Bio
INF/OF Brennen Dorighi spent four seasons at Wofford College but would play his final collegiate season at the University of Iowa. He would play all 60 games for the Hawkeyes in 2023, earning Second-Team All-Big Ten honors along with being named the team captain for Iowa. Dorighi finished second on the team at the plate, hitting .348 and leading the Hawkeyes in homers (15) and RBI (67). He would slash a line of .348/.469/.564 in his only season at Iowa City.
Dorighi had a pair of two homerun games during the season on May 2 against Illinois State and on May 13 on against Michigan State. He would have a season-high six-RBI game on May 5 against Ohio State, going 3-for-4 and another two-homer game with five RBI in the Hawkeyes win against then ranked #1 LSU on February 25. The versatile roster addition had an 11-game hitting streak and went 7-for-15 with six RBI in the NCAA Regional of Iowa. Dorighi went 4-for-5 with a homerun as the Hawkeyes faced elimination against North Carolina on June 4.
Following his season at the University of Iowa, Dorighi would play 33 games with State College and 13 games with Fredrick, both of the Major League Baseball Draft League. He would hit three homeruns and drive in 28 while hitting .294 for State College and drove in eight more runs while hitting .333 for Fredrick. Dorighi spent four years at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He would play in 14 games over his first two seasons in 2019 and 2020, hitting a homerun and driving in six runs, but he would become a leading contributor for the Terriers in his third season in 2021. In 48 games, Dorighi belted three home runs and drove in 26 runs in his junior season. He would make 26 starts as the team’s designated hitter and four more at first base. Dorighi hit .297, good for fourth on the team and his 33 hits was good for fifth on the squad.
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In 2022 Dorighi was named First-team All-Southern Conference and SoCon All-Tournament team after the season. He played in 56 games, making 51 starts with 41 at designated hitter and another 10 in left field. He showed power by hitting nine homeruns, good for second on the club, and his 53 RBI also placed him second on the team. He would slash a line of .339/.399/.552 in his final season with the Terriers. Dorighi would be named SoCon Player-of-the-week twice during the season for Wofford. On February 19, he reached base four times with a pair of hits, including a long ball against George Mason. He added a three-RBI game on March 13 against Lafayette and a solid pair of games on March 25 and 26 where he had five hits and a pair of RBI in two games. In Wofford’s series at Dallas Baptist, he would blast a pair of homeruns and six RBI in the four-game series. He would finish his career at Wofford getting three hits and an RBI in the SoCon Tournament against Samford.
Dorighi has played summer ball following each of his college seasons except for 2020 due to the pandemic. He played in 2019 at Elmira in the Perfect Game Collegiate League, 2021 with Bristol in the New England Collegiate League and 2022 with Traverse City in the Northwoods League. Dorighi was a three-year letterman at Cherry Creek High School in Cherry Creek, Colorado. In high school his team won three Centennial League Championships and reached the state semifinals and championship twice. Dorighi hit .375 with a .480 OBP as a senior and was named to the Coors Field All-Star State Senior Team. He was named first team Academic All-State Team three times. He received a degree in finance and accounting while at Wofford.