Career: Appeared in 119 career games and made 79 starts ... Had a .244 career average with 77 hits in 316 at-bats, 39 runs scored and 32 RBIs … Combined with his older brother, Tyler, made it nine straight seasons with a member of the Zupcic family in App State’s baseball program.
2018: Appeared in 10 games and made two starts (at designated hitter) in a senior year that, for all intents and purposes, ended after a month because of an arm injury … After sitting out two straight months, made a ninth-inning, pinch-hit appearance against Coastal Carolina on Senior Day and grounded out … Totaled 14 at-bats and collected a hit against Marshall.
2017: Batted .277 (third on the team) while starting in 47 of his 48 appearances … The starting center fielder in 41 games, also started in right field (three games) and at designated hitter (three games) … Had 46 hits, 25 runs scored, 23 RBIs, five doubles and two homers … Ranked second on the team with 13 games in the No. 4 spot in the batting order … Was sidelined by injury for six straight games from April 28-May 6. Returned to face Troy on May 7 and went 1-for-3 to push his season batting average to .300 with seven games remaining … Against Davidson on April 11, went 3-for-5 with four RBIs (a third-inning grand slam) and two runs scored … Had a season-high four hits against Radford on March 21 and two three-hit games in a home series against Georgia State in late April.
2016: Appeared in 29 games, starting three of them … finished with six hits, four runs and one RBI, while drawing seven walks on the season … had the walkoff RBI against Little Rock (April 2), by driving home a pinch-running Jason Curtis from third with a full-count screamer up the middle.
2015: Emerged as Appalachian State’s regular right fielder … saw action in 32 games, including 25 starts in RF … drew 17 walks — good for fourth on the squad — in just 125 plate appearances … despite having multiple at-bats in just 29 games, finished tied for sixth on the club with seven multi-hit performances … started slow with just one hit through first eight games of the season but collected 23 hits over his final 24 outings … kickstarted hot streak down the stretch by going 3-for-5 at UALR (March 29) … finished with three three-hit games, including April 5 vs. Troy and April 21 at Western Carolina … drove in three runs, scored three more and reached base five times (three hits, two walks) in wild defeat at WCU on April 21 … had two RBI despite going 0-for-3 at UT Arlington (May 8).
2014: Redshirted.
High School: Four-year letterwinner ... all-conference honoree as a senior ... helped lead team to 43-13 overall record and 23-3 mark in conference play over final two high-school seasons ... two-time winner of Cavalier Pride award ... coached by Travis Little ... played for South Charlotte Panthers (coach Don Hutchins), the same program as former Mountaineer standouts Ryan Arrowood, Jeffrey Springs, Tyler Tewell and Tyler Zupcic ... hit .301 with 19 RBI and 27 stolen bases in final season with Panthers.
Personal: Full name is Nicholas Drake Zupcic ... born Sept. 2, 1994 ... son of Becky and Bob Zupcic ... father, Bob, played four seasons (1991-94) in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox, batting .250 for his career with seven home runs and 80 RBI in 319 career games ... father played collegiately at Oral Roberts ... brother, Tyler, played at Appalachian State from 2010-14 and ranks among the program’s all-time leaders in hits (268 - 3rd), runs (193 - 3rd), doubles (61 - t-3rd), total bases (375 - 4th), stolen bases (45 - t-5th), walks (94 - 9th), games played (217 - 2nd) and at-bats (821 - 3rd) … majoring in criminal justice ... aspires to be a police officer.
