Rich Giallella, Rider University
Baseball, Men’s Soccer – Class of 1970
Rich Giallella was a two-sport athlete in baseball and soccer at Rider from 1967-70. He played centerfield in baseball and was a forward on the men’s soccer team. In 1967, he was a sophomore leadoff hitter on the baseball team that won a school-record 31 games—11 more than the existing record—to advance to the NCAA Division I College World Series. The Broncs finished fifth at Nationals that season. As a junior on the men’s soccer team, Giallella scored a school-record 16 goals. Giallella was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the ninth round of the 1969 draft. While playing in the Phillis’ organization he was named the Carolina League Most Valuable Player in 1970 and went as far as the AAA level. He went on to become a New Jersey State Champion baseball coach at Steinert High School. Giallella was inducted to the Rider University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992.
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