Performance History
HONORS:
- Fall 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Spring 2017 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2017-18 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2018-2019 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2018-2019 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference
- 2019-2020 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2019-2020 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference
2019-20: CSCAA Scholar All-America Team…Selected to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team…Selected to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) Academic All-State Team for the second straight year…Named A-10 Men’s Performer of the Week for the week ending Jan. 28, 2020…Recorded 15 top-three performances, most on the team, with eight individual first-place finishes, one individual second-place finishes and six individual third-place finishes…Led the team with eight first-place finishes and was second on the team with 109 points…Won five medals, two individual and three relay, at the 2020 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships…Atlantic 10 Champion in the 200-yard backstroke with a NCAA B qualifying time (1:44.08), claimed the bronze with a third-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (47.86), placed fifth in the 200-yard IM (1:48.29), all season-best times, and was a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that won gold (1:19.66) and a member of both the 400-yard freestyle relay (2:29.04) and 800-yard freestyle relay teams (6:32.86) that took the silver at the A-10 Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio Feb. 19-22…Won both the 100-yard backstroke (50.54) and 200-yard backstroke (1:49.97), while placing 10th in the 100-yard butterfly (51.40) vs. American, Army and Old Dominion Jan. 25…Took second in the 100-yard backstroke (50.10) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.75) vs. UMBC Jan. 18…Placed third in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.15), sixth in the 100-yard butterfly (49.41), seventh in the 500-yard freestyle (4:36.36) and 10th in the 100-yard freestyle (45.92) at the Patriot Invitational Nov. 21-23…Won the 200-yard IM (1:54.15), placed second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.96) and finished third in the 100-yard backstroke (50.95) vs. La Salle at the Atlantic 10 Classic Nov. 2-3…Took the top spot on the podium in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.89) vs. Davidson at the Richmond Duals Oct. 18-19…Won both the 100-yard backstroke (51.78) and 200-yard backstroke (1:52.65) at Delaware Oct. 5.
2018-19: Recorded two individual first place, three individual second place and three individual third place finishes during the season… Selected to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team…Selected Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Second Team and All-Academic Team…Won the bronze in both the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.97) and in the 200-yard IM (1:47.94) while placing fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (47.92), all personal-best times, at the 2019 Atlantic 10 Championships Feb. 20-23…Took first place in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.16) and second place in the 100-yard backstroke (50.67) vs. American, Army and Old Dominion Jan. 19…Finished 26th in the preliminary round of the 200 L backstroke (2:07.50) and 32nd in the preliminary round of the 100 L backstroke (58.05) at the USA Swimming Winter National Championships Nov. 30-Dec. 1…Placed second in the 400-yard IM (4:02.52), sixth in the 200-yard IM (1:53.17) and seventh in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.54) at the Patriot Invitational Nov. 15-17…Won the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.88) and placed seventh in both the 100-yard backstroke (51.69) and in the 200-yard IM (1:56.32) at the Atlantic 10 Classic Oct. 27-28.
2017-18: Recorded three individual first place, three individual second place and six individual third place finishes during the season…Finished third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:45.64) and 11th in both the 100-yard backstroke (49.15) and 200-yard backstroke (1:51.17) Feb. 14-17 at the Atlantic 10 Championships…Won the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.71) and placed third in the 100-yard freestyle (47.80) Jan. 26-27 at Liberty and VMI…Made the podium twice, with a second place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.20) and a third place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (51.55) Jan. 20 vs. Army, American and Boston University…Placed 16th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.57) and 35th in the 100-yard backstroke (50.78) Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at the USA Swimming Winter Nationals in Columbus, Ohio…Placed third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.11), fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (51.40), 17th in the 200-yard IM (1:54.24) and 24th in the 100-yard butterfly (52.22) Nov. 16-18 at the Patriot Invitational…Swam in four events at the Atlantic 10 Classic Oct. 28-29, finishing second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.59), third in the 100-yard backstroke (52.22) and sixth in the 200-yard IM (1:58.14)…Took the top spot on the podium in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.37) and placed fifth in both the 50-yard backstroke (25.47) and 100-yard backstroke (53.55) Oct. 20-21 at the Richmond Duals…Won the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.48) and finished second in the 100-yard backstroke (52.59) Oct. 14 at Delaware.
2016-17: Recorded two individual first place, three individual second place and five individual third place finishes during the season…Finished fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.27), 10th in the 100-yard backstroke (49.68) and 17th in the 200-yard IM (1:52.49), all season-best times, Feb. 15-18 at the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championships…Took third in both the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.73) and 100-yard backstroke (52.43) and finished 10th in the 100-yard butterfly (54.74) Jan. 21 vs. Army and Boston University…Recorded a fourth place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.75) and a fifth place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (54.61) Jan. 16 vs. La Salle…Placed fourth in both the 100-yard backstroke (54.56) and 200-yard backstroke (2:00.51) Jan. 14 vs. George Washington…Was seventh in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.08) and ninth in the 100-yard backstroke (51.03) Nov. 17-19 at the Patriot Invitational…Made the podium with a second place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.80) and a third place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (52.23) Nov. 4-5 vs. Northeastern and Towson…Won the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.20) and finished third in both the 50-yard backstroke with a season-best time (24.94) and 100-yard backstroke (52.78) Oct. 21-22 at the Richmond Duals…Earned a first place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:53.11) and a second place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (52.21) Oct. 15 vs. Delaware…Placed fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.17) and fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (52.59) Oct. 7 vs. Navy and UMBC.
Prep: Four-year swimming letterwinner at Millbrook High School…National Honor Society, graduated top 10 percent, A/B Honor Roll and Academic All-Conference…Best time of 21.72 in the 50-yard freestyle, 51.80 in the 100-yard butterfly, 50.99 in the 100-yard backstroke, 1:48.32 in the 200-yard backstroke and 1:56.19 in the 200-yard IM…Team captain and finalist at North Carolina High School State meet…11 years with the Marlins Swim Club in Raleigh, N.C.
Personal: Son of Alison and Kyle Donnelly…Has two siblings: Jason and Kevin…Also considered UMBC, Tampa and the University of Miami-Ohio…Finance major.
