Prior to Navy: Attended Youngstown State University during the 2025-26 school year … Member of the Honors College and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
High School / Personal: Lettered in cross country (4 years) and track (4) at Mineral Ridge High School in Mineral Ridge, Ohio … In cross country, earned MileSplit All-American (senior) and All-Ohioan (first team – sophomore, junior, senior) honors, while winning the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) League Championship (freshman, sophomore, junior) and Trumbull County Championship (junior) … Named Trumbull County Player of the Year for cross country (senior) … In track, named All-Ohioan in the 32oom (senior), while setting the Mineral Ridge High School record in the 5K and the 1600m as a senior … Was Selected to be a part of Team Ohio at the Mideast Meet of Champions (senior) … Selected All-Region and All-District (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) … Named team MVP (XC – freshman, sophomore, junior, senior; TF – sophomore, junior, senior) … Team Captain (XC – junior, senior; TF – junior, senior) … Won individual titles at Regional Championship in the 3200m (senior), MVAC League Championship (freshman, sophomore, junior), Trumbull County Championship (junior), and District Cross Country Championship (sophomore), while lead MRHS to the MVAC Cross Country Team Championship (junior, senior) and the MVAC Track Team Championship (senior) … Member of Student Government (class president for four years), National Honor Society (secretary), Beta Club, Ski Club, Spanish Club, Science Club, History Club (vice president), and Academic Challenge Team (junior, senior) … Valedictorian … Two-year letterwinner in the Marching Band, serving as band president and percussion section leader … John Phillip Sousa Band Award Recipient, while also taking part in the OMEA District 5 Honors Band … Volunteer Dog Walker … Organized and led the Mineral Ridge Fall Food Drives (junior, senior) … Ohio Buckeye Boy State Senator … Four-time Academic All-Ohioan and the recipient of the President’s Award for Educational Excellence … As a kid, was on Team USA for cup stacking where he got to travel the country competing in cup stacking tournaments, including competition in the World Cup Stacking Championships in Orlando, Florida in 2018 competing against cup stackers from countries like South Korea, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, etc. … Son of Tim and Natalie Pappagallo.
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