Brendan McKay

Position:
LHP/1B
Height:
6-2
Weight:
220
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Darlington, Pa.
High School:
Blackhawk

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Highest MLB Draft Selection in School History (No. 4, Tampa Bay, 2017)
• Consensus 2017 National Player of the Year
• Three-Time John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year (2015, 2016, 2017)
• Three-Time Baseball America First Team All-America (2015, 2016, 2017)
• Three-Time D1Baseball First Team All-America (2015, 2016, 2017)
• Three-Time NCBWA First Team All-America (2015, 2016, 2017)
• Two-Time ABCA First Team All-America (2016, 2017)
• Two-Time USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Member (2015, 2016)
• 2016 Perfect Game Second Team All-America
• 2016 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Third Team All-America
• 2016 NCAA Louisville Regional Most Outstanding Player
• Two-Time All-ACC First Team (2016, 2017, starting pitcher & utility/designated hitter)
• 2015 National Freshman of the Year (Baseball America/Collegiate Baseball/D1Baseball/Perfect Game)
• 2015 Perfect Game First Team All-America
• 2015 Freshman All-America (Baseball America/D1Baseball/NCBWA/Louisville Slugger)
• 2015 NCAA Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2015 ACC Freshman of the Year
• 2015 All-ACC First Team (starting pitcher)
• 2015 All-ACC Second Team (utility player)

2017 HONORS
• 2017 MLB Draft, 1st Round (4th overall), Tampa Bay Rays
• 2017 Golden Spikes Award Winner
• 2017 Dick Howser Trophy Winner
• 2017 Baseball America National Player of the Year
• 2017 D1Baseball National Player of the Year
• 2017 American Baseball Coaches Association National Player of the Year
• 2017 Perfect Game National Player of the Year
• 2017 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Year
• 2017 College World Series All-Tournament Team (DH)
• 2017 Baseball America First Team All-America
• 2017 D1Baseball First Team All-America
• 2017 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All-America
• 2017 American Baseball Coaches Association First Team All-America
• 2017 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper First Team All-America
• 2017 Perfect Game First Team All-America
• 2017 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year
• 2017 ACC Player of the Year
• 2017 All-ACC First Team (starting pitcher & designated hitter/utility)
• Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (5/1/17)
• ACC Player of the Week (5/1/17)
• ACC Pitcher of the Week (3/13/17, 3/20/17, 4/17/17, 5/8/17)
• Seven Career ACC Weekly Honors - Most All-Time
• NCBWA National Player of the Month (February, 2017)

