Jack Lupo - Baseball - Vanderbilt University Athletics

#51 Jack Lupo Season 2010-11

OF/C

Class Sophomore
Height 6'2"
Weight 190 LBS
B/T R/R
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
High School Cathedral

Honors
• 2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll

Career Game Highs
Hits:*4, last 4/13 vs. Missouri
Runs:*3, last 2/23 vs. Monmouth
RBI: 3, 4/3/12 vs. UT-Martin
Walks:2, 2/16 vs. Long Beach St.
HRs:
Strikeouts:*3, 4/6 at Ole Miss
Stolen Bases:4, 2/23 vs. Monmouth

Coach Corbin Quote: Jack has a tremendous presence on our team. ‘I will do anything,’ type kid. Has the athletic ability and arm strength to play all three-outfield positions and can also go behind the plate. He has refined his offensive game a great deal. He is a consistent kid in every way possible. He will impact our team in many positive ways.

2013 –Went 0-for-2 in Super Regional loss to Louisville 6/9… Went 0-for-4 in Super Regional loss to Louisville 6/8… Doubled and laid down two sacrifice bunts to run his total to a team-best 20 for the season in win over Georgia Tech 6/3 in NCAA Tournament… Went 0-for-3 in loss to Georgia Tech 6/2 in NCAA Tournament… Doubled and singled in NCAA Tournament win vs. Illinois 6/1… Snapped a 12-game hitting streak going 0-for-3 with one RBI in NCAA Tournament win vs. ETSU 5/31… Left the game with a groin injury against Belmont 5/14… Extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a two-out RBI-single in his last at-bat at Kentucky 5/12… Doubled to push hit hitting streak to 11 games in double dip sweep at Kentucky 5/11… Singled and scored in win at Kentucky 5/11… Stole his 15th base and extended his hitting streak to nine games with two singles against Presbyterian 5/8… Drove in two runs with a single in win over South Carolina 5/4… Singled in win at South Carolina 5/3… Knocked in a run with a single in win over Mississippi State 4/28… Singled and dropped down his team-best 17th sac fly of the season in win over Mississippi State 4/27… Doubled for the fifth time in his last six games in win over Mississippi State 4/26… Doubled twice and added a single in win at Louisville 4/23 for his second three-hit game of the season… Singled and scored a run in the ninth inning of win at Georgia 4/21… Doubled and knocked in a run while going 2-for-4 in a win in at Georgia 4/20 in second game of a doubleheader… Went 0-for-3 in loss to Georgia 4/20… Doubled and went 2-for-4 in loss to Tennessee Tech 4/16… Drove in a run and went 1-for-3 in win vs. Missouri 4/14… Came off the bench to pick up a career-best four hits and driving in two runs in victory over Missouri 4/13… Singled in win over Missouri 4/12… Went 0-for-1 with a strikeout off the bench against UT-Martin 4/9… Struck out in his only at-bat in win over Ole Miss 4/7… Matched a career-high with three strikeouts at Ole Miss 4/6… Singled twice in win at Ole Miss 4/5… Knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly in win over Tennessee 3/30… Went 0-for-3 with a walk in win vs. Tennessee 3/29… Stole his 12th base of the season and went 1-for-3 against Lipscomb 3/26… Went 0-for-3 in win over Florida 3/24… Matched his season-best with three hits, including a double, in win over Florida 3/23… Singled in loss to Florida 3/22… Walked and scored going 0-for-4 in win at Auburn… Drove in two runs with a single in the 9th inning of win at Auburn 3/16 going 2-for-4… Singled and scored in win at Auburn 3/15… Walked and went 0-for-3 in win over Buffalo 3/13… Singled in five at-bats at Oregon 3/10… Dropped down two more sacrifice bunts against Oregon 3/9 to push total to five in last three games… Knocked a season-best two runs going 1-for-3 in win at Oregon 3/8… Singled and scored while driv- ing in a run in win over Eastern Illinois 3/5… Drove in a run in win over Illinois-Chicago 3/3… Singled and scored in win over UIC 3/2… Walked and scored a run in win over UIC 3/1… Singled and scored with one RBI in win over Evansville 2/27… Went 0-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored in win over Arkansas State 2/26… Capped off a fantastic week going 1-for-3 with two steals and two runs scored against Monmouth 2/24 to finish the week hitting .500 with six steals… Stole a career-high four bases going 3-for-4 with three runs scored against Monmouth 2/23… Singled twice and knocked in a run in win over Monmouth 2/22… Drove in a run and went 1-for-3 in win over Central Arkansas 2/20… Singled and scored in loss to Long Beach State 2/17… Walked twice and knocked in two runs in win over LBSU 2/16… Earned the Opening Day nod in left field going 1-for-4 against LBSU 2/15.

