NicMcCay

• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2019)
• All-Summit League First Team (2024)
• All-Summit League Second Team (2019, 2022)
• Summit League Pitcher of the Week (five times)
• Academic All-District (College Sports Communicators; 2024)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence (2022, 2024)
• Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2022, 2024)

PRIOR TO KENTUCKY
Has appeared in 41 career games, all starts…A former Freshman All-American and all-conference performer….Boasts a 14-7 overall record…Has a 4.47 ERA in 219.1 innings with a pair of complete games, one a shutout…Has struck out 247 and allowed fewer hits than innings pitched.

2024 (SOUTH DAKOTA STATE)
Named first-team All-Summit League after missing the 2023 season…Appeared in 13 games, all starts…Went 4-2 with a 3.64 ERA in 71.2 innings…Struck out 96…opponents his just .226.

2023 (SOUTH DAKOTA STATE)
Injured

2022 (SOUTH DAKOTA STATE)
Returned to the starting rotation after missing the previous two seasons due to injury…Earned second-team All-Summit League honors after leading the team in starts (14), innings pitched (68.1) and strikeouts (68)…Tied for second on the squad with four wins.

2021 (SOUTH DAKOTA STATE)
Injured

2020 (SOUTH DAKOTA STATE)
Injured

2019 (SOUTH DAKOTA STATE)
Earned a spot in the Jackrabbit starting rotation as a true freshman…Shared team lead with six victories, finishing with a 6-1 record…His 83 strikeouts ranked second on the team and were the eighth-most in a season by an SDSU pitcher in program history…Won his collegiate debut after striking out eight over five shutout innings versus UT Martin (2/17) …Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week after striking out 11 in seven-hit, complete-game shutout at Purdue Fort Wayne (3/31)…Honored again with league’s weekly pitching award after surrendering only one hit and recording 11 strikeouts over seven innings in series finale at Omaha (4/28).

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL
Full name is Nicholas Alan McCay…Born in Des Moines, Iowa…Son of Kevin and Maggie…Has an older brother, Max…his dad and brother both played collegiate baseball…Has a healthy obsession with golf…Received all-conference honors each of his last three seasons and was a first-team all-state selection during both his junior and senior seasons for Carlisle High School … went 6-2 with 102 strikeouts and held the opposition to a .160 batting average in 2018 … posted a 5-2 record with a 1.85 ERA during his junior season, during which he struck out 75 batters in 45 1/3 innings pitched … also averaged more than a strikeout per inning as a sophomore, when he registered a 7-1 record and earned all-district recognition for the first time … also excelled at the plate, hitting .419 as a senior with 10 doubles, 15 home runs and 54 runs batted in…Major is Sport Fitness and Recreation Management (grad certificate)

*South Dakota State athletic communications contributed to this bio