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Kraig Kupiec enters his third season as the Beacons hitting coach and is looking to continue the success of the past two seasons. Since joining UMass Boston, the team has improved its team batting average 55 points. In 2009, almost every offensive record in school history was broken including runs scored, RBIs, hits, doubles, total bases, stolen bases and hit by pitch. The 2009 season also included a school record nine-straight games with the Beacon offensive scoring double-digit run totals. The knowledge and baseball aptitude he brings to the UMB baseball program has its roots in both his playing and coaching experience. Selected by the Houston Astros in the 1991 Major League Draft out of Durfee High School, he opted to accept a baseball scholarship to Division I Wake Forest University. He patrolled centerfield for the Demon Deacons for four years in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He earned a spot on the ACC All-Scholastic Team in 1993 and enjoyed a season with the Wareham Gateman in the legendary Cape Cod League in 1994. A severe quad injury ended his post-college playing career. After graduating from Wake Forest with a political science degree in 1995, Kupiec attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he received a masters degree in political science in 1998. Since then, he has operated and worked as the hitting instructor at Inside the Park, Inc. Indoor Batting Cages in Fall River, MA for nine years. In 2006, a book written by Kupiec was published entitled "Hitting Made Simple: A Guide for Parents and Coaches" which brings to print his uniquely simple and successful philosophy on hitting. Kupiec also works with the Beacon outfielders in addition to his duties as hitting coach. Kupiec teaches history at Randolph High School and resides in Lakeville, MA with his wife Melissa. |
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