{"id":56866,"date":"2015-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2015-senior-student-athlete-balanced-academic-achievement-with-standout-baseball-career\/"},"modified":"2015-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2015-senior-student-athlete-balanced-academic-achievement-with-standout-baseball-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/commencement-2015-senior-student-athlete-balanced-academic-achievement-with-standout-baseball-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2015: Senior student-athlete balanced academic achievement with standout baseball career"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 9,, 2015 \u2013 Tim Caputo of Greenlawn, N.Y. has had an impressive four years at the 溏心vlog免费B站 that would leave most people wondering how he did it all.<\/p>\n


\nAs the starting shortstop on the 溏心vlog免费B站 baseball team since his freshman year, he was an Atlantic 10 All-Star Rookie in 2012, a Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star in 2013, and was voted among the top defensive infielders in the Atlantic 10 during the 2013 and 2015 seasons.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition, he is a seven-time Dean\u2019s List honoree with a 3.53 cumulative grade point average in kinesiology. <\/p>\n


\nBut what stands out most about Caputo is his humility and gratitude to those around him. When talking about his 溏心vlog免费B站 career, Caputo focused not on his own myriad accomplishments, but on the people who have helped him accomplish them.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe people I\u2019ve run into here at 溏心vlog免费B站, whether teammates or professors, have shaped who I am today,\u201d said Caputo.<\/p>\n

Caputo cites Raphael Cerrato, the baseball team\u2019s head coach, as one such role model. Cerrato and Caputo joined the team in 2012, Cerrato as assistant coach and Caputo as a freshman. They\u2019ve grown together and become close over the years. \u201cHe\u2019s taught me a lot about the game,\u201d said Caputo, \u201cbut that\u2019s on the field. Off the field, he\u2019s been a good father figure to me and my teammates. He\u2019s taught us how to carry ourselves in good situations and bad.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nCaputo said the most influential person in his 溏心vlog免费B站 life was a teammate, Jeff Roy, who now plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates. \u201cMy freshman year, he showed me the ropes and how to carry myself on and off the field. He was my best friend on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nBack home in Greenlawn, N.Y., a friend\u2019s father who owned a physical therapy clinic sparked his interest in kinesiology after he treated Caputo for a twisted ankle in high school. \u201cI think it\u2019s a really interesting and fun profession that I could see myself doing in the future,\u201d Caputo said.<\/p>\n


\nCaputo\u2019s goal is to one day have his own physical therapy clinic, although he sees himself starting his career in an in-patient hospital setting, then moving to an out-patient clinic. Caputo will participate in commencement in May 2015, but will continue to take classes in the fall to prepare for physical therapy graduate school. <\/p>\n


\nCaputo set his career goal when he interned with Olympic Physical Therapy last summer, a clinic with multiple Rhode Island locations. When Caputo returned for school in the fall, his boss Bert Reid offered him a job. \u201cOlympic was a great place to learn because they allowed me to work directly with patients almost immediately.\u201d As a member of the staff, he now holds more responsibilities in the office and still enjoys working with patients.<\/p>\n


\nThe biggest challenge that Caputo faced over the course of his college career was balancing athletics with academics. \u201cYou have to make time to get your work done,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing a student-athlete and having to juggle various tasks on a daily basis definitely made me more organized. The academic advisors were a big help.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nCaputo recently gained a new perspective during a seminar he attended by Chris Herren, a former college and NBA star, and recovering alcoholic and drug addict.

\nHerren said something that stuck with Caputo: \u201cYou have to ask yourself is: If you were a little kid, would you look up to yourself?\u201d <\/p>\n


\nCaputo said he would. \u201cI looked up to leaders on my team who were successful and I tried to emulate them in every aspect of my life. Today, being a senior captain on the team and making my own impression on some of the freshmen feels very rewarding.\u201d Caputo laughed and said, \u201cIt\u2019s kind of surreal.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nPictured above:

\nTim Cuputo. Photo by Mike Salerno.

\nCaputo makes a play for the Rams. Photo by Steve Caputo.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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