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Jersey Number 15
Jared McDonald
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Goodyear, Ariz.
- HS:
- Millennium
- Major:
- Exercise Science
Bio
Grand Canyon
High School
Personal
2017 | Sophomore
- Picked up 10 hits over the course of 18 games including nine starts. Hit .256 with three RBIs.
- Hit a two-out, two-RBI single on a two-strike count that proved to be the game-winner in the 11th inning at UNLV on March 14.
- Had first career three-hit night in four at bats to go along with a stolen base at No. 15 Arkansas on April 5.
2016 | Freshman
- Appeared in 25 games for the Lopes (19 starts), hitting .362 with 19 RBIs.
- His .352 batting average ranked fifth in the WAC among hitters with at least 50 at bats.
- Ranked first in the conference in RBIs per at bat, logging 19 RBIs in just 58 at bats.
- Finished second on the team with a .435 on-base percentage.
- First career appearance came in Grand Canyon's 28th game of the season, an April 4 game vs. UNLV.
- Took over as GCU's primary catcher beginning April 16 at Seattle U, recording his first base hit.
- Logged three RBIs off of two base hits in GCU's win over Chicago State on April 29.
High School
Millennium High School - Goodyear, Ariz.
- Posted batting averages of .444 and .406 as a junior and senior, respectively.
- Named First Team All-State and First Team All-Section as a junior.
- Selected to Team Arizona for the Junior Sun Belt Classic along with six fellow GCU teammates.
- All-Tournament Team honoree at the Perfect Game West Memorial Day Tournament.
- Earned Millennium Team MVP honors in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
- Two-year team captain.
- Posted the second-best batting average in school history.
- Ranked as a top-five catcher in the state of Arizona by Perfect Game.
- Played with the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim Scout team.
- Member of the "high honor roll" all four years of high school.
Personal
- Born on December 5, 1996 in Denver, Colo.
- Parents are Paul and Whitney McDonald.
- Involved in the sports medicine program in high school.
- Hobbies outside of baseball include swimming, spikeball and watching movies.
- Favorite sports memory to date was the final at bat of his high school career, which was a home run.
- Favorite teams include the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Denver Broncos.
- Chose Grand Canyon because "it is the perfect university for me. It offered me a place to not only get a good education and stay in state, but also play baseball at a high level."
- If he could trade places with anyone for a day, it would be a Major League Baseball catcher, "just to get a small insight of what it's like to play in the big leagues."
- Favorite person to follow on Twitter is, teammate, Griffin Barnes.
GCU Baseball - WAC Tournament vs. Utah Tech - Highlights
Thursday, May 22
Baseball at Stanford - Barreras' game-winning double
Saturday, May 10
Baseball vs. Arizona (5/6/25) - Yorke homers twice to break record
Wednesday, May 07
GCU Baseball - Eli Paton walk-off single vs. UTA
Saturday, April 26
