Pat O'Connor
Patrick O’Connor has to be considered one of the elite athletes ever to attend Old Rochester, earning a total of 11 varsity letters in football, winter track and baseball through his high school career.
On the football field he was the focal point of the offense for 3 years. He set (at the time) the single season rushing record with 1402 yards and broke the single season touchdown record with 20 leading the Bulldogs to an 11-0 record and a Super Bowl berth in 2003.
As good as he was on the gridiron, Patrick really excelled on the diamond. He was a 3 time all-star and a 4 year starter. His sophomore year he hit an outstanding .373 with 5 home runs. That was just the start; he followed that up his junior year with a .400 average and 6 home runs.
He saved his best for his senior year when he hit .460 with 7 home runs. He had a gaudy .794 slugging percentage and an on base percentage of .510.
The renown sports writer Buddy Thomas recently wrote columns on the “20 best athletes over the past 50 years” in football, basketball and baseball for each area school and the’ Top 20 in the South Coast’ for each sport.
Patrick was chosen #8 at ORR for football and #1 for baseball. He was chosen #4 in the entire South Coast for baseball.
Patrick was a 4 year baseball starter in college. Spending his freshman and sophomore years at Wheaton College, he helped them go to the Division 3 World Series losing in the conference title game.
He transferred to Bryant University for his junior year competing in Division 2. In his senior year Bryant transitioned to Division 1.
He currently is the Director of Business Development for LeaseQ out of Burlington, Ma. He follows his older brother Bob who was inducted in 2013