Lex Kaplan

Photo by: Parker Waters

Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
Ladue

2017 American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (5/22)
2016 College Sports Madness Preseason All-AAC First Team

Career: Appeared in 221 career games with 210 starts...batted .251 in 757 career at bats with 124 runs, 190 hits, 38 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs, 97 RBI, 109 walks, and 19 stolen bases...notched a career on-base percentage of .353 and slugging percentage of .391.

2017 (Senior): Appeared in 56 games with 53 starts in the outfield…batted .302 with 42 runs, 58 hits, 16 doubles, nine home runs, 27 RBI, and 34 walks…notched a .424 on-base percentage and .536 slugging percentage…led the team in walks and on-base percentage…recorded 14 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games…hit a triple and scored a run at UC Santa Barbara (2/26)…hit a home run and scored two RBI and runs vs. West Virginia (3/3)…notched a two-run home run vs. Stetson (3/26)…recorded a home run, two hits, and four RBI at LSU (3/28)…slammed a solo home run at New Orleans (4/4)…totaled four hits, three RBI, two doubles, two runs, and a home run at Cincinnati (4/7)…recorded two doubles and a run vs. UCONN (4/13)…hit a home run with two RBI two days later vs. UCONN (4/15)…notched two doubles along with two runs and one RBI vs. Southern Miss (4/19)…tallied two hits in the two following games at Houston (4/21 and 4/22)…recorded three hits, two doubles, two RBI, one run, and two walks vs. LSU (4/25)…totaled three hits and two walks with one run and RBI at East Carolina (4/29)… recorded multiple hits in four consecutive games…three hits, two doubles, and a run at Memphis (5/18)…three hits, a double, a home run, two runs, and one RBI at Memphis (5/19)…three hits, a double, a home run, three runs, and one RBI at Memphis (5/20)…two hits and one run vs. USF (5/23)…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): Appeared in all 62 games with 60 starts, all in right field … batted .253 with 32 runs, 59 hits, nine doubles, four home runs, 34 RBI, 25 walks and six stolen bases … notched a slugging percentage of .343 while posting an on-base percentage of .324 … recorded 16 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … tied for the team lead in games played and games started, ranked second in at bats (233) and sacrifice flies (3), third in walks, RBI and stolen bases and tied for third in sacrifice bunts (3) and hits … tied for eighth in The American Athletic Conference in total plate appearances (265) and at bats (233) … recorded two RBI vs. Illinois (2/20) … scored twice while singling and doubling vs. Arizona (2/26) … collected two singles and a walk vs. San Diego (2/27) … doubled and scored a run vs. Nebraska (2/28) … was 2-for-5 at Southeastern Louisiana (3/2) … notched three RBI and scored a run during a 2-for-6 day at the plate vs. Pepperdine (3/5) … went 2-for-5 with two RBI - including the go-ahead RBI - at Texas (3/20) … notched an RBI-single vs. Southern Miss (3/22) … went 2-for-3 with two runs and a three-run home run against Illinois State (3/25) … scored twice and singled during the second game of a doubleheader vs. Illinois State (3/26) … walked and hit a sac fly at LSU (3/29) … notched a two-RBI single at UConn (4/2) … notched an RBI single while scoring a run against East Carolina (4/8) … went 3-for-4 with an RBI against East Carolina (4/10) … was 2-for-3 against Cincinnati (4/15) … walked twice, scored three runs and was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for an RBI vs. Southern Miss (4/19) … was 2-for-3 with a run, an RBI and a double at UCF (4/22) … was 1-for-4 with a run scored vs. LSU (4/26) … went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI against Houston (4/30) … singled and homered vs. New Orleans (5/10) … scored two runs, swiped a base and walked three times vs. Southern (5/11) … went 2-for-4 with the game’s lone RBI vs. Memphis (5/13)...walked, doubled, scored a run and posted an RBI vs. Memphis (5/15) … hit a three-run home run in game two of a doubleheader at Houston (5/20) … singled and notched an RBI vs. UCF at The American Baseball Championships (5/27).

