2024 Baseball Roster
Tupy, Luke
Jersey Number 21
Luke Tupy
- Position:
- Lefthanded Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- New Prague, Minn.
- High School:
- New Prague
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
Bio
CAREER NOTES
Academic: 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District … 2023-24 NSIC All-Academic ... Academic All-NSIC honoree (2022)…
Athletic: 2024 NCBWA All-Central Region Second Team … 2024 D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team … 2024 All-NSIC First Team … 2023-24 SCSU Athletics Male Athlete of the Year ... D2CCA Third Team All-American (2022)…ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Central Region (2022)…D2CCA First Team All-Central Region (2022)…NCBWA Second Team All-Central Region (2022)…NSIC Freshman of the Year (2022)…First Team All-NSIC (2022)…NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 28, 2022)…two-time NSIC Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 26, 2022 | May 3, 2022)
2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Started 11 games on the mound in junior campaign with the Huskies, producing a 7-2 mark with a 2.98 ERA and 1.14 WHIP over 63.1 innings pitched … Held opposing batters to a .202 average with an 82:27 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Had 10 or more strikeouts in three games and eight or more strikeouts in six games … Among team leaders, led the Huskies in wins (seven), complete games (three), ERA (2.98) and strikeouts (82) … Among NSIC leaders, finished the season ranked second in opposing batting average (.202), third in ERA (3.98), fifth in strikeouts (82) and fifth in wins (seven) … His 82 strikeouts were the eighth-most by a Husky in a single season … Earned first win of the season against Southwest Minnesota State (Feb. 18), pitching 6.0 innings with nine strikeouts while allowing two runs on six hits and two walks … Struck out a season-high 12 and earned the win in 6.1 innings against UC Colorado Springs (Feb. 25), allowing just one run on one hit and two walks … Went 7.0 innings, struck out 10 and earned win over Augustana (March 14), keeping the Vikings off the scoreboard while allowing five hits and five walks … Earned the win over Sioux Falls (March 29) after pitching 6.1 innings with four strikeouts while allowing one run on five hits and a walk … Went six or more innings for the sixth consecutive start, earning the win over Northern State (April 4) after lasting 6.0 innings with eight strikeouts while allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks … Won his third consecutive start and struck out 10 in five innings while allowing one run on three hits against Mary (April 13) … Recorded his seventh win of the season in a six-inning outing against Minot State (April 27), allowing two runs on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts.
2023 Season: Started nine games for the Huskies... went 4-1 with a 4.36 ERA, stuck out 58 batters across 44.2 innings... held batters to a .233 AVG, kept a 11.6% walk rate, striking out an impressive 33.7% of batters faced and marked a .134 WHIP... threw four innings with zero runs surrendered... Caldwell (3/1): Started the season strong with a win, throwing 4.0 scoreless innings, putting away five batters and striking out seven... Augustana (3/25): Allowed two runs and one unearned run off six hits and two walks in 5.1 innings, putting away six batters and striking out ten... Winona State (4/2): Tossed 4.0 innings, allowing four runs off seven hits and three walks, retired seven batters and stuck out three for his third consecutive win... Minnesota Crookston (4/13): Threw for 6.0 innings allowing four runs off four hits and three walks, retired nine batters and struck out nine... Mary (4/23): Allowed two runs in 5.0 innings or work putting away five batters and striking out nine... Minnesota Duluth (4/29): Retired eight batters while striking out five, allowed four runs off six hits and two walks in 4.0 innings of work... Wayne State (5/5): Tossed 4.0 innings allowing two runs while retiring eight batters and striking out three... NSIC Tournament (5/12): Retired 14 batters while striking out five, allowed three runs off five hits and three walks in 6.1 innings against Minnesota State to help the team win the NSIC Tournament.. Warrensburg Regional (5/18-20): Served as the starter allowing two runs, put away 11 batters and struck out seven in 6.0 innings of work against Ouachita Baptist...
