Adult
In July 2015, Donlin was assigned as Acquisition Program Manager at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles.
In 2016 he made his United States men's national handball team debut at the 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship. The team finished in 8th place. His United States national beach handball team debut came the same year at the 2016 Beach Handball World Championships. This was the first World Championship appearance for the US and Donlin was the top scorer of the team.
At the 2018 Pan American Men's Beach Handball Championship he was the top scorer of the tournament and the team won the bronze medal.
He finished sixth in scoring at the 2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships.
He played for the Los Angeles THC at the 2019 USA Team Handball Nationals, as they won the title.
In November 2018 he became a member of the United States Air Force World Class Athlete Program.
In December 2018 he played his first game for TSV Bayer Dormagen (DE). [4]
He played at the 2019 Pan American Games.
Donlin played for the United States team that won the 2019 Nor.Ca. Men's Beach Handball Championship, which qualified them for the 2019 World Beach Games The team finished 5th at the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship.
He played for the Los Angeles THC at the 2019 North American and the Caribbean Senior Club Championship (3rd) and 2019 USA Team Handball Nationals (4th).
In August 2019 he joined CB Ademar León, a professional Liga ASOBAL club. He became the first American handball player to play in a European club competition when he played in the 2019–20 EHF Cup. Ademar León were eliminated in the group stage.
In 2020 he was awarded with the 2019 United States Air Force Athlete of the Year title.
In August 2021 he left the World Class Athlete Program and joined the newly formed United States Space Force as Program Manager, Special Programs in Los Angeles. Upon his return to the United States, he joined San Francisco CalHeat, the USA Team Handball reigning champion, and won the 2021 North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship, a qualifying tournament for the IHF Men's Super Globe. From then on, he became a key player for his club, winning the 2022 and 2023 USA Team Handball Nationals, as well as the 2023 North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship. In 2023, he made his first appearance at the 2023 IHF Super Globe, winning the first ever game in the competition for a North American team. Early in 2024, he transferred to California Eagles, a newly founded club based out of Los Angeles, with whom he won the 2024 USA Team Handball Nationals and the 2024 North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship.
In 2024 he was awarded with the 2023 United States Air Force Athlete of the Year title for the second time after the 2019 title. [5]
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