Alex Krupa

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Weight:
182
Height:
5-8
Position:
OF
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Greenwood, Ind.
High School:
Greenwood

2016 – JUNIOR
Led the Hoosiers in stolen bases (14), which was tied for 14th in the Big Ten…Nine of those steals came in Conference games only, which ranked tied for second…Appeared in 50 games making 40 starts...Hit .281 on the year with three doubles, a triple and 10 RBI...Starting at the end of February, went through a stretch of 11 of 12 games in which he recorded a hit…Kicked that stretch off with a 2-for-4 effort in the series finale at Cal State Fullerton (2/28)…Went 3-for-5 against Illinois State (3/4), driving in a run and stealing a base…Tallied another three-hit effort in the first game of a doubleheader against Toledo (3/20)…Came off the bench and hit a clutch two-run double in the series clinching win at Michigan State (4/24)…Went 3-for-3 with two stolen bases in the back end of a double header against Northwestern (4/29)…Continued a stretch of three-straight games with multiple hits by going 2-for-4 the following day against the Wildcats (5/1) and 3-for-5 with two runs scored and a swipe at Minnesota (5/6)….In the series finale against the Golden Gophers (5/8), went 3-for-4 with a steal and a run scored…Continued his hot hitting with 2-for-4 efforts in back-to-back games against Kentucky (5/10) and Illinois (5/13).

2014 AND 2015 – FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE (IOWA WESTERN CC)
Team won Junior College World Series Championship in 2014…MVP of the JUCO World Series…hit .428 and registered an OBP of .492, during sophomore season…led JUCO baseball with 10 triples in 2015…drafted in the 35th round by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2015 MLB Draft.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Greenwood Community High School, where he was ranked the 11th best player out of the state of Indiana by Perfect Game and the 114th-best outfielder nationally…drafted in the 15th round of the 2013 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds.

PERSONAL
Son of Jim Krupa and Vicki Anderson…has two brothers, Andrew and Jordan, and two sisters, Krys and Ava…born on Dec. 17, 1994…plans on studying Liberal Studies at IU.