Milwaukee Athletics

2025 (at Western Kentucky)
Appeared in just 13 games for Western Kentucky during his second season with the team as he made nine starts on the year … had just 26 at bats on the year with six hits including a pair of doubles with one RBI and seven runs scored … stole four bases … had two hits with a double and an RBI in his season debut against Illinois State (2/14) … walked and scored another run later in the day against the Redbirds (2/14) … had another double against Lafayette (2/23) … walked twice at Eastern Kentucky (3/19) … walked and scored a run at Kennesaw State (3/22) … had a hit against Vanderbilt (4/1) … sat out the remainder of the season due to injury.
 
2024 (at Western Kentucky)
Transferred to Western Kentucky as a sophomore and appeared in 39 games for the Hilltoppers with starts in 38 contests … hit .280 on the year with 42 hits including five doubles and three home runs … drove in 20 runs on the year and scored 33 runs … had a .373 slugging percentage and a .366 on-base percentage … ended the year with a team-best 17 steals … began his WKU career with a single against Bradley (2/16) … had two hits including a double and scored two runs the next afternoon against the Braves (2/17) … finished off the weekend with two more singles against Bradley (2/18) … had a four-hit afternoon in the team’s home opener against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/24) … added three hits and drove in a pair against West Virginia (3/3) … played in all four games of a non-league series against Milwaukee and had three hits and two RBIs over the series (3/8-10) … picked up two hits with an RBI against Austin Peay (3/12) … registered two hits including a double in the series opener against Libert (4/19) … had two RBIs in the team’s win the following afternoon against the Flames (4/20) … wet 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the opener at Middle Tennessee (4/26) … added another two RBIs as the Hilltoppers finished the sweep over MTSU (4/28) … recorded four hits and four RBIs in the team’s weekend series at home against New Mexico State (5/18) … had another two hits and two RBIs in postseason play against New Mexico State (5/23).
 
2023 (at St. Thomas)
Attended the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota as a freshman in 2023 … was named the 2023 Preseason Summit League Freshman of the Year by both D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game Baseball … saw time in 42 of the team’s 44 games as a freshman and had 155 at bats … hit .245 on the year with 38 hits including four doubles and two triples … drove in 14 runs and scored 20 … ended the season with a .297 slugging percentage and a .280 on-base percentage … stole seven bases on the year … made his collegiate debut and drew a walk against Cal State Bakersfield (2/17) … recorded his first hit in college and scored a run the next day against the Roadrunners (2/18) … had a multi-hit game in his first Summit League contest against Oral Roberts (3/17) … picked up two more hits in back-to-back games at Kansas State (3/21-22) … had two hits and a walk and scored two runs in the series opener against Northern Colorado (4/7) … had a double at Air Force (4/10) … drove in a pair in the weekend opener at South Dakota State (4/23) … had a three-hit afternoon in the team’s win over Omaha (4/29) … added another three hits and drove in two runs while scoring three the next day against the Mavericks (4/30) … tallied two hits including a double at New Mexico State (5/18) … finished his season with a strong effort as he collected two doubles and drove in three runs against New Mexico State (5/20).
 
High School
Graduated from Eau Claire Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 2022 … played baseball, football, and basketball with the Eagles … named a two-time All-State selection and earned District Player of the Year honors … earned First Team All-District honors in addition to All-Conference honors and was namd the Conference Player of the Year … played club baseball for Eau Claire Legion.
 
Personal
Son of Sarah and Brad O’Connell … has one sibling, Camryn … father Brad played baseball in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization … plans to major in business economics while studying at Milwaukee.