Kennedy O'Connor

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-2
Weight:
194
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Springfield, Mass.
Prev School:
Omaha (USHL)

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024-25: Appeared in 35 games and totaled six assists ... Was +7 with 18 blocks ... Recorded an assist at #16/15 UMass Lowell (3/1) ... Notched assists in back-to-back games vs. (1/24-1/25) ... Picked up an assist at Northeastern (1/10) ... Notched an assist vs. Harvard (11/22) ... Collected an assist vs. Air Force (10/12).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023-24: Saw action in one game … Made season debut vs. UConn (1/5).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022-23: Appeared in 22 games and collected two assists … Attempted eight shots and blocked 15 … Registered an assist at Boston College (2/17) ... Logged an assist vs. #13/16 UConn (1/20) for first collegiate point ... Made collegiate debut at AIC (10/8), paired with Owen Murray.

BEFORE UMASS: Played two seasons with the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League (USHL) … Saw action in 97 games and recorded 10 points on four goals and six assists … Played four seasons at The Loomis Chaffee School, serving as captain in 2019-20, and logged 35 points (5g, 30a) over 106 contests.

PERSONAL: Born Kennedy Thomas O’Connor on May 10, 2001, in Augusta, Ga. … Son of Thomas and Cara O’Connor … Has two sisters, Kayla and Ireland … Father, Thomas, played hockey at the University of Massachusetts (1994-98) and professionally with the Wheeling Nailers (1998-99) and Augusta Lynx (2000-01) of the ECHL and the Syracuse Crunch (1998-99) and Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (1999-00) of the AHL … Sister, Kayla, played hockey at Trinity (2014-18) … 2020 graduate of Loomis Chaffee School (Windsor, Conn.) … Majoring in Kinesiology.