31st in the nation with 1.77 walks allowed per nine innings
  • Fanned five and gave up just four hits in 5.1 scoreless innings against Rhode Island (March 14)
  • In first VCU start, struck out a career-best 10 over 6.2 IP, allowing just two runs vs. Saint Joseph's (March 28)
  • Tossed just the Rams' third complete game since 2017, striking out eight against Fordham (April 25)
  • In Rams' weekend sweep of UMass, went 7.0 IP and punched out seven, allowing just two ER and six hits (May 16)
2024/GRADUATE STUDENT
  • Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion
  • Made 24 appearances, all out of the bullpen, posting a 7-2 record with five saves
  • Recorded a 3.12 ERA with a team-best 1.06 WHIP
  • Surrendered just six walks in 43.1 innings of work and struck out 33
  • His VCU debut was two perfect innings at NC State, striking out three (Feb. 17)
  • Made 17 scoreless appearances and didn't give up a hit in nine outings
  • Picked up a save against St. Joseph's in the Atlantic 10 Tournament en route to the title game (May 21)
  • Tossed a scoreless frame in the Rams' 16-1 rout of Richmond in the A-10 Championship Final (May 25)
  • Made nine consecutive scoreless appearances, not giving up a hit in five straight (March 24-April 28)
PRIOR TO VCU
  • Played at and graduated from Hampden-Sydney
  • Posted a career record of 10-6 with one save, 4.44 ERA, 93.1 innings pitched and 85 strikeouts
  • 2023 ABCA Second Team All-Region 6 and D3Baseball.com Third Team All-Region 6
  • Named 2023 All-ODAC First Team
  • Earned 2023 VASID Second Team All-State honors
  • Named the 2021 SCBL Pitcher of the Year
  • Earend ODAC All-Academic Team honors in 2020
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Providence Day School unde coach Jim Cerbie
  • 2018-19 First Team All-State and All-Conference honors
  • Was team captain as a senior
PERSONAL
  • Born in Charlotte, N.C. on September 13
  • Son of Skip and Jeanne Tappy
  • Has one brother, Greyson
  • Go-to walk-out song is Waiting for the Thunder by Blackberry Smoke
  • Favorite baseball memory is pitching in the 2024 NCAA Greenville Regional 
  • Pursuing a master's degree in business

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2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2024Graduate Student

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 185 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2025Graduate Student

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 185 lbs
    16