Jake McDonald

Position:
RHP
Height:
6-3
Weight:
213
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Maud, Texas
High School:
Maud HS
Prev School:
Texas Tech

2021 (Graduate Student): Saw action in 13 games and made one start... Closed the year with a 5.68 earned run average, 15 strikeouts and posted a perfect 2-0 record... Opened the year on a high note as he did not allow a run in his first five appearances... Made his first appearance of the season in the series finale against Louisiana-Lafayette (2/21)... Picked up a pair of strikeouts in 1.0 inning of scoreless relief... Picked up his first win of the year at home against Grand Canyon (3/26) after he worked 2.0 innings of scoreless relief... Made his first start of the year against Jackson State (3/30) and picked up his second win on the year after he went 2.0 innings and struck out a pair... Made an appearance against nationally-ranked ECU (5/7) and struck out a pair of batters... Made a pair of relief appearances at Cincinnati on 5/20 and 5/22, respectively... Worked an inning of scoreless relief against USF (5/27) in the American Athletic Conference Championship... Closed out the year in the AAC Championship Semifinal against USF (5/29).

Prior to Tulane: McDonald joins the Green Wave from Texas Tech, where he spent two years as a pitcher…Helped the Red Raiders win two Big 12 Championships and appear in the 2018 NCAA College World Series…Pitched 20.1 innings as a freshman, pitching in the NCAA Regionals in his first year on the squad before suffering a shoulder injury…Previously, was a four-year letterwinner on Maud High School’s baseball team in Texarkana, Texas…Holds the all-time Maud High School strikeout record with 429 in his career, also totaling eight no-hitters…A three-time All-State right-handed pitcher, three time District MVP and 2016 Texarkana Gazette Pitcher of the Year, McDonald struck out 20 batters in one game in 2015 and also hit eight home runs as a senior in 2016…Also a four-year letterwinner in football and track & field and a three-year letterwinner in basketball…Intends to pursue a master’s of professional studies in sports studies at Tulane…Father, Rodger McDonald, played college basketball at Sul Ross State University.