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2023 Baseball Roster

Michael P. Majewski
Samuel Wallace
James Gray

2 Cole O'Connor

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Hamburg, NY
  • Prev School St. Francis High School
  • Major Sport Management

Biography

2023 (Graduate)
Played in 34 games while making 29 starts…hit .282 with one homer and 12 RBI…had six doubles while drawing 17 walks and being hit six times…scored 27 runs…had seven multi hit games including a four hit game against Marist on 5/5, he drove in four runs

2022 (Senior)
Played in 53 games and started in 52… Had a .303 batting average...Was a team high best 9-9 in stolen bases… Added 66 hits, 39 runs, 35 RBI, and two homeruns… Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team

2021 (Junior)
Played in 30 games and started 27… Led the team in hits with 40 and in doubles with nine....Batted .385 on the season...Also added 16 RBIs

2020 (Sophomore)
Played in 14 games and started in 13...Led the Purple Eagles with a .341 batting average...Recorded 15 hits, six runs, one homerun, eight RBIs and a .477 slugging percentage...Recorded a career-high three hits and three RBIs against Cornell on Feb. 28...Was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team. 

2019 (Freshman)
Played in 29 games and started 22…Had 11 hits, six runs, two doubles and six RBI…Had a career-high two hits and two runs scored at Siena on May 11

Before Niagara
O'Connor enjoyed a stellar career for the St Francis Red Raiders and coach Paul Bartell...Following his senior season, O'Connor was named the 2018 Monsignor Martin Offensive Player of the Year and was named to the All-WNY First Team...O'Connor hit .609 as a senior with 39 hits and 25 RBI and led St. Francis to the Georgetown Cup Championship in 2018...He was a three-time All-Catholic First Team honoree and was an All-WNY Second Team selection in 2017...O'Connor was also an All-WNY Scholar Athlete honorable mention...He played club ball for the Academy Stars and head coach Justin Santonocito.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2019Freshman

    INF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2020Sophomore

    INF
    5'11" 205 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2021Junior

    3B
    5'11" 205 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Senior

    3B
    5'11" 205 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Graduate Student

    OF
    5'11" 205 lbs
    2