2015: Made 12 appearances, going 2-0 over 6 starts ... Posted 6.64 earned run average over 40.2 innings ... Struck out 28 batters ... Picked up first win against Blue Mountain (Jan. 31), tossing six innings and striking out six without allowing an earned run ... Also threw six scoreless frames versus Fisher (Feb. 22) to pick up the victory ... Fanned six more over 4.1 innings against Madonna (March 7) ... Notched a save in three innings of work against Westmont (May 14).
2014: Made 16 appearances on the mound, including 11 starts ... Posted an 8-2 record ... Allowed 39 runs (36 earned) over 64.1 innings of work to post a 5.04 earned run average ... Surrendered 76 hits for an opponent batting average of .291 ... Struck out 48 and walked just 13 ... Recorded first win of the season vs. Truett-McConnell (Feb. 17), giving up four hits and three runs (two earned) over 7.2 frames ... Struck out six in five innings, allowing a pair of scores to pick up win over Toccoa Falls (Feb. 26) ... Struck out a program-record 11 in just six innings vs. Ohio State Lima (March 14), holding the visitors to just one hit ... Completed run of six victories in six starts with a four-strikeout performance vs. Emmanuel (March 30), allowing a pair of runs in five innings ... Struck out seven in 6.1 innings vs. No. 3 Faulkner (April 16) ... Earned a spot on All-A.I.I. Tournament squad for his start vs. LSU Alexandria (May 4), tossing five innings and allowing a pair of runs (one earned) with five strikeouts to send GGC into the conference championship game.
2013: Pitched in 14 games with 11 starts ... Posted team-best 7-1 record ... Gave up 38 runs (25 earned) over 75.2 innings for a 2.97 ERA ... Allowed 88 hits and a held opposing hitters to a .292 average ... Struck out 40 ... Made collegiate debut vs. Voorhees (Feb. 9), tossing five three-hit innings with three strikeouts ... Allowed two runs (one earned) in seven innings to pick up win over Rochester on March 9 in the first-ever game played at the Grizzly Baseball Complex ... Fanned a season-best seven in back-to-back outings vs. Ohio State Lima and Covenant, combining to toss 15 innings with just three earned runs ... Allowed just one run in eight innings with five strikeouts to pick up the victory over No. 10 Tennessee Wesleyan (April 17).
PRIOR TO GGC: Attended Wesleyan School (Ga.) ... Posted a career 2.81 ERA ... Earned an all-region nod ... Helped team to 2010 state championship.
PERSONAL: Born Sheldon Rhea Connor on April 20, 1993, in Atlanta, Ga. ... Son of Kenneth and Betty Ann Connor.
