Bentley University

Graduate student and first baseman from Newburyport, Mass. who was a third-team All-Northeast-10 selection in 2014 … bats left and throws left ... received Bachelor of Science in economics-finance May 16, 2015 … Bentley’s top returning hitter from last season … spent most of last year at first place after primarily being used a pitcher earlier in career … .286 career hitter in 105 at bats … as a pitcher, compiled a 7-11 record and a 3.91 ERA in 29 appearances, including 23 starts ... selected as an Intercity League All-Star last summer after hitting .406, second in the league, for the Reading Bulldogs … 2015: shifted from pitcher to 1st base and delivered a slash line of .307/.404/.432 … his 27 hits included three doubles and four triples … 15 RBI and 16 runs scored … .325 average in conference games … batted .290 with runners in scoring position … had a 12-game hitting streak from Apr. 12-26, batting .404 during that span with three 3-hit games … had a total of four 3-hit games (Southern New Hampshire Apr. 4, St. Michael’s Apr. 18, Saint Anselm Apr. 24 and 25) … three appearances on the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll … drove in four runs in a 5-3 win at Saint Anselm Apr. 24  … 2014: named third-team All-Northeast-10 following a junior year that included three shutouts and Bentley’s first no-hitter since 1972 … finished with a 5-5 record and a 2.57 ERA in 11 appearances, all but one as a starter … in 63 innings, struck out 54 and walked 22 with a team-leading opponents’ batting average of .229 … authored a no-hitter against Saint Anselm Apr. 19 against Saint Anselm, with three walks and five strikeouts … that effort earned him Division II National Pitcher of the Week honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, NCBWA Division II East Region Pitcher of the Week  recognition and the Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Week accolades … had a five-hit shutout at LIU Post Mar. 22 and a four-hit 1-0 shutout against Pace Apr 4 … the three shutouts came during a stretch in which he won five straight starts with a microscopic 0.66 ERA … back-to-back nine-strikeout starts vs. Southern New Hampshire Mar. 29 and Pace Apr. 4 … in conference play, was 4-2 with a 1.88 ERA … held lefties to a .161 average … opponents hit only .145 with RISP … was named to the NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll three times … 2013: posted a 4.25 ERA and a 2-3 W-L in 53 innings of work … nine of his ten appearances were as a starter … walked 21 and struck out .37 … .295 opponents’ batting average … that was reduced to .263 with runners on base … picked up first career win with five scoreless innings at Rollins Feb. 17 … pitched seven scoreless innings against Bridgeport to earn a victory Mar. 13 … struck out seven against Rollins Apr. 28 … 2012: started three games and pitched out of the bullpen four times before injuries prematurely ended his season in early April ... was 0-3 with a 6.46 ERA in 23.2 innings ... 5.28 ERA as a starter with all three starts made down in Florida ... fanned four in three relief innings Mar. 21 against Stonehill ... with runners in scoring position and two outs, allowed only one hit in 13 at bats ... Before Bentley: 2011 graduate of Newburyport High School where he earned four letters in baseball, three in football and one in hockey ... had an outstanding senior year with his list of honors including Boston Globe Division 3 Player of the Year and All-Scholastic, Boston Herald All-Scholastic, Cape Ann League MVP and team MVP after leading Newburyport to the 2011 Division 3 state championship ... had a career record of 22-6 and set school records for strikeouts in a game (18), season (122) and career (236) ... also set records for season shutouts (6) and career doubles ... two-time Cape Ann League All-Star ... helped hockey team to 2009 state championship and football to the 2009 Cape Ann title ... baseball team captain ... Personal: son of Michael and Jane O’Connor ... has one sister, Elizabeth (20) ... father played baseball for Bentley from 1982-84 and two years in the Cubs’ organization after being a 14th-round draft choice ... sister is currently a Bentley junior … pursuing his Masters in finance ... age as of Feb. 1: 22 … Silver Key (honor roll five times) while in high school … 2011 Literary Award … serves on Bentley’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

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