2014 Baseball Roster
Paul Tupper
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Milford, Conn.
- High School:
- Hopkins School
At Princeton
2017: Finished the season with three home runs and a .463 slugging percentage in 67 at-bats … Hit a pinch-hit home run of the season at Dartmouth (Apr. 8) … Posted two hits along with three RBi at Penn (Apr. 16) … Scored a run in two consecutive games at Penn (Apr. 16) and vs. Rider (Apr. 19) … Helped Princeton take down No. 22 St. John’s with three hits … Banner day with two home runs and six RBI vs. Cornell in final home game (Apr. 28) … Stole a base and added two hits at Cornell (Apr. 30).
2016: Played in 33 games, making 30 starts … RBI hit at No. 4 Louisville (Mar. 4) … Stole a base and scored a run vs. NYIT (Mar. 13) … Hit the game-tying home run in the ninth inning at Georgetown (Mar. 18) … Touched home twice at Georgetown (Mar. 18) … Ripped two extra-base hits and scored twice vs. Harvard (Apr. 3) … Laced two doubles, had three RBI at Brown (Apr. 10) … Walked three times and came around to score at Columbia (Apr. 24) … Registered two hits vs. Yale in game two of the Ivy League Championship Series (May 15).
2015: Started 36 games this season … Two hits and a run scored at No. 2 LSU (Feb. 28) … Hit a grand slam at UNC-Greensboro (Mar. 7) … Multi-hit contest at UNC-Greensboro (Mar. 8) … Three hits in doubleheader vs. Yale (Mar. 30) …Had two RBI and three hits at Harvard (Apr. 4) … Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak (Apr. 19-26).
2014: Started 38 of 39 appearances as a freshman... hit .275 with three doubles, two home runs, a triple and 18 runs scored... drove in a team-high 20 runs... hit safely in eight of his first nine games... made collegiate debut against UC-Santa Barbara (Feb. 28), going 2-for-2... hit first career home run against Michigan (Mar. 8)... was 8-for-14 (.571) with a double, four RBI and three runs scored during a three-game set against UNC Greensboro (Mar. 15-16)... went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored against Columbia (Apr. 13)... was 2-for-3 with a double at Rider (Apr. 23)... went 3-for-3 with an RBI and run scored in the second game of a twinbill against Cornell (Apr. 27).
Before Princeton
Hopkins School: A 2013 graduate of the Hopkins School… a three-year letterwinner and starter… team captain as a senior… two-time All-Fairchester League selection… named to New Haven Register All-Area team as a senior… tabbed New Haven Register Star of the Day and Slugger of the Week… Walter Camp Athletic Award winner… also played basketball and was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter... played club ball for Baseball U in New England for three years.
Personal: Full name is Paul Joseph Tupper, born Nov. 16, 1994… the only child of Jean and Paul Tupper… relatives Bill Bergeron played baseball at Duke and for the New York Yankees Double-A affiliate, John Dunster played football at Fordham and Tessa Dunster played soccer at Post… plans on majoring in economics… an accomplished pianist… National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar, National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist and Delaney Kiphuth History Prize recipient.
