Nolan McLean

Nolan James McLean (born July 24, 2001) is an American college baseball pitcher and third baseman for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Nolan McLean
Oklahoma State Cowboys – No. 13
Pitcher/Third baseman
Born: (2001-07-24) July 24, 2001
Willow Springs, North Carolina
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Amateur career

McLean grew up in Willow Springs, North Carolina and attended Garner Magnet High School.[1] McLean committed to play both baseball and football at Oklahoma State University.[2]

McLean batted .263 with eight home runs and 20 RBIs and had a 0-1 record with a 18.00 ERA in two relief appearances as a pitcher for the Cowboys during his freshman season.[3] He redshirted his freshman season on the football team before giving up the sport to focus solely on baseball.[4] As a sophomore, McLean batted .285 with 19 home runs and struck out 39 batters in 25+1⁄3 innings pitched.[5] McLean was selected in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft by the Baltimore Orioles.[6] The Orioles drafted him as a pitcher.[7] McLean ultimately did not sign with the team and returned to Oklahoma State for his junior season.[8]

References
  1. "Garner football's Nolan McLean is playing with USA baseball". The News & Observer. September 5, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  2. "OSU baseball: Cowboys land two-sport star Nolan McLean". The Oklahoman. December 20, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  3. "OSU's McLean enters 2022 draft-eligible, solely focused on baseball". Tulsa World. February 4, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  4. "'My full focus is baseball': Why Oklahoma State's Nolan McLean left football program to focus on MLB dreams". The Oklahoman. February 17, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  5. "2022 MLB draft, Day 2 tracker: Orioles take Oklahoma State pitcher Nolan McLean with 81st pick, Texas catcher Silas Ardoin 107th". Capital Gazette. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  6. "2022 MLB Draft tracker: Cowboys' Nolan McLean selected at No. 81 by Baltimore Orioles". Tulsa World. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  7. Connolly, Dan. "Myriad Orioles Thoughts, draft version: Finally taking pitching; a 2-way guy; son of an ex-O". July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  8. "McLean announces return to OSU". NewsPress. August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
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