Ari Sechopoulos

Aristotelis David Sechopoulos

• Bats' Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 4", Weight 218 lb.
• School College of Charleston
• High School Vincent Massey Secondary School

• Born May 2, 1998 in Montevideo Uruguay

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Biographical Information

Ari Sechopoulos has played in the independent leagues and San Marino and for the Greek national team.

He was born in Uruguay to a Greek father and Canadian mother; the family moved to Canada when he was a toddler. He came to the US for college ball, hitting .259/.327/.439 as a freshman and .273/.370/.591 as a sophomore, fielding .991 at first. With his Greek roots, he was able to play for Greece in the 2018 C-Level European Championship. He was absolutely dominant in the round-robin phase, going 7 for 13 with 2 doubles, a triple, 2 homers, 2 walks, 7 runs and 15 RBI in 4 games while handling 24 chances error-free. He was among the leaders in average (7th), slugging (1st, 190 ahead of Brian McAuliffe), runs (tied for 4th), hits (6th), RBI (1st, 4 ahead of McAuliffe), homers (1st) and total bases (2nd, 2 behind McAuliffe). In the finale, though, he was 0 for 2 with a walk and a run as Greece lost to Ireland.

His junior year, he slumped to .202/.312/.327. He batted .316/.458/.579 with six runs, five RBI and five walks in five games in the 2019 B-Level European Championship, handling 38 chances error-free. He homered off Rody Castelló. Only Nikita Monakhov had more error-free chances in the event. He was hitting .360/.475/.680 with 20 RBI after 14 games in the 2020 college season before it was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned for a fifth year and hit .285/.351/.468 with 40 RBI in 50 games as a graduate student. He finished 14th in school history with 25 career home runs. He had a brief stint with the Utica Unicorns (2 for 19, 2B, HR, 3 BB) but spent most of the summer with ASD San Marino, hitting .275/.393/.549 while playing error-free ball. He was 3 for 16 with 3 walks, a homer, 4 runs and 3 RBI when they won the 2021 Italian Series.

Sechopoulos suited up for Greece twice that year as well. In the 2021 European Championship Qualifier, he was 3 for 12 with a homer, six walks and six runs as Greece won a spot in the 2021 European Championship. Only Tom Roulis had more runs in Greece's qualifier and no one had more walks. At the 2021 Euros, he moved to right field as Nick Halamandaris took over 1B. He scored three runs in a slugfest with Austria. In the 13th/14th place game, he was 2 for 3 with two walks against Ukraine's Kostiantyn Chukhas but Greece lost, 5-4. For the Euros, he hit .385/.448/.500 and led Greece in hits. He tied for 8th in the event in doubles (3).