AS A JUNIOR: Split time with Gavin Clark at first base... Season-high five-game hit streak to end the season... Hit in seven of his last eight games, going 11-for-32 (.344) with two doubles, a triple, a home run, seven RBIs and three runs scored... Led the team with 10 pinch-hit appearances, and was 4-for-10 in those appearances... Hit .375 vs. lefthanders and .367 with runners in scoring position... Collected a career-high four hits, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against Rhode Island (5/2)... Hit first collegiate home run, a two-run shot, to give UMass a 3-0 lead, in 4-3 victory over St. Joseph's (5/13)... Collected first career triple, to go along with an RBI and two runs scored in 2-1 win over St. Joseph's (5/13)... AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in eight games, starting two... Had an RBI double in the win against New York Tech (3/15)... AS A FRESHMAN: Played in nine games, all off the bench... Had his first career hit, a single, in a pinch-hit appearance against Central Connecticut (4/9)... BEFORE UMASS: Played baseball, soccer and skied for Hartford High School... Baseball team captain as a senior... Hit .500 over his baseball career... Named All-League in baseball and All-State in baseball and soccer... PERSONAL: A Sport Management major... Born May 10, 1978... Son of Bill and Heather O'Connell.
O'Connell's Career Highs
O'Connell's Career Stats
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