2017: Closed career at Louisville ranked among the most distinguished and celebrated players in college baseball history after sweeping all seven major national player of the year honors in 2017, including the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy... Earned his third straight John Olerud Two-Way National Player of the Year Award this season and became the highest MLB Draft selection in school history going fourth overall to the Tampa Bay Rays in the first round... Closed collegiate career with an 11-3 record, 2.56 ERA and school record 146 strikeouts on the mound during final season with the Cardinals... Accumulated 32-10 record (second most wins in school history) with a 2.23 ERA and 391 strikeouts, the most ever for a Louisville pitcher... At the plate, the 2017 ACC Player of the Year had a .341 batting average, 18 home runs, 15 doubles, 57 RBIs and a .457 on-base percentage in 63 starts as a hitter this season... Had a .328 career batting average with 28 home runs, 48 doubles and 132 RBIs in 182 career starts and 189 total appearances as a hitter... Delivered a solo home run deep into the bleachers in right center at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in final career game against TCU at the College World Series... Had a pair of doubles and scored once against Florida in a winner’s bracket game at the CWS... Registered 11th win of the season on the mound in Louisville’s victorious CWS opener against Texas A&M on June 18... Moved to 10-3 on the season and earned 31st career victory pitching into the seventh and striking out nine in June 10 triumph against Kentucky to clinch College World Series berth... Hit safely in all three wins in the NCAA Regional while also driving in three runs... Connected for a grand slam and struck out eight on the mound in winning his 30th career game... Won third straight start and 29th career game with five shutout innings at No. 7 Clemson on May 12... Named ACC Pitcher of the Week on May 8 after surrendering only one hit with eight strikeouts in eight scoreless innings in the May 5 win at Notre Dame... Was 4-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and three RBI in May 7 win to complete sweep of Irish... Connected for 14th home run of the season with a solo shot in May 2 win over Miami (Ohio)... Named ACC Player of the Week on May 1 after hitting .429 with six home runs, 12 RBIs and a 1.286 slugging percentage during 5-0 week on April 25-30... Connected for two home runs in April 30 in over Toledo... Earned sixth win of the season and registered 12 strikeouts in eight innings against Toledo on April 28... Matched a school record connecting for four home runs and drove in career-best nine RBI in April 25 win at Eastern Kentucky... Four home runs matched mark set by Jim LaFountain in 1976... Named ACC Pitcher of the Week for the third time after twirling eight shutout innings and allowing just one hit with eight strikeouts in April 13 win in series-opener at Georgia Tech... Hit .455 in series sweep at Georgia Tech, including pivotal home run to spark three-run ninth inning in comeback win in series finale on April 15... Was 2-for-3 with home run, double, two walks and career-best five RBI in April 11 win over Purdue... Had two-run double and walked twice in April 8 win over No. 17 Wake Forest... Delivered go-ahead home run in eighth inning of March 31 win at No. 16 Virginia... Had three hits, including a double, drove in a run and scored twice in March 28 win over WKU... Suffered first lost of the season on March 24 at NC State despite finishing with 14 strikeouts in quality start... Improved to 4-0 on the season after finishing with 12 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings against Boston College on March 17... Registered career-best 15 strikeouts while allowing just two hits in seven scoreless innings in March 10 win over Pittsburgh... Returned to lineup on March 5 after missing two games with minor abdominal strain and homered with a triple in win over EMU... Six straight games with at least two hits, including back-to-back three-hit performances against Omaha on Feb. 26 and Morehead State on March 1... Moved to 2-0 on the mound with five quality innings against Omaha on Feb. 24... Hit third home run in four games connecting for first inning grand slam in win over EKU on Feb. 22... Named as a Collegiate Baseball newspaper National Player of the Week and as Perfect Game’s Player of the Week following strong performance during opening weekend in Clearwater... Was 4-for-8 with two home runs, five RBI and four walks at the plate in first three games of the season while also twirling six shutout innings with nine strikeouts to earn the victory in the Feb. 17 win over Alabama State.

Summer 2016: Had a stellar summer at the plate and on the mound for USA Collegiate National Team... Hit .326 overall with five RBI in 13 starts as a hitter while also registering a 2-1 record with a 1.35 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 13.1 innings on the mound.

2016: Repeated as John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year while adding numerous All-America honors... Was 12-4 with 2.30 ERA and 128 strikeouts in 17 starts on the mound, while also hitting .333 with six home runs, 19 doubles and 41 RBI at the plate... Finished 2-of-4 with a home run in NCAA Super Regional finale... Named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Louisville Regional after hitting .455 with a home run and three RBI in three games at the plate while finishing with 10 strikeouts in a victorious outing on the mound... Connected for three-run homer in the seventh inning to push Louisville ahead for good in May 21 win at Wake Forest... Won 11th game of the season allowing just one run in six innings at Wake Forest on May 19... Moved to 10-2 on the season finishing with eight strikeouts in 7.2 scoreless innings in 2-0 win over Wolfpack on May 13, which also clinched school record 11th shutout of the season for the Cardinals... Was 2-for-4 with a double and scored once in May 10 win at No. 7 Vanderbilt... Moved to 9-2 on the season after registering nine strikeouts in seven shutout innings at No. 17 North Carolina on May 6... Also finished 2-for-3 with a double and one RBI at the plate in series-opening win at UNC… Hit safely in all three wins against No. 16 Clemson, including a 2-for-4 outing with one RBI in the finale on April 17... Finished 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in the series-opening victory against the Tigers... Had 10 strikeouts in April 2 win over Virginia Tech to move to 6-1 on the season... Was 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice in series clinching win over No. 9 Virginia on March 27... Improved pitching record to 5-1 on the season after striking out nine and allowing just one earned run against Cavaliers on March 26 while also going 2-for-5 with a home run at the plate... Finished with career-best 13 strikeouts, most for a Louisville pitcher since 2003, while not allowing an earned run in 6.2 innings in victory against Notre Dame on March 11... Registered first collegiate shutout striking out eight and allowing just three hits and no walks in triumph at No. 21 Ole Miss on Feb. 27... Was 3-for-4 with a run scored in series-opener against Rebels on Feb. 26.

