2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Adam McDonald
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Liberty Township, Ohio
- High School:
- Lakota East High School
2025-26 (Senior)
- Finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:07.69) at the West Virginia State Games
2024-25 (Junior)
- Competed in multiple events at the 2025 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
- Placed third in the C final of the 200-yard breaststroke (2:00.55) at the U.S. Open Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Finished eighth in the C final of the 100-yard breaststroke (55.84) at the U.S. Open Championships
- Placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.52) against Penn State
- Won the 200 breast (2:00.34) against Villanova
- Placed second in the 100 breast (55.22) against Villanova
- Part of the relay team that placed second in the 200-yard medley relay (1:30.93) against Villanova
- Won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:06.63) at the WV State Games
- Placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.25) and 200-yard individual medley (1:57.83) at the WV State Games
- Part of the relay team that won the 200-yard medley (1:30.45) and placed third in the 400-yard medley (3:26.40) relays at the WV State Games
- 2025 Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient
2023-24 (Sophomore)
- Placed second in the B final of the 100-yard breaststroke (55.09) at the 2024 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
- Finished third in the B final of the 200-yard breaststroke (1:58.68) at the 2024 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships
- Won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.67) against Villanova
- Placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke (55.60) against Villanova
- Part of the 200-yard medley relay (1:31.67) team that placed third against Villanova
- Placed third in two individual events against Pitt (100-yard breaststroke (56.87) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:04.07))
- Finished in second place in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.24) at the WVU Invitational
- Finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:03.05) against Cincinnati
- Placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:05.14) against Penn State
- Placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke event at the WV State Games
- Placed third in two individual events at the WV State Games (100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley)
2022-23 (Freshman)
- Won the 400-yard medley relay with Justin Heimes, David Snider and Conner McBeth at the WVU Invitational
- Finished in eighth-place in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship
- Finished in seventh-place in the 200-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship
- Finished in 15th-place in the 200-yard breaststroke at the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) National Invitational Championships
- All-Big 12 Second Team
- Named to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America second-team
- 2024 Winter Academic All-Big 12 First Team
High School
- Attended Lakota East High School and swam for coach Dennis Beck
- Competed for the Mason Manta Rays under coach Ken Heis
- First Team All-Conference
- Had two top-eight finishes at the 2022 OHSAA State Championships, including the 100 breast (4th) and the 200 IM (5th)
- Was runner-up at Junior Nationals in the 50-yard breast
- Two-time national age group record holder
Personal
- Son of Michael and Jennifer McDonald
- Has three brothers
- Brother, Matthew, swims at the University of Cincinnati, while his brother, Jacob, is a swimmer at the University of Tennessee
- Birthday is March 24
- Majoring in management information systems
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
2025-26 WVU Swimming and Diving Hype Video
Thursday, September 25
Behind-the-Scenes at Swimming and Diving's Media Day
Monday, September 08
WVU Swim and Dive 2025-26 Schedule Release Video
Thursday, August 21
S&D: What it Means to Represent West Virginia
Thursday, June 19
