2026 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 13
Max Kaplan
- Position:
- Left-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Glencoe, Ill.
- High School:
- New Trier HS
2026 (SOPHOMORE): Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Named Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week on 5/11/26 … Appeared in 20 games, making 12 starts and eight relief appearances … Tossed 71.2 innings, striking out 64 batters … Posted an 8.04 strikeout per nine innings total … Recorded a 5-5 record and two saves with a 5.65 ERA and .283 opponents’ batting average … Tossed a career-high-tying 9.0 innings versus Presbyterian on 5/9/26 … Struck out a season-high seven on four occasions: over 6.0 innings of work versus Western Carolina on 2/17/26; over 7.0 innings of work versus Gardner-Webb on 5/2/26; over 9.0 innings of work versus Presbyterian on 5/9/26; and over 4.0 innings of work versus Northern Kentucky on 5/15/26 … Recorded eight scoreless outings and five quality starts on the season.
2025 (FRESHMAN): Named Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week on 2/25/25 ... Appeared in 14 games, making five starts and nine relief appearances ... Tossed 42.1 innings, striking out 46 batters ... Posted a 9.78 strikeout per nine innings total ... Recorded a 3-1 record and one save with a 6.38 ERA and .282 opponents' batting average ... Tossed a career-high 9.0 innings while striking out a career-high 13 versus Le Moyne on 2/22/25 ... Recorded three scoreless outings and one quality start on the season ... Made his USC Upstate debut with 1.1 innings of work out of the bullpen versus Boston College on 2/16/25.
PRIOR TO USC UPSTATE: Attended New Trier High School (Winnetka, Ill.) … As a senior in 2024, named Illinois High School, Association Central Suburban League Pitcher of the Year … Named IHSA Third Team All-American … Named National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American and Athlete of the Year … Recorded a 9-0 record with a 1.09 ERA … Tossed 57.1 innings, striking out 73 batters … Posted an 11.46 strikeout per nine innings total … As a junior in 2023, recorded a 9-2 record with a 1.50 ERA … Tossed 62.2 innings, striking out 59 batters … Posted an 8.47 strikeout per nine innings total … As a sophomore in 2022, recorded a 2-0 record with a 2.20 ERA … Tossed 15.1 innings, striking out 14 … Posted an 8.22 strikeout per nine innings total … Competed for Congelosi Sparks North on the travel circuit.
2025 (FRESHMAN): Named Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week on 2/25/25 ... Appeared in 14 games, making five starts and nine relief appearances ... Tossed 42.1 innings, striking out 46 batters ... Posted a 9.78 strikeout per nine innings total ... Recorded a 3-1 record and one save with a 6.38 ERA and .282 opponents' batting average ... Tossed a career-high 9.0 innings while striking out a career-high 13 versus Le Moyne on 2/22/25 ... Recorded three scoreless outings and one quality start on the season ... Made his USC Upstate debut with 1.1 innings of work out of the bullpen versus Boston College on 2/16/25.
PRIOR TO USC UPSTATE: Attended New Trier High School (Winnetka, Ill.) … As a senior in 2024, named Illinois High School, Association Central Suburban League Pitcher of the Year … Named IHSA Third Team All-American … Named National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American and Athlete of the Year … Recorded a 9-0 record with a 1.09 ERA … Tossed 57.1 innings, striking out 73 batters … Posted an 11.46 strikeout per nine innings total … As a junior in 2023, recorded a 9-2 record with a 1.50 ERA … Tossed 62.2 innings, striking out 59 batters … Posted an 8.47 strikeout per nine innings total … As a sophomore in 2022, recorded a 2-0 record with a 2.20 ERA … Tossed 15.1 innings, striking out 14 … Posted an 8.22 strikeout per nine innings total … Competed for Congelosi Sparks North on the travel circuit.
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