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Cortland Red Dragons

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2025 Baseball Roster

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40 Will McCarthy

  • Position Pitcher
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 235
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Farmingdale
  • High School Farmingdale
  • Major Sport Management

Biography

2025: Will made six appearances with one start for Cortland...Tossed 11.0 innings, and finished with a 1-0 record and six strikeouts...Pitched a perfect inning and struck out three batters in a win at Canton...Tossed 3.2 innings and allowed two runs to earn the win at Shenandoah...Pitched a scoreless inning in a win over Oneonta in the championship round of the SUNYAC Tournament...Hurled 2.2 innings and allowed only one run against Denison.

2024: Will made eight appearances with six starts on the mound for the Red Dragons...Tallied 34.2 innings pitched, a 2-1 record, a 2.08 ERA, and 25 strikeouts...Tossed 8.0 innings, allowing one earned run and striking out six batters to earn the victory against Brockport...Threw 6.0 innings without allowing an earned run and struck out five batters to earn the win at Oneonta...Struck out five batters over 7.0 innings and allowed just one earned run against Lynchburg...Threw 6.0 innings without allowing an earned run and struck out four hitters against Cal-Lutheran.

2023: Will earned ABCA second team All-Region 3 honors…Named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team…Started all 12 games he appeared in…Pitched 57.1 innings with a 7-1 record, 31 strikeouts and a 2.98 ERA…Allowed six hits in nine innings with two strikeouts in a win over Eastern Connecticut State in the NCAA Regionals...Tossed a shutout with six strikeouts in nine innings in a win against Oneonta…Pitched six innings with seven strikeouts in a win against Brevard.

2022: Appeared in 13 games with six starts...Posted a 4-0 record with one save, a 3.00 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 39 innings...Allowed four hits and one run in six innings to earn the win at St. Joseph's...Tossed 3.2 shutout innings to record the win at Oswego...Threw four innings to earn the victory against New Paltz...Earned a save in a win at Oswego in the SUNYAC Tournament...Allowed three hits and three runs in a season-high seven innings at home versus Endicott in the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Pitched three shutout innings in a win over Case Western Reserve...Struck out a season-high five and allowed two runs in six innings at home versus Johnson & Wales...Tossed two shutout innings in a home win versus Brockport...Pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts in a victory against MIT.

2021: Appeared in five games in relief...Posted a 1-0 record with a 2.45 ERA and seven strikeouts in 11 innings...Struck out two in three innings to earn the win at Plattsburgh...Fanned three in three scoreless innings in a home victory versus Plattsburgh...Threw two hitless innings in a home win versus Cazenovia...Allowed no earned runs in two innings in a win at Oneonta...Pitched a no-hit inning in a home victory versus New Paltz.

High School: Graduated from Farmingdale in 2020...Three-year starter in baseball...Named a Long Island top-100 and an Axcess Baseball top-50 player...Team MVP...Three-time all-league and all-county selection...Four-year member of the football team...Received the Pete Nistad Award...Earned all-league, all-county and all-state honors as a senior.

Other: Also was a member of Cortland's football team...Aunt Jeanne Griffin is a Cortland graduate...Brother Matthew played football at the University at Buffalo...Grandfather Don Williams played semi-pro football for the Dexter Bombers...Uncle Dan Williams played football at Louisville...Cousins Tom, Michael and Patrick Williams played football at C.W. Post.

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2021Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'6" 225 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2022Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'6" 225 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2023Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'6" 225 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2024Junior

    Pitcher
    6'6" 235 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2025Senior

    Pitcher
    6'6" 235 lbs
    40