Awards & Accolades
SoCon Academic Honor Roll (2017-18)
All-SoCon Honor Roll
Senior 2021
Appeared in 14 games and made 11 starts on the mound … Had a 1-3 record with a 5.23 earned run average … He pitched 43 innings and struck out 35 … Had a season-best seven strikeouts against Samford on May 15 … Tossed five innings against Citadel and allowed an unearned run during a 14-1 win on April 24 … Was the winning pitcher in that contest … Struck out at least four batters in four of his last six appearances.
Junior (2020)
Made five appearances with a pair of starts against Charlotte and Maryland Eastern Shore ... tossed a scoreless inning in his season debut against Virginia Tech (2.15) ... struck out a pair in another shutout frame against Fairfield (2.22) ... surrendered two earned runs, while striking out five batters against Appalachian State (3.1) ... struck out a career-high 10 batters against Maryland Eastern Shore (3.7), giving up just a single run over 7.0 innings pitched.
Sophomore (2019)
Appeared in 11 games, making one start along the way, over the course of the season … made his first appearance of the season at Virginia Tech (Feb. 24), converting three strikeouts and allowing three hits in three innings of work … had his first start of the slate against Penn (March 2) where he had three strikeouts, allowed four hits and two runs and worked 1.2 innings … finished with a pair of strikeouts after allowing one hit in 1.1 innings at Mercer (March 23) … fanned three batters and did not allow a hit against Furman (April 6) … tossed 2.1 innings, allowing five hits and making four strikeouts … toed the rubber for one inning against George Mason (April 14), making one strikeout.
Freshman (2018)
Made three appearances, tossing 2.0 innings with one strikeout … Made his collegiate debut against Oakland (Feb. 20), going 1.0 inning with a strikeout … Logged a shutout inning against Lafayette (Mar. 10).
Prior to UNCG
Played at Unity Christian High… In his senior season, he started six games, throwing in 34.1 innings… He earned a 2.45 earned run average, striking out 74 hitters, including 31 looking… He allowed just 14 hits, earning a 2-1 record and recording a shutout… A multi-sport athlete, he earned first team All-Conference in Soccer and Basketball as well as earning All-Area Defensive honors in his senior season…. A highly decorated student, Hoppe was his school’s Salutatorian, the Bradley J. Holesinger Extra-Curricular Memorial Award, High Honors and President’s Education awards as well as being recognized for Excellence in Humanities.
Personal
He is the son of Linda and Kevin Hoppe and is majoring in kinesiology.
