2011 JUNIOR
Played summer ball for the
Falmouth (Mass.) Commodores.
2010 SOPHOMORE
Played in 41 games with 26
starts, 21 at catcher, four at third base and one as the designated hitter...Hit
.291 with 17 runs, 32 hits, nine doubles, on home run and 25 RBI...Had a
seven-game hitting streak from March 31-April 11...Had seven multiple-hit games
and four multiple-RBI games...Had a season-high three hits against Tabor on March
31...Had a season-high five RBI against Evansville on April 4...Went 2-for-5 with
five RBI and a grand slam against Evansville on April 4...Went 2-for-3 with three
RBI and two doubles against Bethany on April 21...Went 2-for-4 with a double
against Southern Illinois on April 11.
2009 FRESHMAN
Played in 57 games with 56
starts, 42 at third base, seven as the catcher and seven as the designated
hitter...Hit .261 with 34 runs, 52 hits, 11 doubles, one triple, five home runs,
35 RBI and three stolen bases...Had two five-game hitting streaks...Had 14 multiple-hit
games and nine multiple-RBI games...Had a season-high three hits against
Arkansas-Pine Bluff on March 17 and Oral Roberts on May 5...Scored a season-high
four runs against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on March 17...Had a season-high three RBI
six times...Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two doubles against North Dakota
State on March 1...Went 2-for-4 with three RBI against Long Beach State on March
21...Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a home run against Illinois State on April 4.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Bishop Kelley High
School in Tulsa, Okla...Lettered four years in baseball, four years in
basketball and one year in football...In 2008 in baseball, he was named
all-state, all-Metro and the conference Player-of-the-Year...In 2007 in
baseball, he was named all-conference...In 2008 in basketball, he was named
second team all-conference.
PERSONAL
Son of Charlie and Traci
O'Brien...Born July 24, 1989, in Milwaukee, Wis...Has two sisters, Alisha and
Andi, and one brother Cameron...Father Charlie O'Brien played for the Shockers
and in the Major Leagues...Uncle Erik Sonberg played baseball for the
Shockers...Is majoring in communications at WSU...Also recruited by Georgia and
Arizona State.
