2017 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 10
Russell Crippen
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Snohomish, Wash.
- High School:
- Snohomish High School
Has already been selected a second team pre-season all-Southland Conference selection at first base going into the 2017 season.
2016 (Junior): Crippen is the Wildcats' leading returning player in terms of batting average (.306), home runs (three), RBI (19), multiple hit games (15) and multiple RBI games (four). … Crippen was the Southland Conference Utility Player of the Year for a program that finished 16-37 last season. … Crippen enters his senior season with 138 career hits and 26 doubles.
2015 (Sophomore): Played in all 55 games with 54 starts, most of them coming at second base after he moved there when the Wildcats went through a series of injures. … Finished with 29 RBI, which was second on the club. .. Hit a team-best four home runs, including one in the season-finale (May 23) against Hawaii in Tucson, Ariz., that clinched the Wildcats win over Hawaii. … Despite moving to second base, he committed just six errors on the season.
2014 (Freshman): Played in 41 games with 36 starts with three of those coming on the mound. … Crippen finished the season with a .223 batting average and a team-high three home runs to go along with 18 RBI. … Finished the season with six multi-hit games, including a 4 for 5 day in a win over Texas-Permian Basin on April 29. … Crippen also scored three runs and drove in one that day against the Falcons. … He also got three starts on the mound and turned in one of the season’s most impressive starts from an ACU pitcher in a May 23 loss at Arizona. … In the Wildcats’ 4-3 loss to Arizona, Crippen went 6.0 innings and gave up just seven hits and four runs before leaving the game. … Finished the season 0-2 with a 4.20 ERA on the mound.
High school: Graduated from Snohomish High School in 2013. ... Potential two-way player for the Wildcats. ... The 2013 first team all-league selection throws in the upper 80s, occasionally touches the 90s, and has command of three pitches: fastball, breaking ball and changeup. ... Crippen's junior-year totals included a .354 batting average with two home runs and 16 stolen bases, which earned him a first team all-league citation. On the mound he registered a 5-3 record with 45 strikeouts and 1.42 ERA, garnering him second team all-Wesco status. ... Crippen was a second team all-conference choice as a sophomore on the hill for the Panthers. ... Crippen also was a member of the Snohomish football and basketball teams. ... As a junior for the football team, he totaled over 50 tackles and had seven interceptions from his safety spot and earned first team all-Wesco 4A honors. ... He later starred at wide receiver during his senior year, catching 30 passes for 543 yards.
Personal: Given name is Russell William Crippen. ... Born 05 August 1994 in Bellevue, Wash. ... Parents are Mark and Theresa Crippen.
2016 (Junior): Crippen is the Wildcats' leading returning player in terms of batting average (.306), home runs (three), RBI (19), multiple hit games (15) and multiple RBI games (four). … Crippen was the Southland Conference Utility Player of the Year for a program that finished 16-37 last season. … Crippen enters his senior season with 138 career hits and 26 doubles.
2015 (Sophomore): Played in all 55 games with 54 starts, most of them coming at second base after he moved there when the Wildcats went through a series of injures. … Finished with 29 RBI, which was second on the club. .. Hit a team-best four home runs, including one in the season-finale (May 23) against Hawaii in Tucson, Ariz., that clinched the Wildcats win over Hawaii. … Despite moving to second base, he committed just six errors on the season.
2014 (Freshman): Played in 41 games with 36 starts with three of those coming on the mound. … Crippen finished the season with a .223 batting average and a team-high three home runs to go along with 18 RBI. … Finished the season with six multi-hit games, including a 4 for 5 day in a win over Texas-Permian Basin on April 29. … Crippen also scored three runs and drove in one that day against the Falcons. … He also got three starts on the mound and turned in one of the season’s most impressive starts from an ACU pitcher in a May 23 loss at Arizona. … In the Wildcats’ 4-3 loss to Arizona, Crippen went 6.0 innings and gave up just seven hits and four runs before leaving the game. … Finished the season 0-2 with a 4.20 ERA on the mound.
High school: Graduated from Snohomish High School in 2013. ... Potential two-way player for the Wildcats. ... The 2013 first team all-league selection throws in the upper 80s, occasionally touches the 90s, and has command of three pitches: fastball, breaking ball and changeup. ... Crippen's junior-year totals included a .354 batting average with two home runs and 16 stolen bases, which earned him a first team all-league citation. On the mound he registered a 5-3 record with 45 strikeouts and 1.42 ERA, garnering him second team all-Wesco status. ... Crippen was a second team all-conference choice as a sophomore on the hill for the Panthers. ... Crippen also was a member of the Snohomish football and basketball teams. ... As a junior for the football team, he totaled over 50 tackles and had seven interceptions from his safety spot and earned first team all-Wesco 4A honors. ... He later starred at wide receiver during his senior year, catching 30 passes for 543 yards.
Personal: Given name is Russell William Crippen. ... Born 05 August 1994 in Bellevue, Wash. ... Parents are Mark and Theresa Crippen.
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