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McDonald played college basketball at DePaul during the 2012-13 season before transferring to Mercyhurst, where he competed from 2016 to 2017 after redshirting in 2015-16.

McDonald suited up for DePaul during the 2012-13 season, appearing in 32 games with nine starts and averaging 11.1 minutes per game as a freshman.

In that 2012-13 season, McDonald totaled 93 points (2.9 points per game) while shooting 39-for-89 from the field (43.8%), going 10-for-25 on three-pointers (40.0%), and making 5-of-10 free throws (50.0%).

Across those 32 games in 2012-13, he recorded 30 total rebounds (0.9 per game), with 3 offensive rebounds and 27 defensive rebounds, along with 22 assists (0.7 per game), 20 steals (0.6 per game), 1 block, 38 turnovers, 51 personal fouls, and 355 total minutes played.

DePaul’s season-by-season log credits McDonald with a seven-point DePaul debut against UC Riverside, a 12-point effort with three assists against Seton Hall, and a nine-point game against Austin Peay that included two steals and two rebounds during his freshman year.

McDonald returned for the 2013-14 season and played in 33 games with seven starts, lifting his workload to 647 total minutes (19.6 per game).

In 2013-14, he scored 179 points (5.4 per game) and shot 65-for-159 from the field (40.9%), hitting 27-for-65 from three-point range (41.5%) and 22-for-33 at the foul line (66.7%).

His 2013-14 totals also included 60 rebounds (1.8 per game) split across 18 offensive and 42 defensive, plus 39 assists, 37 steals, 4 blocks, 31 turnovers, and 74 personal fouls over those 33 appearances.

One single-game defensive peak documented in DePaul’s archived notes from that season was McDonald collecting six steals against Arizona State on December 6, 2013.

McDonald’s final season at DePaul came in 2014-15, when he played all 32 games and moved into the starting group for 21 of them while averaging 23.9 minutes per outing.

In 2014-15, he totaled 138 points (4.3 per game) on 51-for-134 shooting (38.1%), went 21-for-69 from three (30.4%), and made 15-of-21 free throws (71.4%).

He finished that 2014-15 season with 89 rebounds (2.8 per game), consisting of 13 offensive rebounds and 76 defensive rebounds, while adding 72 assists (2.3 per game), 44 steals (1.4 per game), 7 blocks, 43 turnovers, and 78 personal fouls across 764 minutes.

DePaul’s team bio for 2014-15 lists McDonald as second on the roster in both steals (44) and assists (72), and it also places him among BIG EAST steals leaders for the full season at 10th in the league at 1.3 steals per game, with a conference-games-only mark listed at 1.1 steals per game (tied 13th).

Several individual game lines called out in his 2014-15 DePaul write-up included six assists at Marquette, nine points and two rebounds at Butler, seven points with five rebounds and four assists against Seton Hall, 12 points with two steals against Loyola Marymount, and a six-point, six-rebound, two-steal outing against Colorado.

After the 2014-15 season, McDonald was granted his request to transfer from DePaul on April 26, 2015, which closed his three-year run with the Blue Demons at 97 games played and a DePaul career scoring total of 410 points, along with 179 rebounds, 133 assists, and 101 steals based on DePaul’s official cumulative career table for his tenure.

McDonald later joined Mercyhurst and sat out the 2015-16 season as a redshirt before making his on-court debut for the Lakers in 2016-17.

In the 2016-17 season at Mercyhurst, McDonald earned All-PSAC West Second Team recognition and appeared in 28 games while leading the team in total points with 432 for the season.

LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL

He appeared on Australian Survivor, where he competed as a contestant and was part of the physically demanding, strategy-based format that features athletes, personalities, and everyday Australians. His athletic background was a key part of his profile on the show, contributing to his challenge performances and overall presence.

McDonald later featured on The Challenge Australia, a spin-off of the global Challenge franchise that brings together reality TV personalities and athletes in a series of physical and strategic competitions. His inclusion in the cast reflected his crossover from sport into mainstream entertainment.

He was also part of The Summit, a show centered around endurance, teamwork, and survival-style challenges in extreme outdoor environments. His participation continued his trend of appearing in physically demanding formats that aligned with his sporting background.