Kade McClure

Position:
RHP
Height:
6-7
Weight:
230
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Mentor, Ohio
High School:
Mentor

CAREER HONORS
• 2017 MLB Draft, 6th Round (177th overall), Chicago White Sox
• 2017 All-ACC Third Team
• 2016 NCBWA First Team All-America
• 2016 Perfect Game Third Team All-America

2017: Selected in the sixth round of the MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox and was an All-ACC Third Team honoree in third and final season with the Cardinals... Was 8-4 with a 3.58 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 18 starts and 103.0 innings pitched... Capped career ranked seventh in total wins at Louisville with 21 and was eighth in single season strikeouts with 111... Earned eighth win of the season after striking out six and allowing only three hits in 5.1 innings of shutout work against UK in the NCAA Super Regional opener on June 9... Moved to 7-1 on the season with May 13 victory at No. 7 Clemson... Registered sixth win of the season after allowing just one run on four hits with seven strikeouts in seven strong innings at Notre Dame on May 6... Moved to 5-1 on the season with seven quality innings against Toledo on April 29... Earned fourth win of the season striking out seven and allowing only one run in six innings at Georgia Tech on April 14... Moved to 3-0 on the season after allowing only one run with nine strikeouts in career-best eight innings against Boston College on March 18... Registered second win of 2017 with six shutout frames against Pittsburgh on March 11... Delivered second straight quality start allowing only one earned run on four hits with seven strikeouts in six innings against Eastern Michigan on March 4... Finished with nine strikeouts and allowed just one hit in six shutout innings to earn first win of the season against Omaha on Feb. 25.

Summer 2016: Made four appearances, including three starts for the Brewster Whitecaps in the Cape Cod League registering a 2.84 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 19.0 innings.

2016: Earned All-America honors after finishing 12-0 with 2.54 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 13 starts and 15 total appearances on the mound... Became the nation’s second 12-game winner while striking out career best 11 in six innings against Wake Forest on May 25 at ACC Championship... Had 10 strikeouts in six innings and won 11th game in victory over Indiana on May 17... Won 10th game in 11 starts registering a career-best eight strikeouts in five innings at No. 7 Vanderbilt on May 10... Improved to 9-0 on the season after allowing just one run on six hits with four strikeouts in seven innings against Cincinnati on May 3... Won seventh straight start and moved to 7-0 on the season allowing two earned runs with five strikeouts in six innings at No. 9 Kentucky on April 13... Allowed just one hit in six shutout innings in victory at WKU on March 29 to improve to 6-0 on the season... Improved to 2-0 on the season and extended scoreless streak to 11.0 innings after pitching five shutout innings with just one hit in victory over Morehead State on March 2... Earned first win of the season after pitching five shutout innings with two strikeouts and allowing just two hits against EKU on Feb. 23... Was dominant in season debut striking out the side in order on just 11 pitches in perfect inning of relief during Louisville’s season-opening win over SIU Edwardsville on Feb. 19.

2015: Made 16 appearances, including four starts, and was 1-1 with two saves and a 4.18 ERA during freshman season... Earned second career save with three innings of shutout relief on April 25 against Bethune-Cookman... Earned first collegiate save with two innings of relief allowing one run and striking out two against Purdue on March 17... Struck out three in 1.1 innings of shutout relief against Ole Miss on March 11... Finished with career-best seven strikeouts in five innings of relief against No. 10 Miami on March 7... Earned first collegiate victory in first career start after striking out four in five shutout innings against Butler on Feb. 24... Made collegiate debut with relief appearance against No. 17 Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 15.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in baseball at Mentor High School where he was ranked as the No. 4 player in the state of Ohio and 268th overall nationally by Perfect Game... Was a First Team All-Central Region honoree by Perfect Game... Earned First Team All-State accolades and was the conference Pitcher of the Year... Won a state championship in basketball at Mentor... Earned three letters in basketball as an All-County standout and earned one letter in football as a quarterback.

Personal: Born on February 12, 1996 in Cleveland, Ohio... Parents are Brian and Lisa McClure... Has one sibling, Shane... Majoring in communications... After college, he wants to play professional baseball... Person with the greatest influence on his athletic career was his dad, who played professional football and knows what it takes to make it to the top... Hobbies and interests include playing video games and hanging with friends... Favorite teams are the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers... Dad Brian was an NFL quarterback with the Buffalo Bills and played collegiately at Bowling Green State, where he finished 10th in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1985... Mom Lisa played college volleyball at Bowling Green State.