University of Arizona Athletics

Arizona 2024 (Senior)
Pac-12 Conference regular season and tournament team champion...Completed collegiate career with 27 appearances (26 starts) for the Wildcats...Posted a .297 batting average with 15 runs scored, five doubles, two home runs, and 18 RBI...Drew more walks (13) than strikeouts (11) and logged an impressive .404 on-base percentage...Split time at catcher with teammate Adonys Guzman...Notched multiple hits nine times and drove in multiple runs six times...Threw out 23% of attempted base stealers (17 SB, 5 CS)...Scored four runs in Feb. 20 against Utah Tech, the most scored by a Wildcat in a single game in 2024...Posted a 12-game on-base streak that was the fifth longest on the team in 2024...Turned in an impressive performance against Pac-12 competition, earned the start in 11 games and hitting .317 with eight runs scored, five doubles, one home run, and seven RBI...Registered a sparkling .996 fielding percentage, committing just one error all season on 225 total chances...Did not allow a passed ball all season...Only Wildcat with over 100 total chances to post a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage during Pac-12 play. POSTSEASON: Played in five games with four starts during Arizona's postseason run, hitting .267 with four RBI...Notched a hit and drove in a run in each of the Wildcats two games in the Tucson NCAA Regional.

Before Arizona
Played two seasons at Saint Mary’s in 2022 and 2023, logging time in 97 games with 78 starts and hitting .297 with 37 runs scored, 16 doubles, four triples, one home run, and 39 RBI…Led the 2023 Gaels with a .308 batting average…Defensively, posted a .991 fielding percentage with just five errors on 554 total chances…Began collegiate career with two campaigns at Santa Rosa Junior College in 2020 and 2021…Hit .366 with one home run and 21 RBI as a freshman…Followed up with a sophomore season hitting .386 with three home runs and 21 more RBI…2020 All-Region, All-State, and Rawlings ABCA All-American…2021 First Team All-Conference, All-Region, All-State, and Rawlings ABCA All-American…Prepped at Montgomery High School in California and lettered four years in baseball under head coach Zac Ward.
 
Personal
Blake Patrick McDonald…Son of Pat and Dena McDonald…One older brother, Austin, and one younger brother, Caden…Majoring in Real Estate Development Practice...Enjoys playing darts with teammate Tonko Susac and watching the sunset in his free time…Completely deaf in left ear…Chose Arizona because, “I wanted the opportunity to play big-time college baseball at a winning program.”