During his Boston tenure, Joppie has been credited for the development of players such as Josh Reddick (2008–2009), Ryan Kalish (2009–2010), Daniel Nava (2009), Ryan Lavarnway (2010–2011), Anthony Rizzo (2010) and Will Middlebrooks (2011).
He attended Yale University, where in 2007 he won the NCAA batting title by hitting .467, and led the NCAA with an .873 slugging percentage.
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Lavarnway attended Yale University, where he was a philosophy major and played baseball for the Yale Bulldogs in the Ivy League.
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The next day, August 19, he collected his first career hit, a single off then-Kansas City Royals' pitcher Jeff Francis.
Several professional athletes have suffered from this injury such as multiple World Champion cyclist Tony Martin, baseball player Ryan Lavarnway, ice hockey player Patrick Kane, basketball player Kendall Marshall, basketball player Jared Jeffries and Louisville Cardinals Center Gorgui Dieng
Major leaguers pitcher Craig Breslow (Oakland A's and Boston Red Sox) and catcher Ryan Lavarnway (Boston Red Sox), among others, played baseball for the Bulldogs.
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