2026 Softball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 11
Kalyn McCarthy
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Bats / Throws:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Palatine, Ill.
- High School:
- William Fremd
- Previous School:
- Arizona State
2025Â ASUNÂ Champion
ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2024-25)
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2025)
Batted .272 (31-for-114) with 31 hits, 27 runs scored and three doubles, while starting all 61 games played...led the team and ranked ninth overall in the conference for steals with 17 total...also batted .306 BA (15-for-49) with 15 runs and 10 steals in ASUN play...had notched seven multi-hit games, highlighted with a 3-for-3 game against Bethune-Cookman...recorded at least one hit and one run in the same game on 16 different occasions...notched five hits in last four regular season games with runs scored in all three games in series finale against FGCU...also went six straight games with a run scored through a pair of series against UWG and JU...went 2-for-4 against Cornell with three runs scored and two doubles...notched two hits and an RBI in ASUN Championship title game against Eastern Kentucky.
PRIOR TO UNF
Attended Arizona State over the past two seasons with three years of eligibility...in 2023, she appeared in 23 games with four starts in the outfield...recorded two hits, an RBI and eight runs in her 15 at bats...she also drew four walks and stole six bags in her freshman season...attended William Fremd HS, where she played softball all four years...only player from school to be named to Illinois Coaches Association First Team All-State in 2022...all-time career leader in steals at Fremd HS with 142 total...Daily Herald All-Area First Team and Mid-Suburban League All-Conference Team as a HS freshman...Heart of America Fastpitch League's Player of the Month in 2021...played in the PGF All-American game in 2022.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Ryan McCarthy...has one brother, Michael...father, Ryan, was drafted to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates...played for the Illinois Chill Gold club team...born on Mar. 22, 2004...plans to major in interdisciplinary health studies...chose UNF because "everything about the program showed me how much I wanted to be apart of it between the coaches and the players. They have welcomed me with open arms from the start."
ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2024-25)
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2025)
Batted .272 (31-for-114) with 31 hits, 27 runs scored and three doubles, while starting all 61 games played...led the team and ranked ninth overall in the conference for steals with 17 total...also batted .306 BA (15-for-49) with 15 runs and 10 steals in ASUN play...had notched seven multi-hit games, highlighted with a 3-for-3 game against Bethune-Cookman...recorded at least one hit and one run in the same game on 16 different occasions...notched five hits in last four regular season games with runs scored in all three games in series finale against FGCU...also went six straight games with a run scored through a pair of series against UWG and JU...went 2-for-4 against Cornell with three runs scored and two doubles...notched two hits and an RBI in ASUN Championship title game against Eastern Kentucky.
PRIOR TO UNF
Attended Arizona State over the past two seasons with three years of eligibility...in 2023, she appeared in 23 games with four starts in the outfield...recorded two hits, an RBI and eight runs in her 15 at bats...she also drew four walks and stole six bags in her freshman season...attended William Fremd HS, where she played softball all four years...only player from school to be named to Illinois Coaches Association First Team All-State in 2022...all-time career leader in steals at Fremd HS with 142 total...Daily Herald All-Area First Team and Mid-Suburban League All-Conference Team as a HS freshman...Heart of America Fastpitch League's Player of the Month in 2021...played in the PGF All-American game in 2022.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Ryan McCarthy...has one brother, Michael...father, Ryan, was drafted to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates...played for the Illinois Chill Gold club team...born on Mar. 22, 2004...plans to major in interdisciplinary health studies...chose UNF because "everything about the program showed me how much I wanted to be apart of it between the coaches and the players. They have welcomed me with open arms from the start."
UNF Softball Complex Aerial Drone
Thursday, July 06
UNF Softball Fall Ball Scrimmage
Thursday, July 06
Pre-Tournament Interivew with Coach Hickey
Thursday, July 06
Head Softball Jeff Conrad - Hiring Feature
Wednesday, July 06