Caden Shapiro

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Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Toronto, Ont.
High School:
Upper Canada College

Awards:
Second Team All-Ivy (2023)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)
Academic All-Ivy (2024, 2025)

2025: Served as a captain for the 2025 season…Started in all 43 games…Contributed six home runs and 24 RBI…Went 2-for-4 in game one against No. 12 Wake Forest (Feb. 28)...Recorded two RBI in Princeton’s victory over No. 12 Wake Forest in the second matchup (Mar. 2)...Had three runs and three walks at VCU (Mar. 8)...Had a multi-hit game against Liberty and scored a run (Mar. 15)...Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI against Dartmouth (Mar. 22)...Had the game winning home run and all three RBI in the victory over Columbia (Mar. 29)...Recorded a triple against Seton Hall (Apr. 2)...Recorded two hits against Penn (Apr. 4)...Knocked two homers and tallied four RBI at Rider (Apr. 16)...Went 3-for-5 with a double and a home run against Cornell (May 3)...Had a home run in series finale against Cornell (May 4)

2024: Started all 44 games … Contributed six home runs and 29 RBI … Went 5-for-5 with a home run at North Carolina (Mar. 2) … Scored twice along with three hits and three RBI at Navy (Mar. 10) … Whacked four hits at Richmond (Mar. 11) … Added three hits at Old Dominion (Mar. 12) … Brought in five with three hits at VCU (Mar. 17) … Snagged three RBI vs. Cornell (Mar. 22) … Consecutive games with multi-hit outings vs. Harvard and Rider (Apr. 14-17) … Had three straight games with at least two hits and two runs vs. Wagner and Dartmouth (Apr. 24-27) … Back-to-back games with two hits at Columbia (May 3-4) … Finished season with consecutive home runs in the Ivy League Tournament (May 18-19), adding five RBI at Columbia.

2023: Played in 45 games with 42 starts … Saw improvements in hits (42), runs (32), doubles (seven), home runs (two), RBI (16), walks (25), average (.286), slugging percentage (.374), and on-base percentage (.401) … Recorded two hits and two RBI at Duke (Mar. 5) … Had three RBI at Richmond (Mar. 13) … Posted four straight games with at least two hits (Mar. 18-26) … Contributed three RBI at USC Upstate (Mar. 19) … Scored two runs in three consecutive contests (Apr. 12-16) … Corralled three hits vs Columbia (Apr. 16) … Scored twice and had two hits at Yale (Apr. 28) … Picked up three hits vs. Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament (May 21).

2022: Saw action in 26 games, making 18 starts … Contributed three RBI and nine runs … Had three runs and two runs at Towson (Mar. 19) … Put up four hits and scored twice vs. Cornell (Apr. 9) … Did not give up an earned run in six appearances out of the bullpen.

Before Princeton:
Toronto Mets (Travel Team): Ranked 13th overall in Ontario by Perfect Game … Named PG Preseason All-American in 2021 and Underclassmen Preseason All-American in 2020 for Canada/Puerto Rico regions … Team won the Premier Baseball League title in 2019 … Represented Ontario at the 2019 PBR Futures Games … Earned All-Tournament Team selections at the 2019 WWBA 2021 Grads or 16U National and World Championships … Also lettered in basketball … Was the Editor-In-Chief of Blue and White, school's publication … Earned the 2021 Michael Evan Jurist Award, 2020 English Language and Literature and Math Applications and Interpretations prizes.

Personal: Son of Lissa Bockrath and Mark Shapiro '89 … Has a sister, Sierra … Father, Mark, played football for Princeton … Father is the president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays … Uncle, Herb, played lacrosse at Brown.