Central Michigan University Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 8
Jacob Donahue
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Hometown:
- Joliet, Ill.
- High School:
- Plainfield Central
2024: Earned All-Mid-American Conference Second Team honors … led Chippewas and ranked fourth in the MAC with a .373 batting average … tied for third in the MAC with a team-high 18 stolen bases … ranked sixth in the MAC with a team-best 76 hits … also led team in slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs and total bases … earned Academic All-MAC honors … his 15-game hit streak was the longest of the season for a Chippewa … had two home runs among five hits and drove in five runs, all career highs, vs. Bowling Green (April 14) … hit a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give CMU a dramatic 9-8 walk-off win over Western Michigan (May 17).
2023: Appeared in 54 games, starting in 51, in center field and in right field … named to MAC All-Defensive team … recorded 1.000 fielding percentage while handling 117 chances; one of six players in the MAC to record a perfect fielding percentage … led team with 26 stolen bases in 30 attempts, in on-base percentage (.448), and in hit by pitch (19) … ranked second in the MAC in stolen bases and 10th in on-base percentage … tied for team lead with five sacrifice flies … ranked second on the team with 42 walks; third on the team with a .275 batting average and 47 runs … hit first career homer and drove in a career-high four runs vs. Toledo (May 12) … named Academic All-MAC.
2022: Appeared in 18 games with 12 starts … hit .244 with eight RBI and three stolen bases … accounting major earned Academic All-MAC honors.
2021: Backup center fielder appeared in 20 games ... collected two hits in nine at bats.
High School: Hit .398 with two home runs and scored a school-record 45 runs as a junior in 2019 … named to All-Southwest Prairie Conference and All Daily Herald teams in 2019 … three-year letter winner … graduated in the top 5 percent of class … played summer ball for the Cangelosi Sparks from 2015-19.
2023: Appeared in 54 games, starting in 51, in center field and in right field … named to MAC All-Defensive team … recorded 1.000 fielding percentage while handling 117 chances; one of six players in the MAC to record a perfect fielding percentage … led team with 26 stolen bases in 30 attempts, in on-base percentage (.448), and in hit by pitch (19) … ranked second in the MAC in stolen bases and 10th in on-base percentage … tied for team lead with five sacrifice flies … ranked second on the team with 42 walks; third on the team with a .275 batting average and 47 runs … hit first career homer and drove in a career-high four runs vs. Toledo (May 12) … named Academic All-MAC.
2022: Appeared in 18 games with 12 starts … hit .244 with eight RBI and three stolen bases … accounting major earned Academic All-MAC honors.
2021: Backup center fielder appeared in 20 games ... collected two hits in nine at bats.
High School: Hit .398 with two home runs and scored a school-record 45 runs as a junior in 2019 … named to All-Southwest Prairie Conference and All Daily Herald teams in 2019 … three-year letter winner … graduated in the top 5 percent of class … played summer ball for the Cangelosi Sparks from 2015-19.
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