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Honors & Awards
2010
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll
2009
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Big 12 Commissioner's Fall & Spring Honor Roll
Nebraska Hero Service & Leadership Award
2008
Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2006
Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
Career Capsule
Alex Hupp filled a variety of roles in her four seasons at Nebraska. She appeared in 142 games, earning 83 starts, and saw time at the plate, on the basepaths, in the outfield and in the circle. Offensively, Hupp posted a .155 career average with nine doubles, five homers and 29 RBIs. In the circle, Hupp ownwed a 16-8 career record with a 3.09 ERA in 197.1 innings. She also tossed one no-hitter and finished with 176 strikeouts. She went 5-0 over her final two seasons.
Senior Season [2010]
Hupp batted .200 and set several career highs while appearing 39 games and starting 24 contests in 2010. Her 14 hits, 11 runs scored, 10 RBIs, two stolen bases and five hit-by-pitches were all career bests, while her two homers tied her career high. She was also perfect defensively in 12 chances. In the circle, Hupp was 3-0 with a 4.48 ERA in 29.2 innings.
Junior Season [2009]
Hupp saw action at the plate and in the circle in her junior season. Hupp’s offensive numbers were the best of her career despite earning only 32 at bats, the fewest of her career. She made the most of those at bats, finishing with a career-best .219 average, while totaling three doubles, one home run and eight RBIs. Each of those totals were one shy of her career highs set during her freshman season, when she earned more than three times as many at bats (104). Hupp also finished with a .406 slugging percentage that was .185 higher than her previous career high and a .316 on-base percentage that was .085 higher than her previous career best. Hupp appeared in 33 games, including seven starts.
In the circle, Hupp also posted career-best numbers. After throwing 133.0 innings and emerging as the Huskers’ No. 2 pitcher in 2008, Hupp saw less action in 2009 with the return of a healthy Molly Hill and the addition of freshman Ashley Hagemann. Hupp posted a 2-0 record on the year and one shutout in two starts. She boasted a 1.65 ERA in 17.0 innings, as opponents hit just .172 against her and struck out 11 times. Hupp added her second career save while allowing only two extra-base hits all year.
Sophomore Season [2008]
Hupp emerged as the Huskers’ No. 2 pitcher and allowed two or fewer earned runs in seven of her final nine starts. She started 0-3 to suffer the first three losses of her career, before winning six straight, including three shutouts. Hupp earned her first career save against Idaho State and tossed a complete-game six-hitter in her first start against a ranked team, allowing one run against a then-No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette squad that went on to make the Women’s College World Series.
Hupp was dominant in her first two home outings, both against Northern Colorado. She tossed two shutouts against the Bears, while allowing just one hit in 11.0 innings and striking out 19. Hupp tossed a no-hitter with only one walk in the first game while striking out a career-high 12. She then threw a four-hit shutout against BYU the next weekend while running her career-best scoreless innings streak to 21.0. After a tough stretch, Hupp broke a four-game losing streak by not allowing an earned run in a win against Northern Iowa. She then picked up her first career Big 12 victory and shutout with a three-hitter against defending Big 12 Champion Baylor that proved to be her final win of the year. She allowed at least one earned run in six of her final nine outings, but she twice held national runner-up Texas A&M scoreless in relief appearances. During the regular season, Hupp threw five scoreless innings of three-hit relief against the Aggies and in the Big 12 Championship game, Hupp tossed a perfect inning of relief.
Offensively, Hupp received at least one at bat in 17 games, including 15 starts in the lineup. She went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in her no-hitter against UNC and finished the year with one multi-hit game and one multi-RBI contest.
Freshman Season [2007]
Hupp started 37 games as a freshman and appeared in a total of 51 contests, seeing time in the field and in the circle. She earned 18 starts as the designated player and 19 in left field. Her best offensive performance came off the bench when she went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and three RBIs at No. 4 Oklahoma. On the year, Hupp was NU’s top pinch-hitter, going 3-for-11 with three RBIs. She laced a two-run, pinch-hit double that gave Nebraska the lead at Hawaii in the second game of her career and went 2-for-3 against Western Illinois one month later to mark her first career multi-hit game. Hupp also scored the first two runs of her career while adding her first career home run against WIU. Hupp finished the season with two multi-hit games and three-multi RBI contests, including two multi-RBI efforts against Big 12 foes.
In her first career start in the circle, Hupp tossed a one-hit shutout against Portland State, becoming the first Husker to throw a shutout in her first start since All-American Peaches James in 2001. Hupp picked up her second win by tossing 4.1 innings and allowing only one earned run against Seton Hall. She closed her pitching season by allowing one earned run in 3.1 innings against Delaware State and Western Illinois in early March.
Before Nebraska
Hupp earned first-team high school All-America honors from the NFCA and EA Sports in 2006 following the completion of her standout career at Olathe East High School. She also earned recognition as the 2005-06 Gatorade Softball Player of the Year for the state of Kansas after leading East to back-to-back-to-back state championships in Class 6A, Kansas’ largest classification. Hupp was also a third-team NFCA All-American in 2004.
Hupp compiled a career record of 69-1 and holds the top three spots on the school chart for wins in a season. She also holds the top three spots in season strikeouts as she finished her career with a whopping 672 punch-outs, an average of 168 strikeouts per season. Hupp went 19-0 with 13 shutouts and a 0.10 ERA as a senior, striking out 227 batters while walking only seven. Offensively, Hupp hit .531 as a junior with school-record totals of 11 doubles, six home runs and a .988 slugging percentage.
Personal
Alexandria Lauren Hupp is the daughter of Dave and Karen Hupp and was born on Feb. 11, 1988, in Shawnee, Kan. Alex has one sister, Michaela (20). Alex and fellow Husker Ashley Guile were three-year teammates at East. Alex is a psychology major at Nebraska.
Batting
Year
Avg.
GP-GS
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
OB%
SLG%
SB-ATT
FLD%
2007.125
50-36
104
7
13
4
0
2
9
6
38
.198
.221
1-2
1.000
2008
.091
17-15
33
7
3
0
0
0
2
4
11
.231
.091
1-1
.966
2009
.219
33-7
32
7
7
3
0
1
8
4
9
.316
.406
1-1
1.000
2010
.200
39-24
70
11
14
2
1
2
10
4
12
.291
.343
2-3
1.000
Total.155
142-83
239
32
37
9
1
5
29
18
70
.246
.264
5-7
.985
Pitching
Year
ERA
W-L
APP
GS
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
OPP. AVG.
FLD%
20071.98
2-0
5
4
1
1
0
17.2
17
8
5
7
12
.198
1.000
2008
3.11
9-8
30
19
11
4
1
133.0
133
70
59
58
126
.260
.966
2009
1.65
2-0
8
2
1
1
1
17.0
10
4
4
11
11
.172
1.000
2010
4.48
3-0
15
2
0
0
1
29.2
29
23
19
29
27
.252
1.000
Total3.09
16-8
58
27
13
6
3
197.1
189
105
87
105
176
.252
.985