2022 | RS-FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Delivered one of the best seasons by a pitcher in program history as a redshirt freshman, earning D2CCA Third Team All-American honors, unanimous All-Central Region accolades and was named NSIC Freshman of the Year…threw the 28th perfect game in NCAA DII history then fired a no-hitter in his next start…went 6-1 with a 1.37 ERA and a 0.99 FIP over nine starts, striking out 76 batters across 46.0 innings…held batters to a .154/.222/.210 slash line for a .431 OPS against…struck out a whopping 42.9% of batters faced while holding a 6.8% walk rate…maintained a 0.80 WHIP and allowed just seven extra-base hits in 177 plate appearances with only one leaving the yard…his FIP mark established a new program record and ranked third in NCAA DII…led the Huskies staff in wins, ERA, strikeouts, batting average against, opponent OBP, opponent slugging percentage, opponent OPS, strikeout rate, WHIP, complete games and shutouts…won six straight starts from March 9 through May 6, recording a ridiculous 0.56 ERA across 37.1 innings of work while striking out 60, allowing just 13 hits and eight walks for a 0.56 WHIP…did not allow an extra-base hit in his final five starts…recorded four quality starts…completed at least 5.0 innings in six of his nine starts…tossed four scoreless outings, allowed one run or fewer seven times and did not surrender more than three runs in a start…struck out double-digit batters four times…Academic All-NSIC honoree...
Northwest Missouri State (2/12): Took a no-decision in his first start of the season, allowing one run over 2.1 innings of work on five hits and a walk while striking out two… UC-Colorado Springs (3/1): Punched out 12 batters over 4.1 frames of three-run ball, scattering six hits and a walk in a no-decision… Malone (3/9): Made it back-to-back starts with 12 strikeouts, whiffing a dozen over 7.0 shutout innings of four-hit ball to earn his first win of the year…walked a pair and allowed a lone extra-base hit… Augustana (3/19): Earned the win with 6.1 frames of two-run baseball, scattering three hits and four walks while striking out eight… Southwest Minnesota State (4/15): Returned after missing a few starts due to injury by firing 5.0 scoreless innings of one-hit, one-walk baseball…picked up his third straight win while striking out six… Northern State (4/21): Etched his name in collegiate baseball history by throwing the 28th perfect game in NCAA DII history, striking out a career-high 15 batters over 7.0 innings…struck out 15 of 21 batters faced…named NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week and NSIC Pitcher of the Week for his performance… Minnesota Crookston (4/29): Followed his perfecto with a no-hitter, walking one over 7.0 scoreless innings while striking out 13 batters…named NSIC Pitcher of the Week for his efforts… Minot State (5/6): Earned his sixth straight win by tossing 5.0 frames of one-run ball, scattering five hits while striking out six and walking none… Minnesota State (5/12): Took the loss in his NSIC Tournament debut, allowing a lone unearned run on a hit and two walks over 2.0 innings of work…struck out two…
2021 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Made five appearances and four starts in his debut season before it was cut short in April, receiving a medical redshirt to preserve four years of eligibility…served as a midweek starter and went 1-1 with a 2.65 ERA, striking out 21 batters and walking 15 across 17.0 innings of work…allowed just 10 hits, limiting batters to a .179 average and a .664 OPS…earned one save…struck out 27.6% of batters faced, third-best on the staff…his K/9 of 11.1 ranked second among Huskies pitchers…
Bemidji State (3/9): Earned the win in his collegiate debut by tossing 5.0 innings of one-run ball, striking out six while allowing a pair of hits and scattering five walks… Wayne State (3/25): Hit with a no-decision after allowing three runs on three hits and two walks over 2.0 innings of work, striking out one… Concordia-St. Paul (3/30): Bounced back to strike out seven batters over 3.1 innings of one-run ball, scattering three hits and a pair of walks in a no-decision… Winona State (4/6): Received a hard-luck loss after allowing three unearned runs over 4.1 innings of work…struck out six while working around two hit and three free passes… Sioux Falls (4/11): Slammed the door with his first collegiate save, firing 2.1 hitless innings of shutout relief while striking out one and walking three…
