At Pitt-Johnstown
2025-26 Season
Junior forward Baden Forup, earned First-Team All-PSAC West honors and was named Second Tem NABC and Second-Team DICCA All-Atlanic Region after averaging a double-double of 19.8 points and 11.6 rebounds per game. Forup was also second on the team in blocked shots (12) and third in assists (57). He led the PSAC in six statistical categories, including double-doubles (20), field goal percentage (61.3%), field goals made (242), rebounds per game (11.6), total rebounds (326), and defensive rebounds per game (8.32). He was also second in the conference in scoring, third in offensive rebounds per game (3.39), and fifth in total points (553). Nationally he finished third in double-doubles and rebounds per game, fourth in defensive rebounds per game, fifth in total rebounds, ninth in field goals made, 12th in field goal percentage, 23rd in offensive rebounds per game, 32 in points per game, and 53rd in total points. Forup, who scored 381 points at Capital (OH) University in 2023-24, recorded his 1,000th career point against Indiana (PA) on Jan. 7, 2026. He enters his senior season ranked 18th on the Montain Cat All-time Scoring List with 1,300 points.
In one season at Pitt-Johnstown, Forup posted single-game highs of 32 points at California (PA) on Jan. 31, 2026, 20 rebounds against Gannon on Jan. 24, 2026, and seven assists against Slippery Rock on Jan. 10 2026.
2024-25 Season
Forup joined the Mountain Cats’ starting lineup after transferring from Capital (OH) University on his way to leading the team in rebounding (6.4 rpg.), field goal percentage (59.6%), and blocked shots, and finishing third in scoring (13.6 ppg.) and steals (22). He also shot 80.0% (56-70) from the free-throw line. Forup, who scored in double figures 22 times in 2024-25, closed out his sophomore season ranked third in the PSAC and 19th in NCAA Division II in field goal percentage and fifth in the conference and 63rd nationally in offensive rebounds per game (2.70).
At Capital (OH) University
Before transferring to Pitt-Johnstown in 2024-25, Baden Forup played one year at Capital University in Columbus, OH where he was a Second-Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection and the OAC/Region VII Freshman of the Year after averaging 14.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
At Lexington High School
A standout for Head Coach Scott Hamilton at Lexington High School, Forup, a three-year letterman in both basketball and football, was a first-team all-conference and two-time all-district selection. Forup, who averaged 15.0 points and 8.0 rebounds throughout his high school career, also garnered Third-Team All-Ohio honors and All-Ohio Special Mention recognition after leading the Minutemen to a pair of district finals’ appearances.
He is the son of Doug and Tuandra Forup of Mansfield, Ohio.
Forup is majoring in Pre- Physical Therapy
