Notre Dame's vistory in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Divsion 1 Men's Lacrosse Championship vs Yale on May 13, 2012 at Arlotta Stadium Notre Dame, Ind.
The Men's Lacrosse team beat Drexel on the Loftus Field on March 6th.
Coming off a freshman season in which he was a major factor for the Fighting Irish at the faceoff position ... will be relied upon heavily in faceoffs in 2012 ... good at making adjustments in his game ... has a high lacrosse IQ.
AS A FRESHMAN: Had a very productive freshman season at the faceoff position ... ranked 18th nationally with a .553 faceoff winning percentage (88-for-159) ... picked up a team-high 41 ground balls ... went 7-for-11 in faceoffs in his collegiate debut, a 12-7 season-opening win over Duke ... also had five ground balls against the Blue Devils ... went 10-for-17 in the faceoff circle and scooped up seven ground balls in an 11-7 triumph of Drexel ... registered a season-best winning percentage by going 13-for-16 (.813) in an 8-7 victory over Ohio State ... matched a season-high total with 13 faceoff victories (in 21 attempts) in a 14-3 win at Providence ... went 12-for-19 and picked up a season-high eight ground balls in an 11-8 setback at Syracuse ... was 7-for-9 against Duke in a 7-5 loss in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament ... earned a monogram.
PREP AND PERSONAL: An Under Armour All-American ... two-time All-American ... ranked 33rd in the class of 2010 by Inside Lacrosse ... ranked as the 10th best midfielder in the class of 2010 according to Inside Lacrosse ... tallied 35 goals and 10 assists in addition to winning 73 percent of his faceoff attempts during his senior season ... two-time all-Philadelphia selection ... two-time All-Delco ... two-time all-conference (Inter Ac) ... team won Inter Ac (Inter-Academic League) championships in 2009 and 2010 ... squad also captured Inter Ac Tournament in 2009 and 2010 ... two-time All-Eastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association ... son of Michael and Ellen O'Connor ... mother attended Notre Dame and was a member of the tennis team ... brother, Rory, plays lacrosse at the University of Vermont ... enrolled in Notre Dame's First Year of Studies program ... posted a 3.292 GPA during his first semester.
