2012: Started 27 of 29 matches at middle blocker ... totaled 132 kills and averaged 1.43 kills per set ... Army's third-leading blocker with a 0.79 blocks-per-set average ... topped the team with 20 solo blocks on the season ... reached a career-best five total blocks against Indiana (Aug. 24), SMU (Sept. 1), Air Force (Sept. 8) and Colgate (Nov. 2) ... hit for a season-high .636 percentage with eight kills and a single error in a sweep of Holy Cross on Oct. 27.
2011: Started five matches and played in 14 overall ... showed potential as a long, athletic middle blocker ... breakout effort with a career-high 16 kills in a 3-1 win over NJIT (Sept. 9) in the West Point Challenge ... hit .481 against the Highlanders and added four total blocks ... went on to match that career-best in blocks with four each against Sacred Heart (Oct. 5) and Manhattan (Oct. 26) ... amassed 50 kills and 21 blocks on the season.
Background: Led Desert Mountain High School to the Arizona state finals as a senior ... named first team all-state, all-region and all-city ... played on the club circuit for Spiral Volleyball Club and earned a spot on the 2011 Nike Tournament of Champions Dream Team.
Personal: Molly Anne McDonald ... daughter of Leonard and Kelly McDonald ... born Jan. 19, 1993, in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... paternal grandfather was a Marine fighter pilot during World War II and the Korean War ... he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel ... maternal grandfather was a career colonel in the Air Force Dental Command ... Company F1 ... major is undeclared.
