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.
