West Virginia University Athletics

2024-25 (Junior)

• Competed in multiple events at the 2025 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
• Placed third in the C final of the 200-yard breaststroke (2:00.55) at the U.S. Open Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina
• Finished eighth in the C final of the 100-yard breaststroke (55.84) at the U.S. Open Championships
• Placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.52) against Penn State
• Won the 200 breast (2:00.34) against Villanova
• Placed second in the 100 breast (55.22) against Villanova
• Part of the relay team that placed second in the 200-yard medley relay (1:30.93) against Villanova
• Won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:06.63) at the WV State Games
• Placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.25) and 200-yard individual medley (1:57.83) at the WV State Games
• Part of the relay team that won the 200-yard medley (1:30.45) and placed third in the 400-yard medley (3:26.40) relays at the WV State Games
• 2025 Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team
• Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient 

2023-24 (Sophomore)

• Placed second in the B final of the 100-yard breaststroke (55.09) at the 2024 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
• Finished third in the B final of the 200-yard breaststroke (1:58.68) at the 2024 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
• Won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.67) against Villanova
• Placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke (55.60) against Villanova
• Part of the 200-yard medley relay (1:31.67) team that placed third against Villanova
• Placed third in two individual events against Pitt (100-yard breaststroke (56.87) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:04.07))
• Finished in second place in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.24) at the WVU Invitational 
• Finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:03.05) against Cincinnati 
• Placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:05.14) against Penn State
• Placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke event at the WV State Games
• Placed third in two individual events at the WV State Games (100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley)

2022-23 (Freshman)

• Won the 400-yard medley relay with Justin Heimes, David Snider and Conner McBeth at the WVU Invitational
• Finished in eighth-place in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship
• Finished in seventh-place in the 200-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship
• Finished in 15th-place in the 200-yard breaststroke at the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) National Invitational Championships
• All-Big 12 Second Team
• Named to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America second-team
• 2024 Winter Academic All-Big 12 First Team

High School

• Attended Lakota East High School and swam for coach Dennis Beck
• Competed for the Mason Manta Rays under coach Ken Heis
• First Team All-Conference
• Had two top-eight finishes at the 2022 OHSAA State Championships, including the 100 breast (4th) and the 200 IM (5th)
• Was runner-up at Junior Nationals in the 50-yard breast
• Two-time national age group record holder

Personal

• Son of Michael and Jennifer McDonald
• Has three brothers
• Brother, Matthew, swims at the University of Cincinnati, while his brother, Jacob, is a swimmer at the University of Tennessee
• Birthday is March 24
• Majoring in management information systems
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll 
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll