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2021 EKU Baseball Roster

25 Caleb Upshaw

  • Position Outfield
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 210
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Newnan, Ga.
  • High School Northgate HS
  • Previous Western Oklahoma State College

Biography

AS A JUNIOR IN 2021 (AT EKU)
First team Midwest All-Region by American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) … first team All-Ohio Valley Conference … started all 53 games … made 29 starts at designated hitter, 15 in right field and nine in left field … batted a team-best .325 with 12 doubles, 11 home runs, 48 RBIs and 36 runs … slugged .560 and had a .401 on-base percentage … drew 22 walks … ranked sixth in the OVC in total bases (112), sixth in RBIs, tied for 10th in home runs, 10th in slugging and tied for 10th in hits … put together a streak of reaching base in 23 straight games late in the season, the longest by a Colonel in 2021 … led the team with 19 multi-hit games, including six with three hits or more, and 13 multi-RBI games … started the season going 2-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBIs at No. 15 Georgia Tech (Feb. 19) … hit a home run and went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs at East Tennessee (March 6) … finished 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs and five RBIs at Morehead State (March 13) … drove in three and finished 2-for-5 with a home run and a run at Southern Illinois Edwardsville (March 26) … had a 3-for-4 day with two runs and an RBI at Southern Illinois Edwardsville (March 27) … was 3-for-5 with four RBIs at Eastern Illinois (April 10) … went 4-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs at Murray State (April 23) … drove in four while going 3-for-5 against Tennessee Tech (April 30).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2020 (AT EKU)
Played in and started eight games … hit .400 with nine runs and nine RBIs … had a .600 slugging percentage … hit a home run in his first at bat of the season and finished 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI at Presbyterian (Feb. 14) … was 1-for-4 with an RBI at No. 11 LSU (Feb. 22) … went 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs against Norfolk State (March 6) … finished 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs at Northern Kentucky (March 11).

AT WESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE
Earned third team All-America recognition as a sophomore in 2019 … batted .424 and was also chosen all-region after his sophomore season … picked up all-region honors after hitting .443 his freshman season.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Chosen as the team’s most improved player as a senior in 2017 at Northgate High School … helped the team win a region championship his junior season.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Caleb Arjon Upshaw … son of Cedric and Waikiki Upshaw … has one brother – Armond, and one sister – Khalia … plans to study business administration.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2020Junior

    Outfield
    6'2" 210 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2021Junior

    Outfield
    6'2" 210 lbs
    25