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Jersey Number 28
Aidan Donovan
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 225
- B/T::
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Commerce, Mich.
- High School:
- Orchard Lake St. Mary’s HS
2026 (SOPHOMORE): Earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades ... Recipient of both the John Kobs Most Valuable Player and Robin Roberts Most Valuable Pitcher MSU Team Awards, marking the second-straight season that the same player received both awards, after Joseph Dzierwa collected both accolades in 2025, which was the first time since 2018 that the same player didn’t win both the John Kobs MVP and Kirk Gibson Offensive Player of the Year Award ... Was the Spartans’ primary Friday night starter, making 15 starts on the mound, leading MSU with six wins, including five in Big Ten play on the way to earning Second-Team All-B1G honors ... The six wins tied for 10th overall in the B1G, while the five conference wins tied for fourth in B1G only games, part of a seven-way tie for fourth, including with USC’s Mason Edwards, who was named the B1G Pitcher of the Year ... During the regular season, tied for the league lead in games started with 14 starts, finishing with 15 overall starts, tying for sixth in the conference ... Additionally, was sixth in the B1G in fewest walks allowed per nine innings (2.16), with just 21 total walks in 87.1 IP. He was also 10th in the Big Ten with a 3.71 ERA ... Was also eighth in the B1G in WHIP (1.23) ... Had a stretch where he yielded just six earned runs in a span of four outings in 27.1 IP, for an ERA of 1.99 over those four starts ... Highlighting that spurt was no earned runs in 7.0 IP vs. Iowa on March 20 and one earned run in 8.0 IP at Northwestern on April 3 ... Finished with a combined two earned runs in his final two outings, not allowing a run in 3.0 IP in his regular-season finale action vs. Illinois State on May 14, then held No. 5 seed Purdue to just two earned runs in 7.2 IP in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in No. 12 seed MSU’s upset of the Boilermakers ... Had seven outings racking up five or more strikeouts, including in three of his final five outings of the season, highlighted by a career-high seven Ks vs. Maryland on April 25 in 6.0 IP, topping his previous career-best that was set just two games before with six strikeouts vs. Michigan on April 11.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s for coaches Nick Di Ponio and Theo Piccirilli ... A two-time First-Team All-State honoree ... Named to MLive’s honorable mention 2024 Metro Detroit Baseball Dream Team list ... A two-time All-Catholic League selection ... Team captain as a senior ... Helped OLSMU break the MHSAA record for most consecutive wins by a program in the state’s history, coming to a halt after 84 in a row ... Posted an 0.92 ERA in 54.2 innings with a 7-0 record as a junior ... Also helped OLSM go 44-0 as a sophomore, winning the MHSAA Division 1 state title, the Eaglets’ third-straight title, moving up from Division 2 after the 2021 season ... St. Mary’s also became the 11th Michigan high school team to reach 40 victories, and the Eaglets were ranked No. 1 in the country by MaxPreps and No. 2 by Perfect Game, becoming the first Michigan school since national baseball rankings began in 1976 to finish No. 1 ... Ranked No. 4 right-handed pitcher and No. 14 overall in the state of Michigan by Perfect Game ... Ranked No. 6 right-handed pitcher and No. 19 overall in the state of Michigan by PBR ... Also a two-year letterwinner on the OLSM football team playing defensive end and wide receiver ... Was also a three-year letterwinner in bowling at OLSM, earning all-league honors and finishing in the top 15 in the region honors and was a two-time team captain.
PERSONAL: Son of Andrea and Nick Donovan, who are both MSU alums ... Father, Nick, played rugby at MSU ... Lists biggest baseball influence as his father, Nick, for helping him through some of his worst slumps and always being supportive ... Lists greatest athletic experience as winning national championship with OLSM and the amazing feeling of doing that with his best friends ... Majoring in finance.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s for coaches Nick Di Ponio and Theo Piccirilli ... A two-time First-Team All-State honoree ... Named to MLive’s honorable mention 2024 Metro Detroit Baseball Dream Team list ... A two-time All-Catholic League selection ... Team captain as a senior ... Helped OLSMU break the MHSAA record for most consecutive wins by a program in the state’s history, coming to a halt after 84 in a row ... Posted an 0.92 ERA in 54.2 innings with a 7-0 record as a junior ... Also helped OLSM go 44-0 as a sophomore, winning the MHSAA Division 1 state title, the Eaglets’ third-straight title, moving up from Division 2 after the 2021 season ... St. Mary’s also became the 11th Michigan high school team to reach 40 victories, and the Eaglets were ranked No. 1 in the country by MaxPreps and No. 2 by Perfect Game, becoming the first Michigan school since national baseball rankings began in 1976 to finish No. 1 ... Ranked No. 4 right-handed pitcher and No. 14 overall in the state of Michigan by Perfect Game ... Ranked No. 6 right-handed pitcher and No. 19 overall in the state of Michigan by PBR ... Also a two-year letterwinner on the OLSM football team playing defensive end and wide receiver ... Was also a three-year letterwinner in bowling at OLSM, earning all-league honors and finishing in the top 15 in the region honors and was a two-time team captain.
PERSONAL: Son of Andrea and Nick Donovan, who are both MSU alums ... Father, Nick, played rugby at MSU ... Lists biggest baseball influence as his father, Nick, for helping him through some of his worst slumps and always being supportive ... Lists greatest athletic experience as winning national championship with OLSM and the amazing feeling of doing that with his best friends ... Majoring in finance.
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