Career Highs:
IP: 7.0, vs. UNCW, 5/19/22
Strikeouts: 8, at Presbyterian, 4/30/22
2022 as a Redshirt Senior:
- Second Team All-CAA
- Second Team All-State
- Made 16 appearances with 13 starts
- Finished the year with a 6-1 record and a 2.83 ERA
- Tossed 52 strikeouts and held opponents to a .227 average across 63.2 innings
- First JMU pitcher since 2010 to win first six decisions
- Tossed a career-high eight strikeouts against Presbyterian (4/3)
- Went a career-high seven innings against UNCW (5/19)
- Had three quality starts
- Went at least six innings four times
- Only allowed more than two earned runs twice
2021 as a Redshirt Junior:
- Made seven starts across nine appearances on the season.
- Led the team with 36.2 innings pitched.
- Struck out 25 batters.
- Tossed season-high five strikeouts against North Carolina (2/19).
- Earned first career win against Charleston (4/2).
- Threw a career-high six innings in last start of the season against VCU (5/21).
2020 as a Junior:
- Made three appearances and two starts.
- Had a career day against VMI (2/25), tossing 4.2 innings and seven strikeouts in his first start of the year.
- Pitched 8.2 innings on the season, the most in his career.
2019 as a Sophomore:
- Appeared in seven games for the Dukes this season
- Struck out three batters in his 4.0 innings pitched
- Collected his first collegiate strikeout against Fairfield (3/20)
2018 as a Freshman:
- Saw his first collegiate action at Tennessee (3/6)
High School:
- Second Team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (2017)
- Honor Roll student
Personal:
- Liam Conor McDonnell
- Son of Dan and Jaquie McDonnell
- Majoring in Sport and Recreation Management with a minor in Business