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2026 St. Bonaventure Baseball

9 James Capellupo

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Hilton, N.Y.
  • High School Hilton
  • Prev School UMass Lowell
  • Position RHP
  • Major Elementary Education

Biography

At UMass Lowell (2024) 
Appeared in 20 games, starting in one … held a 4-2 record with two saves and struck out 25 batters in 33.2 innings as a freshman .., made his first collegiate start and threw a career-high 4.2 innings at Kansas State … career-high five strikeouts at William & Mary ... named UMass Lowell’s university-wide Rookie of the Year … maintained a 4.0 GPA. 

High School / Club 
Attended Hilton High School in Hilton, N.Y. … earned All-County Player of the Year, Classification Player of the Year, and All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year honors following his senior season … named a three-time selection for both First-Team All-County and First-Team All-Classification … helped Hilton win two Monroe County Division I league championships … in his senior season, had a 0.00 ERA and an 88-to-3 strikeout to walk ratio … broke the Hilton records for strikeouts in a game (17), regular season WHIP (0.22), consecutive scoreless innings (51), and consecutive innings without an earned run (80.1) in his senior year … set the state record for complete-game shutouts in a season (6) … in his junior season, compiled a 0.47 ERA in 45 innings, threw a solo no-hitter and combined for another, and had a .315 batting average at the plate with 16 stolen bases … batted .405 in his sophomore year … also played basketball and earned Hilton’s award for best teammate … high honor roll and National Junior Honor Society student … graduated as salutatorian of his class … played club for the Rochester Cougars Elite and the Greece Post Legion … helped Rochester win two regional and two state-wide American Legion Baseball championships … won two District 7 American Legion Baseball championships with Greece Post. 

Personal 
Son of Michele and James Capellupo … majoring in elementary education … has one sister, Bella … his uncle, Kenny Mason, played baseball for St. Bonaventure … his aunt, Lisa Mason, and cousin, Bryanna Mason, are both St. Bonaventure graduates … his father played baseball at the University of Rochester … favorite MLB team is the Boston Red Sox and his favorite player is Rafael Devers.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2025Sophomore

    RHP
    6'1" 200 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2026Junior

    RHP
    6'1" 200 lbs
    9