Jason Donald   •  Shortstop  •  University of Arizona

Draft:Selected by the Anaheim Angels in the 20th round of the 2003 MLB Amateur Draft.

High School: Graduated from Buchanan High School in Clovis, Calif., where he earned four letters in baseball for coach Tom Donald … 2003 Buchanan Athlete of the Year … Holds Buchanan single season records in hits, home runs and runs scored … Team captain his senior season … Named second team All-American by Baseball America after his senior year … Hit .534 with 11 home runs, 15 doubles, 31 RBIs, 14 stolen bases and 52 runs scored in 2003 … California Interscholastic Federation Player of the Year in 2003 … 2003 Fresno Bee Player of the Year … Tri-City Athletic Conference 2003 Player of the Year … 2003 first team all-state … Hit .468 with 50 runs scored his junior year … 2002 first team all-CIF and all-TCAC … Was named all-state his junior year ... Was named the Fresno Easter Classic MVP in both 2001 and ’02 … Also earned three letters in football as a quarterback, wide receiver, safety, place kicker and punter for coach Mike Vogt … TCAC Offensive Player of the Year his senior season … First team All-TCAC safety his junior year … All-CIF and all-city his senior year in football … Honor roll member all four years of high school.

Summer Leagues

Played for the Bayside Yankees in the summer of 2003 … Participated at the 2002 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif.

Personal
Full name: Jason Thomas Donald … Born: 9/4/84 in Modesto, Calif. … Son of Tom and Debbie Donald … Father played football at Cal Poly … Has a younger sister, Katie, and brother, Sammy … Undecided in area of academic pursuit.