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 60 games, starting in right field in every game … batted .243 with 38 runs, 52 hits, 10 doubles, three triples, seven home runs, 27 RBI, 31 walks, two sacrifice flies, six sacrifice hits and eight stolen bases … notched a slugging percentage of .416 with an on-base percentage of .349 … posted 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … led the team in home runs and walks while tying for the team lead in triples … opened the season with a 2-for3 day at the dish with a double and three runs at Pepperdine (2/13) … collected two hits and an RBI at Pepperdine (2/15) … hit the go-ahead RBI-double at Southeastern Louisiana (2/18) … was 3-for-4 with a run at New Orleans (2/24) before doubling twice the following day with three runs against the Privateers … hit his first-career home run against Creighton (2/27) to go along with two RBI … went 2-for-5 with a solo home run at UC Riverside (3/20) … also homered at UC Riverside (3/22) in the series finale with two RBI … scored twice while doubling in a 2-for-3 performance at UNC Wilmington (3/31) … was 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple against Nicholls (4/7) … collected singles in all three games at Houston (4/10 to 4/12) … was 4-for-5 with three runs, two RBI, a triple and a home run at Cincinnati (4/25) … went 2-for-4 against Southeastern Louisiana (4/28) and against Houston (5/3) … became the first player in American Athletic Conference Championship history to homer twice in a game when he did so against UConn (5/20) during a 3-for-4 performance … notched an RBI-double against UNC Wilmington (5/29) during the opening game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional … hit by three pitches while singling, posting two RBI and scoring twice against Lehigh (5/30) during the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional … singled against UNC Wilmington (5/31) to close the season at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.

2014 (Freshman): Appeared in 43 games, starting 37 (32 in centerfield, five in left field) … batted .178 with 12 runs, 21 hits, three doubles, eight RBI, 19 walks, one sacrifice fly, four sacrifice hits and two stolen bases … led the team in walks (19) … posted four multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game … tied for third for the season's longest reached-base streak with 11 games … collected his lone multi-RBI game on opening day against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/14) with two RBI and a sac fly … scored his first run against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/15) … posted an RBI and his first collegiate hit against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/16) … notched an RBI-single at Louisiana Tech (2/22) … walked three times at Southeastern Louisiana (4/9) … reached base in 11-straight games from April 13 against Rice to May 2 against Southern Miss … recorded a 1-for-3 day with two runs, an RBI, a double and two walks against Rice (4/13) … went 2-for-3 at Charlotte (4/17) … posted a 2-for-4 performance at LSU (4/22) … notched an RBI against Wichita State (4/26-27) on back-to-back days … scored twice while getting hit by a pitch and collecting a hit against Nicholls State (4/29) … had an RBI and scored a run while going 2-for-3 against Southern Miss (5/3) … walked, recorded a hit and notched a stolen base at UAB (5/10) … went 1-for-3 in three consecutive games against FIU (5/15-17).

High School: Was a four-year letterman at Ladue High School in St. Louis, Mo. … played in the outfield and pitched in high school … helped team go 19-4 during his senior year, including a perfect 5-0 district record … notched six saves on the mound in 2013, good for the single-season school record … earned Second-Team All-State honors after hitting .450 in 2013 … named First-Team All-Conference as an outfielder and Second-Team as a pitcher for his senior year … earned First-Team All-State honors as a junior after hitting .490 with nine home runs … owns the career Ladue High baseball records for most hits (122), most runs scored (105), most doubles (32), most triples (12) and most saves (nine) … tied for the school single-season record in runs with 39 in 2012 … also tied the single-season school record for triples with seven in 2012.

Personal: Has two older brothers and one younger sister … older brother Jonny played center field for the Green Wave from 2000-03 … major is communication.