Inductee #10 (2006)
	15 Mike McDonald | C Hometown: Vici, OK School: Vici High School Played from 1982-85 College: Wichita State Pro: Minor Leagues (Giants) Notes: Played four years at Wichita State and was on the 1989 National Championship team. Drafted by the Giants out of college.

The tenth inductee to the Traveler Hall of Fame was probably the program's most versatile player of all time. He could do it all defensively.

Mike McDonald literally played every position at least once and was an offensive and defensive superstar on the club for four years. He played and graduated from Vici High School (a small town 20 miles south of Woodward) and it was clear from a young age that Mike was going to be one of the best to ever come out of northwest Oklahoma.

Traveler coach Bob Ward kept tabs on the surrounding players and knew that along with Mike, the small schools surrounding Woodward -- Leedey, Taloga and Vici primarily -- were stacked with good young talent in the early 1980s. All of those kids came together in the summer and eventually produced one of the best teams in Oklahoma history after McDonald's senior year of high school (the 1985 Traveler team that went 86-12).

Mike is the third member of the '85 club to be honored in the Traveler Hall of Fame, joining Monty Farriss (Leedey) and Bryan Gore (Taloga).

McDonald was one of the rare players in the team's long history to start games as a 15-year-old. In 1982 he started many of the team's 78 games at either catcher or first base. By 1985 Mike was as good as any player on the rsoter at numerous positions but spent most of his time behind the plate or in centerfield. Just to make the puzzle complete, Bob Ward sat second baseman Mark Ward (his son) in order to let Mike play the position and complete the rare feat of starting at all eight positions in one season.

And yes, he could hit too.

McDonald racked up a ton of hits in his career. He tallied 242 in his final two seasons on the team and sits second on the single-season hit list with 131 in 1985. He hit. 417 that year and set what may be two unbreakable records of 144 runs scored and 610 defensive putouts in one season. He also became one of the hottest recruits in all of Oklahoma.

Wichita State coach Gene Stephenson signed McDonald that summer and Mike's career with the Shockers was a magical one. He was the starting left fielder and three-hole hitter on the 1989 College World Series championship team.

While at WSU Mike elevated his game, went to back-to-back College World Series, was honored as an All-American and was drafted in the 29th round by the San Francisco Giants in June of 1989.

Mike never made it to the major leagues but his entire baseball resume -- from high school, to the Travelers, to the College World Series and to pro ball -- was as impressive as just about any Traveler alum in history.

Mike spent one year in the Giants system, playing Class A ball at Everett, Washington before going back to WSU to finish his degree. He has been in the farm lending industry ever since. He currently lives in Woodward, working for Farm Credit of Western Oklahoma.