PRIOR TO PENN STATE
McCarthy previously competed for the Pittsburgh Pens Elite for six seasons. During her senior season, McCarthy tallied 20 goals and 21 assists for 41 points in 57 games. She also served as an assistant captain during the 2025-26 season after serving as team captain in 2024-25. A five-time USA Hockey National Championship qualifier, McCarthy helped Pens Elite earn consecutive runner-up finishes in 2023 and 2024. She was also a five-time Mid-Am District champion with Pens Elite. McCarthy also attended the CCM 68 camp in 2022 and was selected to the USA Hockey 15 Player Development Camp.
She also previously competed in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League (PIHL) Girls Division with Team Southwest during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. McCarthy helped Team Southwest capture the 2024 PIHL Championship while leading the league in scoring 16 goals and 10 assists for 26 points in 12 games. She earned the PIHL Academic Award, PIHL Hat Trick Award, and PIHL Playmaker Award.
McCarthy also played two seasons with the Spirit Softball in 2022 and 2023 seasons... She also played for the South Hills Amateur Hockey Association (SHAHA) Panthers from ages 5-14, competing on both boys' and girls' teams.
PERSONAL
Parents are Cormac and Renee...mother, Renee, was a four-year Division II swimmer at Edinboro College...has one brother, Collin (20), who is a junior at Penn State...great-aunt Rosalie Ann Saia earned a BSEE in 1981 and an MSEE in 1982 from Penn State...great-grandfather Benedict Xavier Saia earned a BSME from Penn State in 1938.....she inducted into the National Honor Society in high school...enjoys traveling, playing pickleball, and spending time with friends...currently enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies...following graduation, hopes to pursue a professional hockey career or a career in law enforcement.