Caleb Shpur

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
5-10
Weight:
189
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
East Canaan, Conn.
Prev School:
Endicott College

2025 Season: 2025 ABCA/Rawlings Division I Gold Glove Outfielder. ABCA Second Team Northeast All-Region. First Team All-BIG EAST. BIG EAST All-Tournament Team. Started all 58 games he played. Led the entire country with 19.66 Defensive Runs Saved. Broke the UConn single-season stolen base record with 43 steals. 43 steals tied for 7th in the country and first in the BGI EAST. In just two seasons in Storrs, finishes his career fifth in program history with 69 stolen bases. Registered the eighth most hits in a single-season with 87. Hit .363 with a team-best 70 runs scored (tied third most in single season history). Collected 10 doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 44 runs batted in. Posted 20 multi-hit games and led the team with a 23 game hit streak to end the season. Had a three-hit effort at USC (2/28). Stole three bases at UNC Greensboro (3/21). Registered three hits and three stolen bases vs. Quinnipiac (4/1). Homered in back-to-back games against Georgetown (4/13) and Boston College (4/15). Went 5-6 with four runs scored at St. John's (4/25). Became the first Husky since 1979 to record seven hits in a game with a 7-7 performance with six RBI and four runs scored at Villanova (5/3). Hit a pair of home runs against Maine (5/16). Went 9-18 with a pair of doubles and homers and six runs scored in BIG EAST Championship.

2024 Summer Ball: Played in 26 games for the Sanford Mainers in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Hit .314 with 32 hits, four doubles, one triple, three home runs, four RBI, and stole 40 bags. Recorded a hit in 23 games and reached base safely in every game played. Went 5 for 6 with a home run and two RBIs vs Newport (8/10).

2024 Season (UConn): Played in 56 games and made 49 starts in his first season at UConn. Hit .265 with 52 hits including 14 doubles, three home runs and 22 runs batted in. Led the team with 26 stolen bases and was second on the team with 48 runs scored. Had 14 multi-hit games. Led team with a 17-game hit streak (4-6-4/28) and a 22-game reach base streak (3/24-4/28). Made his UConn debut as a pinch-runner on Opening Day vs. Louisville (2/16) and he stole a base and scored winning run on Korey Morton walk-off RBI single. Notched his first hit and RBI at California (2/24). Hit first home run of the season at UCSB (3/9). Went 2-4 with a double and three RBI vs. Northeastern (3/27). Stole a pair of bases vs. CCSU (4/1). Scored three runs and drove in a pair vs. Maine (4/10). Notched a three-hit effort with three runs batted in at Georgetown (4/19). Homered and posted a career-high four hits vs. Creighton (5/12). Stole a pair of bases in back-to-back games at Butler (5/16-5/17). Hit a lead off home run at No 9 Oklahoma (6/2) in NCAA Norman Regional.

Prior to his time at UConn, Shpur played at Endicott College.

Academic

2023 CSC Academic All-America Second Team
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2023 CCC Academic All-Conference
2022 CCC Academic All-Conference
2021 CCC Academic All-Conference
Endicott Dean's List
National Honor Society (HS)
German Seal of Biliteracy (HS)

Athletic

2023 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Fourth Team
2023 D3baseball.com All-America Fourth Team
2023 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region 2 First Team
2023 D3baseball.com All-Region 2 First Team
2023 NEIBA All-Region 2 First Team
2023 CCC Player of the Year
2023 All-CCC First Team
2023 D3baseball.com Preseason All-America Second Team
2022 D3baseball.com All-America Fifth Team
2022 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region 2 First Team
2022 D3baseball.com All-Region 2 First Team
2022 NEIBA All-Region 2 First Team
2022 CCC Player of the Year
2022 All-CCC First Team
2021 ABCA/Rawlings All-New England Second Team
2021 D3baseball.com All-New England Second Team
2021 All-CCC First Team
CCC Player of the Week (4/4/22)
2x First Team All-Conference (2018, 2019-baseball)
2x CT Baseball All-Star (HS, 2018, 2019)
Varsity Baseball and Basketball Captain (HS, 2018, 2019)
2019 Second Team All-Conference (HS, Soccer)
2019 Varsity Soccer Captain (HS)

High School: Lettered four seasons for head coach Darryl Morehardt at Housatonic Valley, the same high school as former UConn third baseman Willy Yahn.

Personal: Parents are Alicia and Russ. Has one brother, Jacob, who played baseball at Springfield College. Sports Management major.