Pat Donoghue was a star football player for Westfield State College in the late 1980s. 

During his senior year in 1989, Donoghue – a 5-10, 210 pound linebacker - was named an NCAA Division III second-team All American. Donoghue was the only player from Massachusetts and one of only four from New England to receive the prestigious national honor. 

The Malden, Mass., native also was a first-team ECAC All New England and a first-team New England Football Conference (NEFC) selection in 1989. During his junior season he was an NEFC all-conference pick. 

A two-year captain, Donoghue set school records during his senior season for most tackles in a game (23), season (131) and career (419). He still holds the school record for most career tackles, and shares school records for most tackles in a game and most fumbles recovered in a season (4) and career (9). 

Donoughue graduated from Westfield State in December of 1989 with a criminal justice degree. He graduated from the New England School of Law in 1999 and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 2000. He is currently employed in the Middlesex sheriff’s office in Billerica, Mass. 

Donoghue and is wife Maura – a 1991 Westfield State graduate – live in Georgetown, Mass., with their three daughters: Rory and identical twins Caitlin and Brenna.