Biography
2014: Did not play due to an injury... Named to 2013 Fall and 2014 Spring Horizon League Academic Honor Roll... Named to UDM Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
2013: Was named 1st Team All-Horizon League and Second Team College Sports Madness… Was the only player on the team to start all 50 games… Led the team with a .387 batting average, .475 on base%, .613 slugging%, 53 hits, 24 RBI, 13 doubles, six home runs and 20 walks… Went 1-3 with the first stolen base of her career in the season opener against Iona (2/8)… went 2-3 with a double in a win at North Carolina Wilmington (2/9)… Was 3-3 with a double with a run scored against Wichita State (2/22)… Was 2-3 against UMKC (2/24)… Had three RBI with a double to open the Rebel Spring Games against South Dakota (3/2)… Had at least one hit in five of the six games at the Rebel Spring Games… Was 1-2 with an RBI and two walks in a win at Morehead State (3/14)… Was 1-2 with a home run and a walk against Binghamton (3/15)… Was 2-4 with a home run, three RBI, a double and a run scored in the final game of the Blues City Classic against Fordham (3/16)… Went 5-5 with a pair of doubles in a doubleheader against Central Michigan (4/3)… Went 2-3 with an RBI in a 4-2 win against Youngstown State (4/9)… In a three-game series against Loyola, was 4-8 with three RBI, three doubles and a home run (4/13-14)… Was 2-5 with a home run, three RI and a run scored in an extra-inning game against Cleveland State (4/17)… Went 2-3 with three singles in the third game of the series against CSU (4/18)… Was 2-3 with an RBI in a 7-0 win over defending HL champion, Valparaiso (4/20)… Went 3-4 with two RBI and a double in the second game of a doubleheader at Wright State (4/27) and went 3-3 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run scored the next day (4/28)… In the second half of a doubleheader against IPFW was 2-3 with a double… Was 5-6 in a doubleheader at Green Bay (5/4)... A member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2012: Led the team batting 287,with 41 hits, 33 RBi, a .396 ob%, a .503 slg%, nine home runs and 72 total bases... Went 1-3 with three RBI and a double against Ohio (Feb. 11)... Belted a two-run home run against the University of Evansville (Feb. 26)... Hit a solo home run and scored two runs in a 4-3 victory over Holy Cross (Mar. 4)... Went a perfect 3-3 with two RBI and a run scored against Sacred Heart (Mar. 4)... Was 2-2 with a home run, a double and three RBI in game one against CMU (Mar. 27)... She single-handidly outscored Green Bay when she had four RBI with a home run and scored two runs in a 7-5 win over Green Bay (Apr. 7)... Went 4-7 with four RBI, a double and a run scored in a doubleheader against BG (Apr. 11)... Had a 10-game hit streak where she went 13-32 (.406), had 11 RBI, two home runs and scored five runs... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named to the 2012 Spring Horizon League Adademic Honor Roll... Named to the 2012 Horizon League Spring Academic All-League Team.
2011: Recorded her first collegiate hit on Mar. 6 with a single against Bryant at the Rebel Spring Games in her first game and second at bat... Tallied first multi-hit and multi-RBI game vs. South Dakota (Mar. 8) with a 2-3 performance with a walk... In the three game series with Wright State (Apr. 30 - May 1), she finished 4-7 (.571) at the plate with three walks (two intentional) and a 1.286 slugging percentage. She had three RBI with an on-base percentage of .700. She added a pair of doubles and also belted her first collegiate home run with a two-run blast in game two of the series... Finished the 2011 campaign with hits in four of her last five games including doubles in back-to-back games against the Horizon League regular season champion Loyola. Cupp went 1-3 at the plate in both games of the doubleheader vs. the Ramblers (May 7)... Finished the year in a three-way tie for the team lead with seven doubles and a team-best eight RBI in Horizon League games... One of three (Rachel Copple, Renee Zaccagni) Titans to start in all 44 games... Named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer team... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named an NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete.
Prior to Detroit: Was recognized as the team MVP in her final two seasons at Milford... Garnered Academic All-State honors in 2009 and 2010 and All-Conference Academic honors all four of her years as a Maverick... Tabbed as All-Conference and All-Area at first base in 2009 before moving to catcher in her junior and senior years, where she was named All-Conference, All-Area and All-District after batting .596... Set Milford’s single-season home run record with seven long balls as a senior and holds the school record with 12 career homers... Took home a varsity letter for soccer her senior year making the Academic All-State Team, earning All-State Academic individual honors, and being recognized as an All-Conference Keeper.
Personal: Daughter of Bonnie Engel... Has a brother Josh and sister Kayla... Born in Royal Oak, MI... Served as the fund raising chair of the National Honor Society, helping raise over $11,000 for a young cancer victim... Served as a counselor for softball and soccer clinics and is also a lifeguard...Volunteers at her church and enjoys spending time with her dog Buddy... Major is nursing.
