Charlie McCarthy

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Position Guard

Height 6'2"

Weight 195 lbs.

Class RS Sophomore

Hometown Rancho Mirage, Calif.

High School Shadow Hills HS

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OVERVIEW
An invited walk-on who will add depth to the guard position … A great shooter who has a solid work ethic … A member of Kansas’ 2022 NCAA National Championship team … Comes from a KU family as both parents are two of 23 family members who have graduated from KU.

2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)
Member of the team that did not appear in any games.

2021-22 (FRESHMAN)
Member of Kansas’ 2022 NCAA National Championship team … Did not appear in any games.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played his senior prep season at Shadow Hills High School in Indio, California, for coach Ryan Towner … Averaged 16.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in 2020-21 … A team captain who started every contest of his senior season at Shadow Hills which posted a 9-4 record in the pandemic-shortened season … Almost did not play his senior season due an eye injury sustained in AAU ball … Averaged 11.5 points per game his junior year at Palm Desert High School in Palm Desert, California, where his team advanced to state … Was a team captain as a junior at Palm Desert … Earned all-league honors his junior and senior seasons.

PERSONAL
Full name is Charles Hodge McCarthy … Parents are Kent and Missy McCarthy and both KU graduates … Has an older sister, Annie, and a younger sister, Molly, who is a freshman on the KU volleyball team in 2022-23 … Father, Kent, played baseball at KU … Great grandfather was Howard Engleman, who played basketball at KU for coach Phog Allen and had his KU jersey retired in 2003. Engleman was a 1941 Consensus All-America First Team selection … Has 23 family members who have graduated from KU with many still residing in the Lawrence, Kansas City and Salina, Kansas, areas … Played competitive baseball until his junior year in high school … Also played football as a youth … A diehard Kansas City Chiefs and Royals fan … Collects shoes, loves to ski in the winter and spend his summers at the beach … As a youth, attended numerous Kansas Bill Self Basketball Camps … Dream job would be an NBA general manager … A business administration major with an emphasis in finance.