Hunter Hope

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Photo by: Parker Waters

Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Jupiter, Fla.
High School:
Dwyer

2016 American Athletic Conference All-Second Team
2016 Gregg Olson Award Semifinalist
2016 LSWA Player of the Week (3/28)
2016 College Sports Madness American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (3/28)
2016 American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (3/28)
2016 American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (3/14)
2015 American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (2/23)
2015 College Sports Madness Preseason American Athletic Conference All-Second Team
2014 Conference USA All-Freshman Team

Career: Appeared in 215 career games with 207 starts...batted .249 in 763 career at-bats with 104 runs, 190 hits, 42 doubles, two triples, 34 home runs, 121 RBI, 74 walks, and 10 stolen bases...career slugging percentage of .443 and on-base percentage of .324.

2017 (Senior): Appeared and started in 45 games at third base…batted .222 with 26 runs, 35 hits, 11 doubles, 13 home runs, 34 RBI, and 16 walks…notched a .303 on-base percentage and .538 slugging percentage…tied for the team lead in home runs…recorded seven multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games…tallied two hits, two RBI, and his first home run at Southeastern Louisiana (2/21)…notched a home run at UC Santa Barbara (2/26)…hit a double, a home run, and recorded two RBI vs. San Diego (3/10)…collected three hits including a home run, three runs, and 4 RBI at Cincinnati (4/7)…hit home runs in back-to-back games vs. Nicholls State (4/11) and vs. UCONN (4/13)…recorded a grand slam vs. Southern Miss (4/19)…collected two RBI and a double vs. UCF (5/5)…hit a home run in the following game vs. UCF (5/6)…recorded multiple RBI in four consecutive game…a home run and three RBI vs. Houston (5/14)…a home run, a double, and three RBI vs. New Orleans (5/16)…a home run and two RBI at Memphis (5/18)…a double and two RBI at Memphis (5/19)…hit a two-run home run vs. USF (5/23) in his second-to-last game…was a member of the Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for Fall 2016 and was a 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member.

2016 (Junior): A Second Team All-American Athletic Conference selection … appeared in all 62 games with 60 starts, all at third base … batted .267 with 46 runs, 59 hits, nine doubles, one triple, 14 home runs, 36 RBI, 24 walks and three stolen bases … notched a slugging percentage of .507 while posting an on-base percentage of .357 … recorded 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … led the team in home runs, tied for first in runs scored, games played and games started, second in total bases, multi-RBI games, RBI and slugging percentage, third in at bats, assists and hit by pitch, tied for third in hits, tied for fourth in walks and fifth in batting average, on-base percentage and fielding double plays (12) … ranked second in The American Athletic Conference in home runs, sixth in slugging percentage and total bases and tied for sixth in runs scored … ranked tied for 46th nationally in home runs and 65^th in home runs per game (0.23) … posted a solo homer vs. Illinois (2/21) … recorded a three-run home run vs. Arizona (2/26) … was 2-for-4 vs. San Diego (2/27) … doubled and scored a run vs. Pepperdine (3/4) … was 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI and a double vs. Pepperdine (3/5) … notched two singles and scored a run vs. Pepperdine (3/6) … was 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs and a two-run home run at New Orleans (3/9) … was 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and two runs scored vs. Furman (3/11) … went 2-for-4 with two runs and a double vs. Furman (3/12) … hit a solo home run vs. Furman (3/13), earning American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors on 3/14 … singled and scored a run at Texas (3/19) … hit a solo home run and collected three runs during a 2-for-4 day vs. Southern Miss (3/22) … posted an RBI-groundout against Illinois State (3/25) … went 3-for-4 with one run and 4-for-4 with three runs, one double, one home run and a career-high tying four RBI during both ends of a doubleheader against Illinois State (3/26), earning American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors and LSWA Player of the Week honors on 3/28 … notched a bases-loaded walk at LSU (3/29) … hit a two-run home run and scored three runs while walking twice at UConn (4/2) … singled and walked during the first two games of the series against East Carolina (4/8-9) … went 2-for-3 with a solo home run at UL-Lafayette (4/12) … went 3-for-4 with a run against Cincinnati (4/17) … notched a two-run home run vs. Southern Miss (4/19) … hit in all three games at UCF (4/22-24) … doubled vs. LSU (4/26) … was 2-for-3 with two runs and a solo home run vs. Houston (4/29) … went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and a run scored at USF (5/7) … notched an inside-the-park home run and added another RBI and a stolen base vs. New Orleans (5/11) … was 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored vs. Southern (5/11) … singled and recorded an RBI vs. Memphis (5/15) … doubled during the second game of a doubleheader at Houston (5/20) … singled and hit a solo home run vs. Houston at The American Baseball Championships (5/28) … singled vs. Ole Miss during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/4) … hit a solo home run and scored twice with a walk vs. Utah during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5) … singled in the season finale vs. Boston College during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5).

