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2022 Softball Roster

Julie Kim
Julie Kim

5 Nawai Kaupe

5 Nawai Kaupe

  • Position:
    Shortstop
  • Height:
    5-5
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Wailuku, Maui
  • Highschool:
    Maui HS

Summary

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • 2022 Big West Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2022 All-Big West First Team
  • Big West Field Player of the Week - April 25
  • Outrigger Hawai‘i Invitational - All-Tournament Team
  • 2021 All-Big West Second Team
  • 2021 Big West Academic All-Conference
2022 (Senior):
  • Became just the second Rainbow Wahine to earn Big West Defensive Player of the Year award (Kelly Majam, 2013)
  • Named to the all-Big West first team
  • Voted Big West Field Player of the Week (Apr. 25) - first Rainbow Wahine since Nicole Lopez to earn the award in 2019
  • One of just two Rainbow Wahine (Maya Nakamura) to start all 42 games all at shortstop
  • Led the Big West with 13 home runs and .31 home runs/game while also leading the league with a .664 slugging percentage
  • UH finished the season ranked No. 1 in the NCAA in double plays/game...Kaupe was in on 17 of UH's 26 total double-plays this season
  • Led UH with 26 runs scored, 42 hits, and four sacrifice bunts
  • Also led Hawai‘i with 14 stolen bases--the most for a Rainbow Wahine since 2003 (Tara Harbert)
  • Finished the season third on the team with a .328 batting average (42-for-128)
  • Led the team with 13 multiple-hit games and nine multiple-RBI games--including driving in a career-high four runs at UNLV (2/12/22).
  • Drove in a career-high four runs at UNLV (2/12/22)
  • In series against Cal St. Bakersfield, hit .750 (6-for-8) with a phenomenal 1.500 slugging percentage and an .833 on-base percentage. She racked up three doubles, a home run and scored two runs while driving in eight runs and drew three walks to claim her first career conference weekly honor. In series finale (4/23/22), went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run, two runs and three RBI to lead UH to a 5-1 win to seal the sweep
  • Finished career at UH with a .319 batting average with 92 hits 10 doubles, three triples, 26 home runs and 67 RBI with a .646 slugging percentage. 

2021 (Junior):
  • Earned All-Big West second team honors
  • Appeared in all 31 games with 30 starts at shortstop
  • Led UH with a team-high 24 runs scored, three triples, six home runs, and 22 RBI
  • Went 5-for-6 in stolen bases
  • Hit a team-high .591 slugging percentage and recorded a team-best seven multiple-RBI games
  • Led the 'Bows with seven multiple-RBI games and finished second with six multiple-hit games
  • Recorded a career-high five at-bats against UC Riverside (4/17/21)
  • Tied her career-high scoring two runs in four games, the last time coming vs. UC Davis (5/14/21)

2020 (Junior): - COVID Season
  • Made an immediate impact for the Rainbow Wahine and was one of five Rainbow Wahine to start all 24 games—all at shortstop
  • Finished the shortened season with a team-high 25 hits and tied for team-high with seven home runs with Callee Heen
  • Was second on the team with a .347 batting average (25-for-72), 16 runs scored, a .681 slugging percentage and a .440 on-base percentage
  • Had the team’s longest hitting streak, hitting safely in nine-straight games from Feb. 14 – Feb.21
  • Against Loyola Marymount (2/16/20) in the Golden State Classic, knocked out two home runs to drive in a career-high three runs for the second time in the season.
  • Against San Jose State at the Golden State Classic, went a perfect 4-4 with a double and an RBI
  • Scored two runs in four different games, the last against Nevada (Feb. 28, 2020)

Prior to UH:
  • Played two seasons as a utility infielder at Washington
  • In her two-year career, appeared in 77 games with 44 starts and recorded a .181 batting average while racking up 19 runs, 23 hits, three doubles, a triple, six home runs and 20 RBI.
  • Had a career .362 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .295
  • Also posted 16 walks and three stolen bases
  • Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
 
Prep:
  • A 2017 graduate of Maui High School
  • Was named All-State First Team in her senior year
  • Earned all-state first team honors in 2014, all-state honorable mention honors twice and was a league All-Star
  • Was named the New City Nissan Goodwiill Softball Classic MVP in 2017
 
Personal:
  • Born in Wailuku, Hawai’i
  • A member of the Guava Jam and Hawai‘i Pearls Maui club teams 2014-2016
  • Majoring in sociology and eco
  • Has two older brothers
  • Parents are Joy and Bernard Kaupe of Wailuku Hawai‘i
Career Highs
  • At-Bats: 5 (2x), at UNLV (2/12/22)
  • Runs Scored: 3, Montana (2/24/22)
  • Hits: 4, vs. San Jose State (2/15/20)
  • RBI: 4, at UNLV (2/12/22)
  • Doubles: 1 (10x), last Cal State Fullerton (5/7/22)
  • Home Runs: 2, vs. Loyola Marymount (2/16/20)
  • Total Bases: 8(2x), last vs. Loyola Marymount (2/16/20)
  • Walks: 2 (3x), California (3/12/22)
  • Strikeouts: 3 (2x), at UC Riverside (4/16/22)
  • Stolen Bases: 2, Cal Poly (4/9/22)
  • Hit-by-pitch: 1 (12x), last Cal State Bakersfield (4/23/22)
  • Sacrifice Bunts: 1 (4x), last Cal STate Fullerton (5/7/22)
  • Sacrifice Flies: 1 (3x), last at Cal Poly (4/10/21)
  • Putouts: 6, CSUN (3/27/22)
  • Assists: 7, UC Riverside (4/17/21)
  • Errors: 2(3x) last Nevada (2/29/20)
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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2020Junior

    Shortstop
    15
  • 5

    2021Junior

    Shortstop
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2022Senior

    Shortstop
    5'5"
    5