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Jersey Number 13
Tyler McDonough
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Liberty Township, Ohio
- High School:
- Moeller
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
Second Team All-ACC (2019)
All-Freshman ACC (2019)
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2019)
Perfect Game Freshman All-American (2019)
Baseball America Freshman All-American (2019)
Round 3, Pick 75 to Boston Red Sox in 2021 MLB Draft
DI Baseball Third Team All-American (2021)
ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region (2021)
Second Team All-ACC (2021)
2021 - Second-Year Sophomore Season
2020 - Sophomore Season
2019 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep
All-Freshman ACC (2019)
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2019)
Perfect Game Freshman All-American (2019)
Baseball America Freshman All-American (2019)
Round 3, Pick 75 to Boston Red Sox in 2021 MLB Draft
DI Baseball Third Team All-American (2021)
ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region (2021)
Second Team All-ACC (2021)
2021 - Second-Year Sophomore Season
- A Second Team All-ACC and ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region honoree
- Named a DI Baseball Third Team All-American
- Was the 75th overall pick in the third round of the MLB Draft to the Boston Red Sox
- Was one of the most consistent players in the nation this year, holding a NCAA-best 53-game reached base streak that went from the beginning of the 2020 season until May 11
- Reached safely in 53 of the 55 games he started this year
- Finished second on the team with a .339 clip, and led the squad with 79 hits, 58 runs scored, 21 doubles and 15 home runs
- Reached base safely in 92 percent of the games he played in throughout his career and tallied at least one hit in 78 percent of those games
- Made just two career errors, and just one at center field
- Held an 11-game hit streak from May 20 to June 11, turning in eight multi-hit games in that span
- Matched his career-best for hits in a game on May 2 at Wake Forest, going 4-for-6 with a season-high four RBIs and a career-high two homers
- Also homered twice on April 25 vs. Virginia Tech, as six of his 15 home runs came within a six-game span (April 25-May 2)
- Batted .297 (11-for-37) in NCAA Tournament play with five extra-base hits, six RBIs and six runs scored
- Named Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of the Week on May 3 after batting .450 for the week with nine hits (four homers), eight RBIs, seven runs scored, a 1.050 slugging percentage and .500 on-base percentage, as he played a vital part in the team’s road win at Appalachian State and series win at Wake Forest
2020 - Sophomore Season
- Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Finished second on the team with a .354 batting average, and led the squad with 23 hits
- Started all 17 games on the season at second base or center field
- One of two players on the team to start all 17 games and not commit an error
- Tallied four doubles and three home runs
- Finished third on the team with 16 RBIs
- Went 7-for-7 in stolen bases, including a career-best 3-for-3 outing on Feb. 16 vs. James Madison
- Tallied a season-high three hits and two RBIs on Feb. 25 vs. UNCW
- His three home runs came in a four-game span between March 1-7
- Turned in seven multi-hit and three multi-RBI performances
- One of six players on the team to draw double-digit walks with 14
- Reached base safely in all 17 games, and held a seven-game hit streak to start the year
2019 - Freshman Season
- Led the team and all freshmen in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 80 hits, including 25 multi-hit performances
- Started 60 games in center field and compiled a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage
- Turned in three four-hit outings in ACC play, highlighted by his 4-for-5 showing vs. Wake Forest on April 20 when he was a single shy of hitting for the cycle
- Also went 4-for-5 on March 10 vs. Pittsburgh and March 15 vs. then-No. 1 Florida State
- Finished third on the team with a .320 clip and 47 runs batted in while stealing a team-best 10 bases out of 12 attempts, as those numbers rank top seven among all freshmen in the ACC
- Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America and Perfect Game
- Collected All-ACC Second Team and ACC All-Freshman Team honors
High School / Prep
- Played as an infielder and catcher in high school, and played on the varsity team his final three years
- Tabbed a high school All-American
- Batted .328 with 80 hits and 84 runs scored at Moeller High School