Prep: A 2020 graduate of New Prague High School…three-year baseball letterman… 2019 MSHSL All-Section 1AAAA honoree…two-time All-Wright County Conference selection…named New Prague Pitcher of the Year as a junior…led New Prague to their first MSHSL State Tournament appearance since 1980 in 2019, firing a 17-strikeout two-hit complete game shutout in the Section 1AAAA Tournament…struck out 101 batters across 62.0 innings as a junior, working to a 2.13 ERA…chartered a 1.03 ERA over 20.1 innings with 20 punchouts as a sophomore…
Personal: The son of Tom and Jacki Tupy…Construction Management major…enjoys fishing and hunting…
Academic: 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District … 2023-24 NSIC All-Academic ... Academic All-NSIC honoree (2022)…
Athletic: 2024 NCBWA All-Central Region Second Team … 2024 D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team … 2024 All-NSIC First Team … 2023-24 SCSU Athletics Male Athlete of the Year ... D2CCA Third Team All-American (2022)…ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Central Region (2022)…D2CCA First Team All-Central Region (2022)…NCBWA Second Team All-Central Region (2022)…NSIC Freshman of the Year (2022)…First Team All-NSIC (2022)…NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 28, 2022)…two-time NSIC Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 26, 2022 | May 3, 2022)
2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Started 11 games on the mound in junior campaign with the Huskies, producing a 7-2 mark with a 2.98 ERA and 1.14 WHIP over 63.1 innings pitched … Held opposing batters to a .202 average with an 82:27 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Had 10 or more strikeouts in three games and eight or more strikeouts in six games … Among team leaders, led the Huskies in wins (seven), complete games (three), ERA (2.98) and strikeouts (82) … Among NSIC leaders, finished the season ranked second in opposing batting average (.202), third in ERA (3.98), fifth in strikeouts (82) and fifth in wins (seven) … His 82 strikeouts were the eighth-most by a Husky in a single season … Earned first win of the season against Southwest Minnesota State (Feb. 18), pitching 6.0 innings with nine strikeouts while allowing two runs on six hits and two walks … Struck out a season-high 12 and earned the win in 6.1 innings against UC Colorado Springs (Feb. 25), allowing just one run on one hit and two walks … Went 7.0 innings, struck out 10 and earned win over Augustana (March 14), keeping the Vikings off the scoreboard while allowing five hits and five walks … Earned the win over Sioux Falls (March 29) after pitching 6.1 innings with four strikeouts while allowing one run on five hits and a walk … Went six or more innings for the sixth consecutive start, earning the win over Northern State (April 4) after lasting 6.0 innings with eight strikeouts while allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks … Won his third consecutive start and struck out 10 in five innings while allowing one run on three hits against Mary (April 13) … Recorded his seventh win of the season in a six-inning outing against Minot State (April 27), allowing two runs on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts.
2023 Season: Started nine games for the Huskies... went 4-1 with a 4.36 ERA, stuck out 58 batters across 44.2 innings... held batters to a .233 AVG, kept a 11.6% walk rate, striking out an impressive 33.7% of batters faced and marked a .134 WHIP... threw four innings with zero runs surrendered... Caldwell (3/1): Started the season strong with a win, throwing 4.0 scoreless innings, putting away five batters and striking out seven... Augustana (3/25): Allowed two runs and one unearned run off six hits and two walks in 5.1 innings, putting away six batters and striking out ten... Winona State (4/2): Tossed 4.0 innings, allowing four runs off seven hits and three walks, retired seven batters and stuck out three for his third consecutive win... Minnesota Crookston (4/13): Threw for 6.0 innings allowing four runs off four hits and three walks, retired nine batters and struck out nine... Mary (4/23): Allowed two runs in 5.0 innings or work putting away five batters and striking out nine... Minnesota Duluth (4/29): Retired eight batters while striking out five, allowed four runs off six hits and two walks in 4.0 innings of work... Wayne State (5/5): Tossed 4.0 innings allowing two runs while retiring eight batters and striking out three... NSIC Tournament (5/12): Retired 14 batters while striking out five, allowed three runs off five hits and three walks in 6.1 innings against Minnesota State to help the team win the NSIC Tournament.. Warrensburg Regional (5/18-20): Served as the starter allowing two runs, put away 11 batters and struck out seven in 6.0 innings of work against Ouachita Baptist...
