University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2019: Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy Selection (C) ... Started 40 of Penn’s 41 games, with 31 starts behind the dish and 9 starts as the designated hitter … Led the Ivy League with a .405 batting average (64-of-158) … Fifth in the nation with a .527 on-base percentage … Tied for second in the Ivy League and on Penn with 64 hits … Set the program record for walks in a season after reaching base on balls 40 times … Fifth in the Ivy League with 40 RBI … Tied for third on the team with 41 runs scored … Fourth in the Ivy League with 15 doubles … Led the Ivy League catchers with 13 baserunners caught stealing … Third on the team with 18 multi-hit games … Second on the team with a .620 slugging percentage … Tied for first on the team with 12 multi-RBI games … Caught all 21 frames in Penn’s series opener against Dartmouth (April 6).
 
2018: Started 41-of-42 games played at catcher ... Finished the year batting .220 (33-of-150), knocking in 22 runs while scoring 22 himself ... Jacked five home runs, good for second on the team, including the squad's only grand slam against Fairleigh Dickinson (3/18) ... Led the team with 29 walks ... Committed just six errors on 38 attempts behind the plate, and caught 11 baserunners trying to steal ... Hit an extra-innings walk-off single against Villanova (4/4) to give the Quakers a 2-1 victory over the Wildcats ... Tabbed as Big Five Player of the Week following a strong performance at Brown (3/24-25), aggregating six hits with seven RBIs and two homers against the Bears.
 
2017: All-Ivy Honorable Mention ... Batted .281 with six home runs and 26 RBIs ... Tied for the team lead in home runs ... Had a season-high 14-game hit streak from Apr. 3 - Apr. 22 ... Hit .292 in Ivy League play with a team-high four home runs ... Recorded a hit in 16-of-20 league contests ... One of the toughest arms to run on in the conference, as he threw out 40% of runners attempting to steal this season ... Hit his first career grand slam at Delaware (4/12) ... Set a single-season career high in home runs with his fifth of the year at Columbia (4/28).
 
2016: Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... Ivy League Honorable Mention at catcher and DH ... Hit .341 with four home runs and 26 RBIs ... Fifth in the Ivy League in hitting ... Second in the Ivy League in slugging ... Ranked in the top-10 in doubles (11), RBIs (26), and total bases (69) ... Threw out 11 baserunners attempting to steal in 2016 (.333) ... Against the Ivy League, O'Neill hit .353 with three home runs and 15 RBIs in 20 games ... Had 13 multi-hit games, including three three-hit games ... Finished the season with back-to-back 3-for-4 games against Columbia.
 
High School: Lettered twice in baseball ... Served as team captain ... Named First Team All-State in 2015 ... 2015 Super Essex Conference Player of the Year ... 2014 and 2015 First Team All-Essex County ... Two-time Super Essex Conference Champion (2014, 2015) ... Twice winner of the Greater Newark Tournament (2014, 2015) ... Essex County Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
 
Personal: Son of Lauren and Daniel O'Neill ... Father played baseball at Tufts University ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.
 
Career Highs
Hitting
Hits: 4, three times (Last – vs. Columbia 5/3/19)
Doubles: 2, five times (Last - vs. Columbia 5/3/19)
Home Runs: 1, 18 times (Last - vs. Columbia 5/4/19)
Grand Slams: 1, vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (3/18/18)
RBI: 4, four times (Last - vs. Columbia 5/3/19)
Runs Scored: 3, four times (Last – at Dartmouth 4/7/19)