Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2026:
Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2025:
SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024:
First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2026 (JUNIOR)
Named a Brooks Wallace Award semifinalist … Appeared and started in 43 games at shortstop … Posted a .278 batting average with seven doubles and three home runs … Posted a .414 on-base percentage and a .389 slugging percentage … Earned a .958 fielding percentage in 165 chances … Had 12 multi-hit games …  vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: Went 3-for-6 against New Mexico State (3/14) with a home run, two RBI, and two runs as part of a 6-for-13 series … Notched his second three-hit game of the season versus Delaware (3/20) … vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Logged three multi-hit performances in four games against UTSA (2/22), UT Arlington (2/24), and Air Force (2/27) … Hit a grand slam in DBU’s run-rule win over Louisiana (3/8).

2025 (SOPHOMORE - MISSISSIPPI STATE)
Played in 33 games, making 31 starts … Hit .282 with one home run, nine doubles, and 15 RBI … Was the Bulldogs’ Opening Day starter at shortstop against Manhattan (2/14) and drove in a run … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double in a win over Manhattan (2/16) … Doubled, scored two runs, and stole a base against Missouri State (2/21) … Delivered a pair of hits and knocked in a run to help the Bulldogs complete a three-game sweep of Missouri State (2/23) … Doubled a drove in a run against Rice (2/28) … Went 2-for-2 with a double in a win over No. 20 Southern Mississippi (3/5) … Picked up a pair of hits and two RBI versus Jackson State (3/18) … Went 2-for-3 with a double at No. 8 LSU (3/28) … Drove in a season-high three runs after going 2-for-5 with a double at No. 8 LSU (3/29) … Doubled in his third straight game at Memphis (4/1) … Smashed a solo home run against South Carolina (4/5) … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a series-clinching win over South Carolina (4/6) … Laced a double and drove in two runs versus Southern (4/15).
 
2024 (FRESHMAN - MISSISSIPPI STATE)
Played in 22 games, making 21 starts … Hit .258 with four doubles, 13 RBI, and stole four bases … Became the first freshman to start at shortstop for the Bulldogs on Opening Day since 2016 and drew three walks against Air Force (4/16) … Picked up his first career hit versus Austin Peay (2/20) … Ripped a two-run single in a win over Georgia Southern (2/24) … Went 2-for-4 with a double against Jackson State (2/27) … Doubled and drove in a pair of runs versus Mount St. Mary’s (3/2) … Collected a season-high four hits, going 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI to complete a three-game sweep of Evansville (3/10).
 
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Spent the summer of 2025 with the Keene SwampBats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Cedartown High School ... Played for head coach Gevin Johnson … Was a three-time All-State selection during his prep career … Named the state of Georgia’s Player of the Year as a sophomore and a senior … Hit .550 his senior year … Led Cedartown to the state semifinals his junior year and a trip to the quarterfinals as a sophomore … Rated the No. 21 shortstop nationally and the No. 66 overall prospect in the country by Perfect Game … Played for the Team USA 18U National Team in 2022 ... His summer league team, the East Cobb Astros, was the top-rated team in the country for two years … Graduate in the top 10 of his senior class.

PERSONAL
Born on September 2, 2004 … Parents are Wayne and Davina Cupp … Majoring in Psychology … Favorite Bible verse is Galatians 2:20.