Indiana University Athletics
O'Conner Signs National Letter-of-Intent
8/12/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 12, 2005
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana baseball head coach Tracy Smith announced on Friday that catcher Billy O'Conner has signed a national letter-of-intent to attend Indiana University beginning in the fall semester of 2005.
"Billy is a good hard-nosed, catch-and-throw catcher. He's a great student and is the type of kid we want at Indiana. We are re very fortunate to have him come in at such a late date. He played for one of the top high school programs in Ohio, has been around winning, and we think he'll bring that same attitude to the Hoosiers."
A 5-10, 175-pound catcher out of Cincinnati, O'Conner started his last two seasons at Elder High School for head coach Mark Thompson. During the 2005 season, O'Conner co-captained Elder to a 28-1 record, the best mark in school history, and its 12th Division I state championship. In the postseason, O'Conner posted a .391 batting average as he earned second team GCL and honorable mention All-City honors for the second consecutive season.
As a junior in 2004, O'Conner batted at a .375 clip with 10 RBI, 12 runs and nine stolen bases. In his senior season, he increased his production with 29 runs and 12 RBI in addition to eight stolen bases.
O'Conner also played for the Cincinnati Weststars this past summer, hitting .372 over 28 games.
"I'm excited to be a part of both a great academic and athletic tradition at IU," O'Conner said. "I look forward to helping the team in anyway that I can."
The son of Bill and Maureen O'Conner plans to study business at IU.
