2010: Begins his senior campaign as the mostexperience Spartan player … enters his fifth season with theprogram after taking a medical redshirt earlier in his career dueto a knee injury … is a tall forward who is a target on setpieces and services from the flanks … has improvedthroughout his career … will be called upon to be aconsistent attacking threat.
2009: Played in all 23 York contests, drawing16 starts … notched a team-best ten goals, as he was theonly Spartan to reach double-digits in goals scored … chosento the All-Capital Athletic Conference first-team … scoredthree game-winning goals highlighted by his tally against Messiahin York’s 2-0 victory over the eventual national champions onOctober 7 … added one assist for the campaign in a 4-1November 3 win against Mary Washington in the CAC Tournament… 24 of his 46 shots were on target … helped theSpartans to their fourth CAC Tournament championship … waspart of York’s fifth consecutive trip to the NCAATournament.
2008: Played in and started each ofYork’s first four games … scored two goals …notched the game-winner against Medaille in the Spartans’ 1-0victory on September 6 … suffered a season-ending kneeinjury against Johns Hopkins on September 10 … part of asquad that posted an 18-game winning streak during the regularseason … ranked as high as #2 in the country … madethe NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season …Spartans finished the year with an undefeated 18-0-2 record.
2007: Appeared in 19 games, drawing twostarts … tallied seven goals … notched a pair ofgame-winners … second game-winner came in York’s NCAATournament 2-1 overtime defeat of Eastern on November 11 …recorded two assists for the season, including the assist on theSpartans’ tying goal in the November 11 game against Eastern… part of a Spartan squad advanced to their thirdconsecutive NCAA Tournament and second-straight Elite Eight berth… York tied a program record with 21 victories, finishingthe year at 21-3-1.
2006: Appeared in 10 games … scoredtwo goals, notching the tallies in back-to-back contests …first career collegiate goal came against Marymount (Va.) onOctober 7 during York’s 5-0 win … second goal came onOctober 9 when the Spartans’ topped CAC foe Gallaudet 8-1… registered six shots for the campaign, putting fouron-target … part of a team that won its second-consecutiveCAC Tournament championship … squad set a program recordwith 21 victories, finishing with an undefeated 21-0-3 record… reached the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight.
Personal: Is a criminal justice major… is the son of Mike and Kelly O’Connell … bornon October 18, 1988 … played club soccer for the FreestateDragons … was an all-conference and all-county selection inhigh school … owns a 3.19 cumulative GPA … has madethe Dean’s List four semesters … names his parents asthe people he most admires … hobbies include any sport,fishing, going to the beach, skiing … favorite athletes areFernando Torres and Didier Drogba … chose York because he“wanted to have the best chance of winning a nationalchampionship” … most significant athletic achievementis winning the Capital Athletic Conference championship …most memorable athletic moment while with the Spartan program isscoring the game-winning goal against Eastern in the 2007 NCAATournament … after graduation he plans on going into lawenforcement.
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