Cam McDonald enters his second year on the Illinois baseball staff in 2025. A five-year letterwinner of the program, McDonald joined the staff following the completion of the Fighting Illini's 2023 season.

The Ladd, Ill., native, finished his Illini career among program leaders in games played (220, T-7th), games started (219, 5th) hits (255, 8th) and RBI (163, 9th), and started 158-straight games to end his collegiate career. He also holds the program record for longest on-base streak at 63 games. McDonald was named All-Big Ten Second Team in 2022 after post a slash of 363/.413/.561 in 53 games.