Nolan McCarthy

Position:
OF
Height:
6-0
Weight:
196
Class:
Graduate Student
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Kalamazoo, Mich.
High School:
Portage Northern HS
Prev School:
Kentucky

2025 (Graduate/Georgia): Batted .276 with 10 doubles, one triple, 11 home runs and 42 RBI in 59 starts for the Bulldogs as they finished 43-17 (18-12 SEC) and advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional as the No. 7 national seed
*Posted a .982 fielding percentage in 114 total chances including three assists while making 27 starts in center field, 26 in left field, five in right field and one as a designated hitter
*Registered 15 multi-hit games, had an 11-game hitting streak, a 24-game on base streak plus was 8-for-10 in stolen bases and was hit by a pitch 18 times
*Batted .455 (5-for-11) with seven runs scored,a home run and three RBI in sweep of No. 11 Auburn
*Hit .333 (4-for-12) with a double, two home runs and three RBI in series at No. 5 Texas
*Tallied a career-high five RBI with a double and home run in a win over West Georgia
*Batted .308 (4-for-13) with a double, home run and five RBI in NCAA Athens Regional
*Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll

2024 (RS-Junior/Kentucky): Batted .288 with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 41 RBI for Nick Mingione as the Wildcats went 46-16, advanced to their first College World Series (CWS) and finished with a No. 3 final ranking
*Appeared in 58 games with 56 starts and posted a .480 slugging percentage and .380 on bases percentage plus went 8-for-11 in stolen base attempts
*Helped Kentucky post a school-record 22-8 SEC mark which featured four sweeps
*Blasted a two-run home run in the fourth inning of Kentucky’s 5-4 10-inning opening round win over N.C. State at the CWS
*Provided one of the top Super Regional highlights in the country as he scored the go-ahead run from second base on a wild pitch in an eventual 3-2 win over Oregon State to send the Wildcats to Omaha
*Went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles, two RBI and scored the go-ahead run in the Super Regional clinching win over OSU
*Tallied career-high six RBI and four runs scored in a 17-9 road win over Ole Miss
*Registered a three-hit game in a 9-1 road victory over Auburn
*Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 123 total chances with 122 putouts and one assist
*Tallied 16 multi-hit games to give him 24 for his career plus 10-multi-RBI games for 18 overall as a Wildcat
*Named to the CSC (College Sports Communicators) Academic All-District Team, SEC Academic Honor Roll

2023 (RS-Sophomore/Kentucky): Hit .290 with nine doubles, four home runs and 28 RBI for Nick Mingione as the Wildcats posted a 40-21 mark and advanced to an NCAA Super Regional in Baton Rouge where they fell to LSU 2-0
*Appeared in 43 games with 34 starts with a .457 slugging percentage, a .351 on base percentage and 1-for-4 in stolen base attempts
*Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 58 total chances with 57 putouts and one assist
*Homered in three of five NCAA Tournament games, including back-to-back elimination games
*Drove in three runs four times and four runs once
*Had seven multi-hit games plus finished the season on a seven-game hit streak
*Named to the NCAA Lexington All-Regional Team as the Wildcats advanced to a Super Regional after going 4-1 including a pair of wins over Indiana
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2022 (RS-Freshman/Kentucky): Appeared in 24 games with eight starts for the Wildcats who advanced to the SEC Tournament and finished 33-26 under Nick Mingione
*Batted .182 in 33 at bats with seven runs scored, one double, one home run and nine RBI
*Smashed a grand slam on Feb. 20 at Jacksonville State for his first collegiate hit and became the first Wildcat since T.J. Collett in 2017 to do register a grand slam for his first hit
*Posted a perfect fielding percentage in 26 total chances with 24 putouts and two assists
*Threw out a runner at home from left field versus TCU
*Posted a career-best three hits versus TCU on March 4
*Tallied a career-best five RBI versus Jacksonville State on Feb. 20
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021 (Freshman/Kentucky): Redshirted
*Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

High School: A graduate of Portage Northern where he played for Chris Andrews
*Lettered all four years as a shortstop, second baseman and pitcher and helped team to state title in 2019 and district champions in both 2018 and 2010
*Ranked the No. 3 shortstop and No. 7 overall player in Michigan by Prep Baseball Report
*Ranked the No. 4 shortstop and No. 10 overall player in Michigan by Perfect Game
*Named First-Team Division I All-State in 2019 and to ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Team and Michigan Dream Team *Named to 2018 Perfect Game Elite Underclass Championship All-Tournament Team
*A standout on the ice, earning hockey all-district honors in 2020
*Honor Graduate with GPA over 4.0
*Volunteered at the Southwest Michigan SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Personal: Born Jan. 23, 2002
*Son of Jim and Stacey McCarthy, has an older sister, Corinne
*Major: Earned a finance degree from Kentucky