Biography
2026: Garnered second team All-Region 3 honors from both the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3baseball.com...Honored as the SUNYAC Scholar Athlete of the Year...Was a first team All-SUNYAC awardee...Chosen to the Div. III Baseball Academic All-District team by College Sports Communicators for the second straight year...Played in 33 games with 31 starts during the season for the Red Dragons...Batted 39-for-116 (.336) with 14 doubles, five home runs, 47 RBI, 32 runs scored, and stole one base...Finished with a .985% fielding percentage over 130 chances, recorded 122 putouts and six assists...Led the team in doubles and tied for the team lead in RBI...Hit safely in 22 games, including recording multiple hits in 14 games...Hit 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles, four RBI, and two runs scored in a home win over Plattsburgh...Was 2-for-4 with a homer, a double, two RBI, and two runs scored at Berry...Finished 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBI, and two runs scored in a win over Marietta...Finished 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI, and a run scored at Johns Hopkins...Batted 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI, and a run scored against Christopher Newport...Was 2-for-2 with a double, three walks, one RBI, and three runs scored in a win over Kalamazoo in the NCAA Div. III Regional...Hit 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI, and two runs scored in a win over New Paltz...Finished with two hits, a home run, four RBI, and two runs scored in a home win over Plattsburgh...Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, one RBI, and three runs scored in a home win over Plattsburgh...Tallied two hits, one RBI, and one run scored in a win over NYU...Registered two hits, one double, one RBI, and two runs scored at Johns Hopkins...Finished 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored in a home win over Canton...Batted 2-for-5 with a double, one RBI, and two runs scored in a road win at New Paltz...Went 1-for-3 with a double, three RBI, and two runs scored in a home win over Canton.
2025: Nolan was named to the ABCA/Rawlings Region 3 All-Defensive Team...Named the SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Year...Chosen to the Div. III Baseball Academic All-District team by College Sports Communicators...Selected to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team...Played in 43 games with 38 starts for the Red Dragons...Batted 50-for-147 (.340) with an on-base percentage of .441, 12 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 33 RBI, and 26 runs scored...Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with 251 putouts and 20 assists...Went 3-for-5 with two doubles in a win over Husson in the NCAA Div. III Regional...Batted 2-for-4 with a home run and a double in a win over Oswego in the SUNYAC Tournament...Hammered two triples and went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored in a win at Canton...Hit 4-for-5 in a win at Plattsburgh...Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in a home win over Marywood...Finished 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI in a win at Plattsburgh...Was 1-for-1 with three RBI and two runs scored in a road win at Canton...Was 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in a win at Shenandoah...Finished with two hits and two RBI against Denison...Hit a home run in a win over Oneonta in the championship round of the SUNYAC Tournament...Had a double and drove in two runs at Ithaca...Was 2-for-5 against Oswego...Hit 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored in a win over Oswego...Tallied two hits and two RBI in a win at Trinity (TX)...Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored at Rutgers-Camden...Batted 2-for-4 with one RBI in a win over Trinity (TX).
2024: Nolan was a third team ABCA All-Region 3 selection...Was the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year and a first team All-SUNYAC honoree...Named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team...Played in all 46 games with 32 starts for Cortland...Batted 49-for-125 (.392) with seven doubles, one triple, three home runs, 26 RBI, and 23 runs scored...Posted a .991 fielding percentage with 202 putouts and 13 assists...Tossed 1.2 scoreless innings on the mound...Was 3-for-5 with a home run in a win over Cobleskill...Went 3-for-3 with two RBI in a win at Chapman...Batted 2-for-3 with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored in a victory over Brockport...Went 4-for-4 with two RBI against Oswego...Had two hits, including a home run at Salisbury...Hit 3-for-4 with two runs scored in a win at Rochester...Had three hits in a win over St. Lawrence...Batted 6-for-12 (.500) in three games at the NCAA Div. III Regional.
High School: Nolan is a 2023 graduate of Hamburg High School…Earned a place on the honor roll each quarter for four years…Member of the Academy of Finance…Four year member and starter of the baseball team…Earned first team All-Western NY honors, All-Western NY Pitcher of the Year award and the Hamburg High School leadership award his senior year…The team was the state runner-up and earned a section title in 2022…The team was the Colpoys-Barrows Cup winner in 2022.
Other: Father Tim Smith was a member of the Canisius College baseball team from 1993-97, and Mother Mary Smith was a member of the Canisius College basketball team from 1993-97.
