Milwaukee Athletics

Collegiate Honors · Two-Time Horizon League Batter of the Week (Mar. 16, 2026, Apr. 20, 2026)

2026 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Named a Horizon All-League First Team selection and was a member of the 2026 Horizon League All-Tournament Team … set the single-season stolen base record as he finished the year 41-for-45 in attempts for the season … led the team in a number of categories in his first year with the program including a team-high .340 batting average along with 60 runs scored, 72 hits, and 19 doubles … was also among the team leaders with eight home runs and 119 total bases … had a .561 slugging percentage for the second-highest on the team while his .437 on-base percentage was the third highest among eligible players this season … walked and stole a base with an RBI in his Panther debut at LSU (2/13) … had his first hit as a Panther the next game versus LSU (2/14) … recorded a double and a home run in the series opener at Duke (2/20) … had a four-hit day with two doubles and three runs scored at Evansville (2/27) … went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base in the series finale against Evansville (3/1) … tallied two hits including a double and a home run and drove in three runs in the team’s midweek matchup at Minnesota (3/3) … was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and three runs scored in the Horizon League opener at Northern Kentucky (3/14) … had six RBIs with a double and a home run to win the series at Northern Kentucky (3/16) … connected on a home run at Wright State (3/21) … added another home run and drove in three runs in non-league play at UIC (3/31) … walked twice and had a double while driving in two runs in the weekend opener at Oakland (4/10) … had two hits and tied the program record with four stolen bases in a game to help the team to a series win versus Oakland (4/12) … went 2-for-4 with a home run and another pair of steals at Central Michigan (4/13) … had two hits and set the Milwaukee program record with five stolen bases in a single game during game one of a weekend set at home against Northern Kentucky (4/16) … had a four-hit showing with a double and a home run to help sweep the series versus Northern Kentucky (4/18) … had a double against St. Thomas (4/21) … collected two hits and an RBI in the team’s win over Wright State (4/25) … drove in three runs in the series finale at UNLV (5/3) … doubled and drove in a pair in the win over UIC (5/6) … had two hits including a double in each home game as Milwaukee swept Oakland (5/14-16) … had two hits with a double and a triple while drawing two walks in the Horizon League Championship opener versus Northern Kentucky (5/21) … had a hit and drove in two runs in the championship-clinching win over Wright State (5/23) … had two hits and scored a run in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship opener at No. 4 Auburn (5/29) … had two doubles and drove in a pair of runs in the team’s win over UCF (5/30).

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.