Villanova Career: Played for Villanova from 2019-21 and was the team’s starting shortstop for the majority of his career … Energetic player who was a sparkplug in the Wildcats lineup … Combined good on-base skills with power potential from the right side of the plate … Had 41 career starts in the top two spots in the batting order for the Wildcats, including 31 times batting leadoff as a freshman in 2019 … Great all-around athlete with above-average range at shortstop … Played in 83 games with 80 starts during his Villanova career … Batted .231 (66-for-286) with a .358 on-base percentage and a .329 slugging percentage … Hit nine doubles, two triples and five home runs while scoring 43 runs and driving in 31 … Drew 36 walks, was hit by a pitch 22 times and struck out 103 times … His 22 career hit by pitch was tied for 19th in the Villanova record book as of the end of the 2021 season … Stole 11 bases and was caught eight times … Tallied two sacrifice bunts and two sacrifice flies … In the field had 81 putouts, 167 assists and 31 errors in 279 total chances.
2021: Played in 19 games with 18 starts … Started 16 games at shortstop and two as the designated hitter … Owned a .351 on-base percentage on the year while batting .186 (11-for-59) with a .288 slugging percentage … Tied for the team lead with eight times getting hit by a pitch … Also drew seven walks in 74 plate appearances … Scored seven runs and had five runs batted in while hitting three doubles and a home run … Struck out 24 times … Stole two bases in three tries … Had three multi-hit games, including a contest against Saint Joseph’s on April 3 in which he hit a grand slam and went 2-for-5 with a walk and two runs scored in a 16-5 victory … Was 4-for-9 with three runs, five RBI and two walks in two games versus the Hawks … Had two hits and a run scored against Butler on April 25 … Recorded 13 putouts, 24 assists and six errors at shortstop.
2020: One of five players on the team who started all 14 games of the shortened season … Finished third on the team in batting and was one of three players who hit multiple home runs … Slashed .295/.407/.477 with two doubles and two homers … Went 13-for-44 at the plate with six runs scored, nine RBI, seven walks and 13 strikeouts … Led the team with four stolen bases in six tries … Was hit by a pitch twice, had one sacrifice bunt and one sacrifice fly … In the field recorded 13 putouts, 34 assists and five errors … Hit his first home run of the season and drove in two runs in the last of a three-game series at No. 3 Arizona State … Had one of his best games in the Wildcats only home game of the year and the final game played before the season was halted … Went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in a win over NJIT … Had two hits, walked, scored and drove in a run in a win at Campbell.
2019: Earned the starting shortstop job early in his freshman season and wound up playing in 50 games with 48 starts on the year … Batted .230/.349/.306 and was one of five batters in the Villanova lineup to draw more than 20 walks … Was 42-of-183 at the plate with a team-high 30 runs scored to go along with four doubles, two triples, two home runs and 17 RBI … Drew 22 walks, was hit by a pitch a team-high 12 times and struck out 66 times … Stole five bases in 10 tries, had one sacrifice bunt and one sacrifice fly … In the field had 55 putouts, 109 assists and 20 errors … Collected 11 multi-hit games, including making an early statement when he went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and a hit by pitch in the third game of the season against George Mason … Also had a three-hit game with a double and two runs scored against La Salle … Hit his first collegiate home run and drove in two runs against Chicago State … Hit a solo home run in a non-conference win over Rutgers later in the year … Had a season-high three RBI against Seton Hall and at Delaware … Made two appearances on the mound late in the season, pitching an inning of relief in non-conference games against Princeton and Maryland … Pitched a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout in the Princeton game … Overall opposing batters were 1-for-7 with a pair of strikeouts and no walks against him in the two outings.
Noble & Greenough School: Earned a total of five varsity letters in baseball and one in football during his scholastic career … Played two years of baseball at Noble & Greenough after transferring to the school his junior year … Primarily played shortstop in high school, and was also a strong safety and a wide receiver on the football team … Earned All-ISL honors in baseball as a senior and was previously a MidWach A All-Star as a junior at Wachusett Regional High School … His baseball stats included a .364 batting average, a .463 on-base percentage, a .659 slugging percentage, four home runs, seven stolen bases, five doubles and three triples … Attended the same high school as former Villanova pitcher Woody Bryson.
Personal: Born 8/6/99 in Worcester, Mass. … Older of two sons of William and Jennifer McNary … Has a younger brother, Jake … Father played college hockey at Clark … Hobbies include surfing and fishing … Chose to attend Villanova for its prodigious academic reputation and for the chance to represent his hometown on the baseball field ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
