Alexa McDonald

Position:
Breaststroke, Freestyle
Class:
Senior
High School:
Hilliard Darby
Hometown:
Hilliard, Ohio

BALL STATE TOP PERFORMANCES
50 Free: 23.55
100 Free: 51.00
100 Breast: 1:02.44

Highlights
10 Appearances in Top 10 Times in Ball State S&D History
Holds the program record in the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:32.09)
Holds the program record in the 400 Freestyle Relay (3:22.31)

2021-22: Named to the Academic All-MAC Team… member of the 200 freestyle relay (1:32.09) that finished fourth overall and broke the program record at the MAC Championships…qualified for the B Final at the MAC Championships in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.14) placing 16th overall… member of the 400 freestyle relay (3:22.21) that finished sixth overall at the MAC Championships and broke the program record…also finished 25th overall in the 50 freestyle (23.71) and 23rd overall in the 100 freestyle (51.70)…captured the win in the 100 freestyle (53.55) versus Eastern Illinois.

2020-21: Named to the Academic All-MAC Team…qualified for the B Final at the MAC Championships in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.58) placing 12th overall…also swam in the B Final for the 50 freestyle (23.68) finishing 15th overall…also qualified for the B Final in the 200 breaststroke (2:24.00) placing 16th overall…member of the 200 freestyle relay (1:34.46) which placed seventh overall at the MAC Championships… member of the 400 freestyle relay (3:24.35) that placed 6^th overall and broke the program record at the MAC Championships…captured the win in the 50 freestyle (24.70) versus Eastern Illinois.

2019-20: Qualified for B Finals in both the 100 breast (1:03.20) and 200 breast (2:19.65) to finish 11^th and 13^th, respectively, at the MAC Championships ... her 200 breast time of 2:19.65 currently ranks as the eighth-best individual effort in program history ... went on to clock a time of 1:02.44 in a 100 breast time trail at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship which is the second-fastest individual mark on Ball State's all-time list … won the 200 Breast (2:26.81) and placed third in the 50 Free (24.70) at Youngstown State … won the 50 Breast (30.67) and 100 Breast (1:06.85) versus Eastern Illinois … placed third in the 100 Free (53.68) against Eastern Michigan … finished third in the 50 Free (24.83) against Grand Valley State … runner up in the 100 Breast (1:06.28) and third in the 100 Free (55.29) to help Ball State beat Toledo for its first MAC win since 2016 … placed third in the 100 Breast (1:07.21) against Ohio … named to the Academic All-MAC Team.

2018-19: Earned first letter at Ball State part of the school record setting 200 free relay at the MAC Championships … earned two second place finishes in the 100 freestyle (53.70) and the 200 freestyle relay (1:36.92) at Miami along with two third place finished in the 200 yard medley relay (1:49.55) and the 50 freestyle (25.01) … second place in the 100 breaststroke at Eastern Illinois … first place finisher at Indiana state in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.86.

High School: Attended Hilliard Darby High School... first female to individually qualify for state from her high school... named team MVP twice... named All-State and Scholar Athlete... recorded a personal record of 23.77 in the 50-meter freestyle... personal best of 51.55 in the 100-meter freestyle... earned two letters.

Personal: Majoring in biology... plans to go to Vet school and own her own clinic... parents are Lori and Jeff McDonald... has twin siblings, Madison and Ross.