High School – A four-year letter winner in wrestling under head coach Alan Clinton at Servite High School in Anaheim … a three-time Trinity League champion, two-time Orange County All-Star and a CIF-Southern Section individual champion at 135 pounds in 2011 … placed fourth in CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet and qualified for state meet … helped lead Friars to three Trinity League titles and CIF-Southern Section Division II team and Coastal Division individual runner-up finishes in 2011 … earned state Victory With Honor Award … also lettered in football and baseball as a freshman.

Personal – Son of Thomas and Kathleen McDonald … two sisters … cousin Max O’Donoghue McDonald competed in track and field and cross country at the University of Washington … born May 28, 1993, in Torrance, Calif. … majors in forestry and natural resources.