2017 Baseball Roster
Roster
Conner O'Neil
- Position:
- Right Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kennewick, WA
- High School:
- Southridge HS
- Prev School:
- Central Arizona College
- B/T:
- R/R
2017 All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention
2015 All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention
2017 Season (Senior)
O'Neil appeared in 27 games and posted a 5-4 record along with a team-best 2.70 ERA ... Struck out 63 batters in 50.0 innings of work ... Limited batters to a .198 average ... Racked up seven saves for the season ... Went 4-2 with a 2.33 ERA and 36 strikeouts in conference play ... Earned All-Big West Honorable Mention for the second time in his career ... Finished sixth in the conference in saves ... Named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year watchlist for the second-straight season ... Earned first save of the season by tossing 1.1 shutout innings against UCLA (3/7/17) ... Struck out two batters and tossed 2.2 innings to notch a save at No. 14 Vanderbilt (3/3/17) ... Struck out three batters in a shutout inning against Holy Cross (3/8/17) ... Fanned four batters and tossed 1.1 shutout innings against Purdue (3/12/17) ... Struck out four and worked three shutout innings to earn a save at Washington State (3/26/17) ... Worked 1.2 shutout innings to pick up a win at UC Davis (4/1/17) ... Fanned four and gave up a run in three innings of work, earning a victory over UC Santa Barbara (4/9/17) ... Struck out all three batters he faced to nail down a save at No. 12 Long Beach State (4/15/17) ... Recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts while allowing two runs in 5.1 innings vs. UC Riverside (4/21/17) ... Struck out three in three shutout innings at UC Irvine (5/5/17) ... Tossed two shutout innings, striking out three in a win over No. 13 Cal State Fullerton (5/21/17) ... Leaves CSUN the all-time leader in saves (29) and the owner of the lowest ERA (2.53) of any Division I pitcher in team history ... Also tied for fifth all-time with 78 career games pitched and 10th with 197 strikeouts ... Named a Senior CLASS award candidate ... Drafted in the seventh round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the New York Mets.
2016 Season (Junior)
O'Neil competed in 23 games and made three starts as a junior ... Went 5-5 with a 3.07 ERA ... Recorded 70 strikeouts in 58.2 innings of work ... Hitters batted .214 against him ... Registered 10 saves ... Became the all-time career saves leader and pushed his all-time CSUN save total to 22 ... Named to the preseason NCBWA Stopper of the Year watchlist and NCBWA Preseason All-American Third Team ... Tossed 1.2 innings of scoreless relief to nail down a save vs. Northern Colorado (2/27/16) ... Earned two wins at George Washington (3/5/16-3/6/16), giving up a run over four innings combined ... Picked up a victory by going three innings, giving up no runs to UConn (3/13/16) ... Earned two saves in a pair of appearances against Houston Baptist, pitching 4.1 shutout innings (3/18/16-3/19/16) ... Hurled a career-high seven innings and struck out nine batters in his first start of the season at Portland (3/24/16) ... Pitched 1.1 shutout innings to nail down a save at UCLA (4/5/16) ... Tossed 2.1 shutout frames, fanning four at UC Riverside to earn a win (4/30/16) ... Struck out three over two hitless innings to pick up a save against Cal Poly (5/7/16) ... Saved two against UC Davis including racking up nine strikeouts over four innings (5/13/16, 5/15/16) ... Nine of his 10 saves were multiple-inning efforts ... His career 2.46 ERA is ranked fifth all-time in the CSUN record books ... Drafted in the 32nd round by the Detroit Tigers in the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
2015 Season (Sophomore)
O'Neil appeared in 28 games, making three starts ... Named All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention ... Finished third in the conference in ERA (1.89) and saves (12) ... Went 3-2, striking out 64 batters in 62.0 innings pitched ... Finished fourth on the team in strikeouts ... Allowed a .190 batting average to the opposition ... Set the CSUN all-time single season save record with 12 ... Just two shy of tying for the school's career all-time save record ... Earned two wins in his three starts ... Contributed to the team's 31-0 record when holding leads after eight innings ... Saved four games against 2015 NCAA Tournament teams (San Diego State, CSU Bakersfield and Pepperdine twice) ... Pitched 6.1 innings, allowing two hits to defeat Grand Canyon (2/24/15) ... Tossed six shutout innings en route to defeating Dartmouth (3/20/15) ... Pitched 2.1 innings in relief to earn a victory against BYU (4/13/15) ... Tossed 6.1 innings of scoreless relief at Fresno State (5/5/15) ... Retired all ten batters he faced to earn a save against UC Irvine (5/22/15).
CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE
O'Neil, along with his brother and former teammate Spencer, played baseball at Central Arizona College ... He was a pitcher for the Vaqueros and his team won the ACCAC League Championship in 2014.
SOUTHRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
O'Neil attended Southridge High School in Kennewick, WA ... He earned All-Conference accolades after his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and his 2011 team won the league title.
PERSONAL
O'Neil is majoring in Liberal Studies.
