Ramapo College of New Jersey Athletics

McDonough earns NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week and NJCBA Division II/III Rookie Pitcher of the Week honors.  His NJAC awards is the third time this season he is getting the award after surrendering just one earned run in 11.2 combined innings during three appearances on the week. He opened the week by tossing a scoreless inning of relief while striking out two in the Roadrunners’ 26-2 non-conference win over CCNY. One day later, he pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless relief while striking out three in Ramapo’s 4-3 NJAC loss to Rowan. He wrapped up the week by leading the Roadrunners to their first league win of the season after surrendering just seven hits and one earned run while striking out nine in a complete-game 4-1 NJAC road win at Montclair State to improve his record to 4-1 on the season. McDonough currently ranks third in the NJAC in innings pitched (40.0).