Connor Buckley

Height:
6-1
Weight:
186
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Stonington, Conn.

2016 season: Appeared in 33 games, making 17 starts as a senior… Hit .247 with 10 RBIs and a pair of extra-base hits….Recorded three multi-hit games… Blasted a home run and drove in a season-best three runs against Austin Peay on Feb. 27… Tallied a pair of hits during the Huskies’ American Athletic Conference Tournament run in Clearwater, Fla.

2015 season: Made 18 overall appearances, including four starts at third base...hit .273 with a .393 on-base percentage, five runs scored and five RBIs...went 1-for-2 with a double and two runs scored at FIU (March 7)...drove in a pair at Furman (March 14)...had a pinch-hit RBI double against Massachusetts (April 21).

Before UConn: Spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons at UConn Avery Point...helped Avery Point to a pair of regional championships and a 2013 district championship...reached the JUCO College World Series in 2013...won the 2014 UConn Student-Athlete Award.

High School: Played four years of varsity baseball at Stonington...two-time All-Eastern Connecticut Conference...2011 CHSCA All-State...2011 New London Day All-Area...team captain and MVP as a senior...reached the state semifinals as a junior.

Personal: Connor Sykes Buckley...born Dec. 13, 1993...son of Peter and Holly Buckley...has an older brother, Dylan...political science major at UConn.