2015 (Sophomore): A 2015 College Sports Madness Preseason American Athletic Conference All-Second Team member … appeared in 56 games with 50 starts (49 at third base and one at designated hitter) … batted .230 with 19 runs, 43 h its, 12 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 26 RBI, 19 walks, two sacrifice flies, two sacrifice hits and three stolen bases … notched a slugging percentage of .369 with an on-base percentage of .301 … posted 10 multi-hit games with six multi-RBI games … led the team in doubles … doubled and homered in the season opener at Pepperdine (2/13) … went 3-for-4 with two runs and a solo home run at Southeastern Louisiana (2/18) … went 5-for-12 during the series against San Francisco (2/20 to 2/22) with two runs, two doubles and two RBI to be named to The American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (2/23) … collected two hits and a run against Creighton (2/27) … notched the walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth in the series clincher against Creighton (3/1) … walked three times and singled with an RBI against Xavier (3/14) before homering during the series finale the following day … doubled twice with an RBI and two runs against Southeastern Louisiana (3/17) … posted two RBI on a double and a home run at UC Riverside (3/21) … went 1-for-3 with two RBI at Houston (4/12) … collected three RBI and scored three runs on two hits and two walks at Cincinnati (4/26) … went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI against UConn (5/22) during The American Baseball Championships (5/22) … scored a run and notched an RBI during a 1-for-4 day at the plate against Lehigh (5/30) during the NCAA Baton Rouge Regionals.

2014 (Freshman): A Conference USA All-Freshman Team member … appeared in 52 games, starting all 52 (all at third base) … the only player on the team in 2014 to start every game on the season at one position … batted .269 with 13 runs, 53 hits, 10 doubles, three home runs, 25 RBI, 15 walks, one sacrifice fly, two sacrifice hits and two stolen bases … led the Green Wave in hitting (.269) and hits (53) … second on the team in home runs (three) and RBI (25) … third on the team in slugging percentage (.365) and ranked fourth on the team in on base percentage (.322) … second on the team in multi-hit games (14) and multi-RBI games (six) … posted the season's longest hitting-streak at 11 games, from Feb. 15 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff to March 7 at California … went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/15) for his first hits and RBI of his career … went 4-for-6 with a double, a home run, two runs and four RBI at Louisiana Tech (2/22) … posted a two-RBI game against Sacred Heart (3/2) while going 2-for-5 at the dish … went 2-for-5 with two runs, a double and a home run at California (3/7) … had a single, a double and two RBI against Louisiana-Lafayette (3/12) … went 2-for-4 in back-to-back games at East Carolina (3/15) and against Southeastern Louisiana (3/18) … collected two hits against Middle Tennessee (3/22) and at Marshall (3/29) … posted a walk-off RBI-single during a 3-for-5 performance against McNeese State (4/15) … blasted a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 12th for his lone hit against Wichita State (4/25) … notched a double in a 2-for-4 day at the plate against Nicholls State (4/29), adding two runs … collected four hits across three games in the series against Southern Miss (5/2-4) … notched a 2-for-3 performance at UAB (5/11) … ended the season with a walk-off RBI-single during a 2-for-4 day against FIU (5/17).

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Dwyer High School in Jupiter, Fla. … played shortstop … helped lead his team to a 14-13 record during his senior season … batted .393 with ten home runs, 25 RBI, 25 walks and five steals during his senior year … earned First Team All-State honors, while also being named to the Southeast Florida All-Region Team, the 8A All-District First Team and the Coaches All-City and All-League teams … also named to the Southeast Florida All-Region Second Team, the 8A All-District First Team, the Coaches All-City First Team and the Coaches All-League First Team during his junior year … owns the career record at Dwyer High School in intentional walks with 18 … named to the All-State and All-County All-Star Games in 2013 … was a Perfect Game USA All-Region Team Member … played travel ball for the prestigious South Florida Bandits, and led the team in home runs with five.

Personal: Has two younger sisters and one younger brother … major is health and wellness.