2012 – Finished season in 2-for-36 slump after 0-for-4 outing against NC State 6/4 at Raleigh Regional… Went 0-for-2 in loss to NC State 6/3… Doubled and scored in win over NC State 6/2… Knocked in a run in NCAA Tournament win over UNC-Wilmington 6/1… Went 0-for-2 in loss to Mississippi State 5/27 in SEC Tournament Championship… Struck out once in win over Florida 5/26… Doubled in win over Florida 5/24… Pushed slump to 0-for-16 with 0-for-4 outing against South Carolina 5/23… Slump continued with 0-for-3 against Georgia 5/22 in SEC Tournament opener… Fell into 0-for-9 slump with 0-for-4 outing in win over Ole Miss 5/19… Went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts but made amazing run-saving catch against left field wall in win over Ole Miss 5/18… Threw out the potential tying run in the sixth inning at home plate for an inning-ending double play in win over Ole Miss 5/17… Singled three times for a season-high and became the first Commodore since Jason Esposito in 2010 to steal three bases in win at LSU 5/13… Knocked in a run in win at LSU 5/12… Struck out twice in loss at LSU 5/11… Went 0-for-3 in win over Louisville 5/8… Scored one run but went 0-for-3 at Tennessee 5/6… Doubled in two runs in win over Tennessee 5/5… Singled in a run in loss at Tennessee 5/4… Went 0-for-2 in win over Kentucky 4/28… Struck out twice going 1-for-4 in loss to Kentucky 4/27… Walked and stole a base at MTSU 4/25… Scored a run going 0-for-3 at Alabama 4/22… Went 0-for-2 at Alabama 4/21… Went 0-for-4 in loss at Alabama 4/20… Doubled for the second straight game in win over MTSU 4/17… Went 2-for-3 with his first double of the season against Auburn 4/15… Picked up two RBI-singles in win over Auburn 4/13 to extend his hitting streak to seven games… Drove in a career-high three runs with two hits and two runs scored in win over UT-Martin 4/3… Started at DH for second straight game going 1-for-2 with a runs scored in loss to South Carolina 4/1… Drove in a career-best two runs and two hits in win over South Carolina 3/31… Started in center field for the second straight day going 1-for-4 in win over Georgia 3/25… Stole a career-best two bases going 1-for-4 as the starting center fielder in win over Georgia 3/24… Started in left field going 1-for-2 against Georgia 3/23… Singled and scored after entering game as defensive replacement at Florida 3/17… Started in center field and went 0-for-2 against San Diego 3/9… Entered the game as a pinch runner in loss at Belmont 3/6… Started at DH going 0-for-3 in loss to Louisiana Tech 2/29… Singled to center as a pinch hitter against Oregon 2/25… Made his first start of the year, driving in a run in his first at-bat 2/19 at Stanford… Entered as a pinch runner and scored in loss at Stanford 2/17.

2011 – Flew out as a pinch hitter in win over Oregon State in Super Regional 6/10… Struck out as a pinch hitter against Florida 5/15… Went 0-for-3 with a stolen base in win over Tennessee 4/29… Earned his second straight start in center field and went 4-for-4 against LSU 4/24 to set a career-high for hits and runs scored (3)… Started in center field for the first time and went 0-for-4 against LSU 4/23… Entered as a defensive replacement and struck out in his lone at-bat against LSU 4/22… Struck out as a pinch hitter against Middle Tennessee State 4/5… Went 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter at Auburn 4/2… Knocked in his first run as a Commodore with sac bunt at Auburn 4/1… Entered the game as a defensive replacement and went 0-for-1 against UT-Martin 3/29… Collected his first hit as a Commodore with a double at Arkansas 3/25… Started for the first time in his Vanderbilt career going 0-for-2 against Tennessee Tech 3/22… Scored a run after reaching on an error against Mississippi State 3/20… Flied out as a pinch hitter against Mississippi State 3/18… Fouled out as a pinch hitter in his only at-bat against Purdue 3/15… Grounded out as a pinch hitter against UIC 3/12… Went 0-for-1 with a sacrifice bunt against Wofford 3/8… Made his VU debut as a pinch runner scoring the tying run in 6-5 win over WKU 3/1.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY – As a freshman at Air Force in 2009 he played in 49 games, starting 46… Hit .272 and led all Falcon freshmen in hits (49), homers (6), RBIs (29), doubles (6), triples (3) and stolen bases (13)… Second on team in stolen bases and 10th in the Mountain West Conference… Started 23 games at catcher, 18 in left field and five in right… Threw out eight base runners, ranking eighth in the MWC… Made debut in season-opener vs. Navy… Hit first-career homer vs. Pittsburgh… Homered twice in a game vs. UNLV and had a career-high four RBIs… Had three hits in a game four times…Second on team with nine multi-RBI games… SUMMER BALL – Played in 30 games for the Nashville Outlaws of the Prospect League in the summer of 2010 hitting .168 with nine RBI.

HIGH SCHOOL – Won Indiana state championships in baseball and football his junior year… He was an All-State football player as a senior and All-City in football and baseball… Tabbed the Indianapolis Player of the Year… Lettered three years in football and baseball at Cathedral High School… Captained the baseball team as a junior and senior… Was a member of National Honor Society and the Student Council… Has three prep teammates that play Division I sports Justin Cureton (Indiana), Patrick Paligraf (Xavier) and Tyler Koors (Xavier).

ACADEMICS – Lupo is majoring in Society and Business and was a member of the All-SEC Academic team in 2011.

PERSONAL – John Jeffrey Lupo (LOO-po)… Born 12/14/89… Son of Marcia and Greg Lupo… Has three siblings Jamie, Chugger and Max… Favorites include Derrek Lee and Peyton Manning (athletes), Shawshank Redemption (movie), Deadliest Catch (TV show) and Homemade Spaghetti (meal)… If he could star in a music video with anyone it would be Miley Cyrus… His most memorable athletic moment is going to the College World Series… Chose Vanderbilt because it was a perfect fit for him academically, athletically and socially.

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