North Carolina State University Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Pack Turns to Hart to Lead Baseball
Friday, May 22
A Look Back at the Career of Elliott Avent
Friday, May 22
Legendary NC State Head Coach Elliott Avent Announces His Retirement
Thursday, May 21
2025 Victory Over Cancer Recap
Wednesday, April 22
Jersey Number 2
Noah Soles
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Thomasville, N.C.
- B/T:
- L/L
- Major:
- Sport Management
- High School:
- Ledford
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