2024 Baseball Roster

Thomas Christensen
Thomas Christensen

31 Calvin Schapira

  • Position Left-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 225
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Scottsdale, AZ
  • High School Pinnacle HS
  • Prev School Purdue/Central Arizona College/USC
  • Major Coaching and Leadership Studies

Biography

GRADUATE (2024)
  • WCC Pitcher of the Week (March 25, 2024)
  • Appeared in 18 games for San Diego while making six starts
  • Went 5-2 with a 4.70 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP in 53.2 innings pitched
  • Ranked third on the USD pitching staff with 62 strikeouts
  • Dominated Saint Mary's at Fowler Park on March 23, firing seven innings of two-hit, two-run ball while walking only two and striking out nine
  • Helped his team earn a key 2-1 victory at San Francisco on May 10 when he closed out a 13-inning thriller with 5.1 innings on the mound that saw him allow just two hits and one run while walking none and striking out seven
  • Appeared in two of the Toreros’ three games in the WCC Tournament
    • Threw a total of 4.1 innings, and allowed six hits, four runs, and three strikeouts
PREVIOUS SCHOOLS (2019-2023)
  • Attended USC (2019), Central Arizona College (2020), and Purdue (2021-2023) before transferring to USD as a graduate student
  • Made 12 starts (13 appearances) at Purdue, where he was the only Boilermaker to make a start in each of the 12 weekends, setting a program record for starts during Big 10 play. Was the team’s Newcomer of the Year recipient and earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar as well as Academic All-Big Ten honors 
  • Appeared in seven games for Southern California, recording a 3.86 earned run average
  • At Central Arizona College, he was a JUCO All-Star honoree by logging a 0.49 earned run average and 56 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings. Recorded four wins and two complete games
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, AZ
  • Was a three-year varsity letterwinner for coaches John Casey and Roy Muller
  • Posted a 2.12 earned run average (ERA) as a sophomore on varsity and a 3.32 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 31 innings as a junior. 
  • Perfect Game ranked him as Arizona’s No. 2 pitcher in his high school class
  • Named to Perfect Game’s All-West Coast first team and honorable mention All-American as a senior
  • Pitched for USA Baseball’s 17U National Team Development Program as a junior
  • Also played basketball, including helping his team win the 2018 Arizona Class 6A State title. Was named the hustle player of the year as a senior. 
  • Was a Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy participant
PERSONAL
  • Born to Jeff and Amy Schapira in Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Is majoring in Coaching and Leadership
  • Played high school basketball with Nico Mannion and Spencer Rattler

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