2022 | RS-FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Delivered one of the best seasons by a pitcher in program history as a redshirt freshman, earning D2CCA Third Team All-American honors, unanimous All-Central Region accolades and was named NSIC Freshman of the Year…threw the 28th perfect game in NCAA DII history then fired a no-hitter in his next start…went 6-1 with a 1.37 ERA and a 0.99 FIP over nine starts, striking out 76 batters across 46.0 innings…held batters to a .154/.222/.210 slash line for a .431 OPS against…struck out a whopping 42.9% of batters faced while holding a 6.8% walk rate…maintained a 0.80 WHIP and allowed just seven extra-base hits in 177 plate appearances with only one leaving the yard…his FIP mark established a new program record and ranked third in NCAA DII…led the Huskies staff in wins, ERA, strikeouts, batting average against, opponent OBP, opponent slugging percentage, opponent OPS, strikeout rate, WHIP, complete games and shutouts…won six straight starts from March 9 through May 6, recording a ridiculous 0.56 ERA across 37.1 innings of work while striking out 60, allowing just 13 hits and eight walks for a 0.56 WHIP…did not allow an extra-base hit in his final five starts…recorded four quality starts…completed at least 5.0 innings in six of his nine starts…tossed four scoreless outings, allowed one run or fewer seven times and did not surrender more than three runs in a start…struck out double-digit batters four times…Academic All-NSIC honoree...
Northwest Missouri State (2/12): Took a no-decision in his first start of the season, allowing one run over 2.1 innings of work on five hits and a walk while striking out two… UC-Colorado Springs (3/1): Punched out 12 batters over 4.1 frames of three-run ball, scattering six hits and a walk in a no-decision… Malone (3/9): Made it back-to-back starts with 12 strikeouts, whiffing a dozen over 7.0 shutout innings of four-hit ball to earn his first win of the year…walked a pair and allowed a lone extra-base hit… Augustana (3/19): Earned the win with 6.1 frames of two-run baseball, scattering three hits and four walks while striking out eight… Southwest Minnesota State (4/15): Returned after missing a few starts due to injury by firing 5.0 scoreless innings of one-hit, one-walk baseball…picked up his third straight win while striking out six… Northern State (4/21): Etched his name in collegiate baseball history by throwing the 28th perfect game in NCAA DII history, striking out a career-high 15 batters over 7.0 innings…struck out 15 of 21 batters faced…named NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week and NSIC Pitcher of the Week for his performance… Minnesota Crookston (4/29): Followed his perfecto with a no-hitter, walking one over 7.0 scoreless innings while striking out 13 batters…named NSIC Pitcher of the Week for his efforts… Minot State (5/6): Earned his sixth straight win by tossing 5.0 frames of one-run ball, scattering five hits while striking out six and walking none… Minnesota State (5/12): Took the loss in his NSIC Tournament debut, allowing a lone unearned run on a hit and two walks over 2.0 innings of work…struck out two…
2021 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Made five appearances and four starts in his debut season before it was cut short in April, receiving a medical redshirt to preserve four years of eligibility…served as a midweek starter and went 1-1 with a 2.65 ERA, striking out 21 batters and walking 15 across 17.0 innings of work…allowed just 10 hits, limiting batters to a .179 average and a .664 OPS…earned one save…struck out 27.6% of batters faced, third-best on the staff…his K/9 of 11.1 ranked second among Huskies pitchers…
Bemidji State (3/9): Earned the win in his collegiate debut by tossing 5.0 innings of one-run ball, striking out six while allowing a pair of hits and scattering five walks… Wayne State (3/25): Hit with a no-decision after allowing three runs on three hits and two walks over 2.0 innings of work, striking out one… Concordia-St. Paul (3/30): Bounced back to strike out seven batters over 3.1 innings of one-run ball, scattering three hits and a pair of walks in a no-decision… Winona State (4/6): Received a hard-luck loss after allowing three unearned runs over 4.1 innings of work…struck out six while working around two hit and three free passes… Sioux Falls (4/11): Slammed the door with his first collegiate save, firing 2.1 hitless innings of shutout relief while striking out one and walking three…
Prep: A 2020 graduate of New Prague High School…three-year baseball letterman… 2019 MSHSL All-Section 1AAAA honoree…two-time All-Wright County Conference selection…named New Prague Pitcher of the Year as a junior…led New Prague to their first MSHSL State Tournament appearance since 1980 in 2019, firing a 17-strikeout two-hit complete game shutout in the Section 1AAAA Tournament…struck out 101 batters across 62.0 innings as a junior, working to a 2.13 ERA…chartered a 1.03 ERA over 20.1 innings with 20 punchouts as a sophomore…
Personal: The son of Tom and Jacki Tupy…Construction Management major…enjoys fishing and hunting…
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 4
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 3
Sunday, March 16
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 2
Thursday, March 13
St Cloud State Baseball Vs Southwest Minnesota State Game 1
Thursday, March 13
