Oklahoma City University Athletics

2014: Hit .388 with 12 home runs and 45 RBIs ... second-team NAIA all-American ... first-team all-Sooner Athletic Conference ... SAC player of the week for Feb. 11-16 ... SAC gold glove ... 18 doubles, four triples ... 64 hits ... .480 on-base percentage ... .764 slugging percentage ... .982 fielding percentage … 4-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs at Southwestern Christian on March 13 … 3-for-3 with run scored, double, homer, four RBIs vs. MidAmerica Nazarene on Feb. 15 … 3-for-4 with double, triple, two RBIs at Southwestern Christian on March 14 … 3-for-4 with two runs scored, double, two homers and five RBIs vs. USAO on Feb. 27 … 3-for-6 with three runs scored, two homers and two RBIs vs. Oklahoma Christian on April 15 … 3-for-4 with double, triple, three RBIs at Mid-America Christian on April 26 … 3-for-4 with triple vs. Belhaven on May 12 in NAIA Championship Opening Round … 3-for-5 with double, two RBIs at Bacone on March 11 … 2-for-2 with run scored, double, homer, four RBIs vs. Midland on March 17 … walk-off homer vs. Southwestern Assemblies of God on April 12.
 
2013: Hit .192 with one double and three RBIs for Georgia Tech … three runs scored … .981 fielding percentage … 2-for-4 with run scored, double and RBI at Georgia Southern on Feb. 27 … 2-for-5 with two runs scored vs. Mercer on March 5 … 1-for-2 vs. The Citadel on March 26 … run driven in vs. Rutgers on March 2.  
 
2012: Played in 29 games and made 24 starts at catcher during his rookie season... Hit .293 with five doubles, a home run and 14 RBIs ... Made his collegiate debut versus Ohio State (2/24) -- no at bats -- and earned first career start at catcher in the OSU series finale (2/26)... Walked in his first career plate appearance, then delivered a three-run double off the left-field wall at Russ Chandler Stadium in third inning and walked again later in the game as Tech beat Ohio State 13-4 (2/26)... In the win over Rutgers (3/2), went 2-for-3 with an RBI single, a sac fly and a two-RBI double for a career-best four-RBI game... Had a career-best three hits vs. Georgia Southern (3/28) and scored in the 10-5 win... Had a two-RBI single and scored in an 8-0 win over Duke (3/31)... Had two hits and scored in the Kennesaw State win (4/3)... Matched his career high with three hits in the Mercer win (4/10)... Singled and registered his first career stolen base vs. Georgia at Turner Field (4/24)... Went 4-for-8 at the ACC Championship with a pair of doubles in two starts at catcher, including a 2-for-5 showing with a double and a run in the championship game win over Miami... Went 1-for-3 in an elimination game versus College of Charleston in the NCAA Gainesville Regional, including his first career homer - a two-run blast - in the 3-0 win.
 
High school: Three-year letter winner and two-year captain under head coach Jeff Rowland at Pope High School ... Helped Pope win the 2009 AAAAA state championship ... Named to the All-County team twice and the AAAAA All-State team in 2011 ... The Golden Bat award winner in 2010-11 ... Named to the East Coast Pro Showcase team and the Braves 400 Club ... Ranked as the No. 6 overall recruit in the state of Georgia and top-200 in the nation ... Invited to the Under Armour All-American game ... Played one season of football and basketball ... During his junior and senior seasons behind the plate, opponents did not attempt a single steal on him ... Maintained a 3.45 GPA ... Played summer ball for Team Georgia and Team Elite.
 
Personal: Majoring in mass communications with concentration in advertising ... son of Keith and Linda Lynch ... brother Liam ... his grandfather, Jerry Lynch, played in the MLB for 13 years with the Pirates and Reds, and roomed with Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazarowski ... full name is Connor Gerald Lynch ... uncle Lee Najjar appeared on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" and had his house shown on MTV's "Cribs" ... lists his favorite nonathletic memory as doing miracle-league work with disabled kids ... born Dec. 17, 1992 in Syracuse, N.Y.

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