2023 Baseball Roster
Donahue, Jacob
Jersey Number 8
Jacob Donahue
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Hometown:
- Joliet, Ill.
- High School:
- Plainfield Central
Bio
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.
Dave Keilitz interview on Zach McKinstry
Friday, July 11
Jake Sabol Interview on Zach McKinstry
Friday, July 11
Baseball vs Oakland
Tuesday, May 13
Baseball vs Eastern Michigan
Sunday, May 11
