2020 Baseball Roster
Soles, Noah
Auburn Regional Preview: Elliott Avent on ACC PM
Thursday, May 29
Game Three Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 2
Noah Soles
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Thomasville, N.C.
- High School:
- Ledford
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 193
Bio
2024 - Senior Season
2023 - Junior Season
2022 - Second-Year Sophomore Season
2021 - Second-Year Freshman Season
2020 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
- Started all 43 games he appeared in, missing 18 games due to an ankle injury
- All 43 of his starts came in right field and batted leadoff 17 times for the Pack
- Batted .224 with 35 runs scored, 32 hits, six doubles, five homers and a triple
- Logged 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games
- Set a new career-high with five RBI and tied a career-high with two doubles in an NCAA Super Regional victory over Georgia on June 8
- Registered his first multi-homer game with two home runs against VCU on Feb. 17
- Smacked postseason homers against Bryant (May 31) and James Madison (June 2) in the NCAA Raleigh Regional
- Drew a bases-loaded, walk-off walk to seal a series victory over No. 8 Wake Forest on May 17
- Struck out just 19 times in 143 at-bats, finishing the season with more walks (32) than strikeouts
- Finished the year with a .967 fielding percentage, recording 87 putouts on 90 defensive chances
2023 - Junior Season
- Made 36 total appearances with 33 starts, batting .305 with a .443 on-base percentage
- Served as the Wolfpack’s primary leadoff batter despite missing 21 games due to a hamstring injury, leading it off for the Pack 26 times in 36 total appearances
- Logged 11 multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games
- Recorded a 10-game hitting streak (tied for third best on the team) and a 14-game reached base streak
- Tied a career-high with four RBI in a win over The Citadel (April 29), going 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs scored, a double and a triple
- Recorded a career-high three walks in his return to the field against Clemson (April 22)
- Struck out just 16 times in 118 at-bats, recording eight more walks (24) than strikeouts (16)
- Ranked tied for second on the team with two triples
- Ranked third on the roster with a .314 batting average in ACC play, leading the team with a .455 on-base percentage in the Pack’s 29 conference matchups
2022 - Second-Year Sophomore Season
- Turned in best season yet of his career, finishing third on the team with a .321 batting average in 55 appearances (43 starts)
- Tallied 54 hits, including 11 doubles and four homers, and drove in 28 runs while score 37 of his own
- Hit his first career home run on March 26 vs. Georgia Tech, hit two in the series at Clemson (April 1 and 3) and homered on May 25 vs. Miami in the ACC Championship
- Struck out just 25 times in 168 at bats
- Turned in multiple RBIs on six separate occasions, including a career-best four on April 2 and Clemson and on May 17 vs. UNCG
- Held a 12-game hit streak from April 1-22 and held a 22-game reached base streak from April 1-May 10
- The 22-game reached base streak was the third-longest streak on the team
- Named ACC Player of the Week on April 4 after going 8-for-11 at the plate with three multi-hit outings and seven runs batted in to compile a team-best .667 batting average and 1.250 slugging percentage to help NC State clinch its series at Clemson
2021 - Second-Year Freshman Season
- Appeared in 16 games, earning the starting nod in seven of them
- Started six games as the designated hitter and one game in left field
- Tallied six hits on the year, including one double, and scored four runs
- Went a season-best 2-for-4 in the season opener vs. Davidson on Feb. 21, driving in a run and scoring a run of his own
- Drove in his second run of the year on March 23 at UNCW where he went 1-for-4 with an RBI double
2020 - Freshman Season
- Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Appeared in nine games in his first season with the Pack, including three starts as the designated hitter
- Batted .600 with nine hits and five RBIs, including two doubles and five runs scored
- In his first career start on Feb. 23 vs. Tennessee Tech, he went 3-for-4 with a double and RBI and scored three runs
- Went a career-best 4-for-4 on March 11 vs. NC A&T with an RBI, stolen base and run
- Also tallied hits on March 1 at Minnesota in the Cambria College Classic and March 4 vs. Coastal Carolina
High School / Prep Career
- Drafted by Arizona Diamondbacks in 19th round of 2019 MLB Draft
- Boasted a batting average of .471 with 19 RBIs as a senior at Ledford High School
- Earned all-conference honors in his final three years at Ledford
- An East Coast Professional Showcase invitee in 2018
- Special Olympics volunteer