Summer 2015: Though the chances were limited, the two-way standout had a solid summer with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team... Did not allow an earned run in four relief appearances while striking out five in 4.1 innings... Made six starts (three at first base and three at DH) hitting .200 with three RBI, three walks and two runs scored... Was 2-for-4 with one RBI in final start of the summer against Cuba on July 6... In 16 total games (including four playoff games) with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League following the experience with Team USA, hit .300 with eight RBI and eight walks... Focusing on only hitting and playing first base while with the Braves, hit .357 with two doubles and five runs scored in four playoff games.

2015: Emerged as not only the top freshman in the nation, but was also the top two-way player in the country as the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year... Finished 9-3 with a 1.77 ERA, four saves and 117 strikeouts in 96.2 innings while starting 13 games and making 20 appearances overall on the mound... Had a .308 average with four home runs, 34 RBI and 14 doubles in 58 starts as a hitter in the Louisville lineup... Had nine strikeouts and allowed just two runs in seven innings to earn the victory over Cal State Fullerton in game two of the NCAA Super Regional... Went 3-for-5 with a home run in NCAA Super Regional opener... Was 4-for-4 with a home run, double and two RBI in May 20 win over North Carolina at the ACC Championship... Earned his eighth win of the season working 6.1 no-hit innings with six strikeouts in Cardinals’ win over No. 7 Florida State to clinch ACC Atlantic Division championship on May 9... Improved to 6-1 on the season on the mound after allowing just two hits and no earned runs in six innings against Wake Forest on April 18... Connected for first collegiate home run while going 3-for-4 with three RBI in March 31 win over Miami (Ohio) ... Had a career-best 12 strikeouts while earning a no-decision in seven-inning start at No. 22 Notre Dame on March 21... Finished with nine strikeouts while allowing just three hits in seven shutout innings in first collegiate start to earn the win over Boston College on March 14... Earned fourth save of the season with dominant ninth inning against Ole Miss on March 10... Had the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth against No. 10 Miami and worked two innings of shutout relief to earn the victory on the mound in the Cardinals’ series-clinching triumph on March 8... Earned first collegiate save on Feb. 25 against EKU by striking out three in a scoreless ninth inning... Earned first career win working four shutout innings of relief with career-high eight strikeouts against Arkansas State on Feb. 21... Made first collegiate appearance on the mound with two innings of shutout relief against No. 17 Cal State Fullerton in Clearwater, Fla... Delivered first career hit as a pinch hitter in Feb. 14 victory over USF at Opening Weekend Challenge.

High School: Chose to attend Louisville and play baseball for the Cardinals after being selected in the 34th Round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres... Was a four-year letterwinner in baseball at Blackhawk High School where he was a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Pennsylvania... Ranked as the 10th best player in the state and was a top 500 player nationally according to Perfect Game... Named as a First Team All-Atlantic Region selection by Perfect Game... Had a consecutive scoreless innings streak of 72.1 innings, which ended late in his senior season... Was 8-1 with a 0.56 ERA and 130 strikeouts on the mound in his final prep season while also hitting .429 at the plate... Was 7-0 with a 0.13 ERA and 101 strikeouts as a junior and hit .440 during the same season... As a sophomore, he was 9-1 with a 0.69 ERA and 98 strikeouts on the mound while hitting .400 with 10 doubles and 22 RBI at the plate... Also earned one letter in basketball at Blackhawk.

Personal: Born on December 18, 1995 in Darlington, Pa... Parents are Kim and Bruce McKay... Has two sisters, Jennifer and Heather... Majoring in sport administration... After college, he wants to play professional baseball or continue to be involved with sports... Person with the greatest influence on his athletic career was his dad because he was always there to play catch or throw BP for him when he was younger... Hobbies and interests include sports and cars... Favorite athletes include Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw and Andrew McCutchen... Favorite foods are pizza, burgers and Chipotle... Favorite teams include the Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals.