2017: Selected by the Oakland Athletics in the MLB First-Year Player Draft (Round 18 | Pick 531) ... All-Horizon League Second Team selection ... Horizon League Championship All-Tournament Team ... Started all 56 games in center field, despite never playing the position before this season ... Stole career-high 16 bases in 18 attempts ... Ranked fifth in the Horizon League in stolen bases ... Recorded career-best 14 doubles ... Batted .324 with 12 stolen bases in 30 Horizon League games ... Scored at least one run in team's final six games, including NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (June 2-4) ... Batted leadoff in all six of those games, something he only did one other time all season ... Matched season high with two RBI in NCAA Regional game against Mississippi State (June 4) ... Had three hits, including two doubles during three games in Horizon League Championship Tournament (May 25-27) ... Tallied season-high three hits at Wright State to help UIC secure conference's regular-season championship (May 20) ... Hit safely in season-high eight consecutive games between April 28 vs. Georgia Tech and May 14 at Valparaiso ... Collected two hits, including only home run of the season, vs. Northern Kentucky (April 15) ... Had three hits and scored season-high three runs in series finale against Oakland (April 9) ... Secured first of four three-hit performances in extra-inning win at No. 7 Vanderbilt (Feb. 26) ... Made 2017 debut with a double and two runs scored during MLB Urban Youth Invitational game against Prairie View A&M (Feb. 17).
2016: Missed entire season due to injury … Preseason All-Horizon League Team selection.
2015: All-Horizon League First Team selection ... made 48 appearances and started 47 games all at third base ... capped the year with a .305 batting average along with 57 hits, four doubles and UIC's third-best RBI total of 37 ... led the Flames and placed fourth in the Horizon League with 14 stolen bases ... tabbed 18 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games ... went on a nine-game hit streak from 04/14-04/26 ... had at least one hit in four series ... opened the year hitting .529 after four games at Mississippi Valley State (02/13-14) ... jacked his lone home run of the year against Missouri (02/28) ... stole a pair of bases against Milwaukee (04/24) ... had his best game of the season at Oakland (05/08) when he tabbed four hits and four RBI, and went on to bat .500 in the series.
2014: Appeared in 38 total games and made 33 starts ... played second, shortstop and ended the year at third base ... named to the All-Horizon League Second Team and the All-Horizon League Freshman Team ... hit .297 in his first collegiate season, including six doubles and two homers ... totaled 24 RBI, 22 runs and 57 total bases ... began his Flames' career by hitting 6-for-14 with four RBI in his first three games ... slapped his first collegiate double at Wright State on March 15 ... notched a season-best four hits and four RBI at Valparaiso on April 25 and belted his first career homer ... racked up three doubles against Milwaukee on May 3, hitting 4-for-6 with two runs and two RBI.
PREP/PERSONAL: Named First-team All-Conference and First-Team All-Area ... Four-time letterwinner in baseball and one-time letterwinner in basketball at Serra High School piloted his team to a West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) Championship ... Born June 2, 1995 in San Mateo, California ... Son of Ray and Jackie McDonald ... Currently enrolled as a Criminal, Law, and Justice major.
