On McDonald: Senior leader who is one of the team's top power hitters ... enjoyed a fine junior campaign before missing time with a broken orbital bone suffered in a collision on the basepaths ... tough competitor who returned 12 days following the injury as the team's designated hitter ... should be the starter behind the dish and is also an option as designated hitter.

As a Junior (2001): Led the Terps with a career-high eight home runs after not hitting any during his first two seasons in College Park ... hit .298 over the team's first 28 games before his injury ... second on the team with 10 multiple-RBI games ... nine multi-hit games, eighth on the club ... registered an 11-game hitting streak from February 16 to March 16 ... the 11-game streak was the second longest for the Terps in 2001 ... smacked his first career home run, a two-run shot down the right field line, February 9 at North Carolina A&T ... 1-for-3 with a double in the second game of a doubleheader February 10 at Elon ... 1-for-4 with a RBI February 17 vs. George Mason ... collected two hits and two RBIs March 2 at Howard ... tallied seven hits in three games vs. VCU ... went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs March 10 vs. the Rams ... concluded the three-game set by going 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs March 11 vs. VCU ... the two-home run game was the first of McDonald's career ... 1-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs March 14 vs. Coppin State ... 2-for-5 with a home run, double, two runs scored and two RBIs March 16 vs. Clemson ... 2-for-3 with a double in the series finale vs. the Tigers March 18 ... drove in two runs and went 2-for-5 April 3 at UMBC ... had his best series of the year vs. North Carolina before getting hurt ... hit .500 (6-for-12) with seven RBIs ... his best game vs. the Tar Heels came on April 7 went he set career highs in hits (4) and RBIs (5) ... McDonald finished the contest 4-for-6 including a double and home run while scoring two runs ... knocked in two runs April 21 at Virginia by going 1-for-5 with a run scored ... 1-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs in the series finale vs. the Cavaliers April 22 ... 2-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI May 11 at Richmond ... named to the ACC Honor Roll and the Maryland Athletics Scholar Athlete Honor Roll.

As a Sophomore (2000): Hit a career-high .293 ... ended the season with a career-high tying six-game hitting streak (May 6-16) ... went 2-for-4 with a RBI against East Carolina on Feb. 13 ... tied a career high with three hits against VCU on March 11 ... went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI against VCU on March 12 ... tied his career high with three hits against Coppin State on March 15 and also knocked in a pair of runs ... went 4-for-9 (.444) and scored a pair of runs in the series against Clemson March 17-18 ... had three hits against James Madison on April 4 ... went 4-for-10 (.400) in the series against Georgia Tech (April 7-9) ... went 2-for-5 with three RBI against Towson on April 26 ... went 3-for-9 (.333) in the series against NC State (May 5-7) ... went 3-for-7 (.425) in the series against Duke (May 11-13) ... went 2-for-3 and drove in a pair of runs in the ACC Tournament against Duke on May 16.

As a Freshman (1999): Started off the season by drawing three walks and scoring twice against Oklahoma on Jan. 29 … went 2-for-3 against UNC-Asheville on March 23 … blasted a two-run double against Duke on April 2 … went 2-for-3 against UMES on April 21 … had a career-high three hits and a career-high three RBI against Coppin State on April 29 … tied a career high with three hits against Wake Forest on May 16 … went 4-for-6 in the series against Wake Forest May 15-16 … had two RBI against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament on May 20 … hit safely in five out of the last eight games of the season.

At Morristown-Beard: A three-time all-county selection … led Morristown-Beard to the state title twice during his career … was the team captain in both his junior and senior years … also lettered in football and basketball … high school coach was John Sheppard.

Personal: Born March 8, 1980 … parents are Lynn and John McDonald … majoring in communications.

Kevin McDonald Class: Senior Hometown: Rockaway, N.J. High School: Morristown-Beard Height / Weight: 6-1 / 215 Position: C/INF Birthdate: 03/08/1980