Vanderbilt P Ethan McElvain enters the NCAA Transfer Portal

Vanderbilt P Ethan McElvain has entered his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal. That comes per reporting by On3’s Pete Nakos on Tuesday.

McElvain made 27 appearances, nine being starts, on the mound with 52.1 innings pitched over a pair of underclassman seasons with the Commodores. He posted a 3-5 record in that time.

In that collegiate career so far with Vandy, McElvain has had an ERA of 5.33. He has had a total of 74 strikeouts.

McElvain, a native of Thompson’s Station, Tennessee just a half hour south of Nashville, played his high school baseball at Nolensville. He was rated as one of the top players in the state with him going on to commit to Vanderbilt.

This is the second of the McElvain brothers to play for the Commodores in college. Chris McElvain also spent three seasons with the program from 2019 to 2022 where he made 44 appearances, 17 being starts, with an 11-6 record, posting an ERA of 4.33 with 165 strikeouts. The Cincinnati Reds later selected him in the eighth round of the 2022 MLB Draft. He spent one year playing in their farm system in Daytona and Dayton Dragons. Then, following a trade with the Toronto Bluejays, McElvain has spent the past two seasons playing for Vancouver and Dunedin.

Ethan McElvain is now the latest loss for the program to the transfer portal. OF Koby Kropf (Winthrop) as well as Matthew Polk, RJ Hamilton, and Jayden Davis have also entered in their names. That’s following the disappointing end to their season over this past weekend as the Commodores, the No. 1 overall seed in the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament, would lose the Nashville Regional.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.