Christopher Newport University

2020 - Junior Season - Started all 14 games behind the plate for the Captains and reached base in each of them, tying for the team lead...Picked up a hit in all but three games and logged three multi-hit performances...Hit .300 with an on-base percentage of .417... Smashed his first career home run with a grand slam against Susquehanna...Drove in 14 runs and scored 15 times...Continued his exceptional defense behind the plate, recording just two errors in 124 chances giving him a career fielding percentage of .993 after three seasons behind the plate...Picked off one runner and threw out four would-be base stealers.

2019 - Sophomore Season - Earned second team All-State honors as designated hitter while splitting time as the tenth man and at catcher....Ranked fourth on the team with a .372 average in 32 games played...Ranked second on the team in doubles with 13 and slugged over .500...Drove in 32 runs and scored 28 times...Drove in a season-high four runs in back-to-back games at St. Mary's (Md.) and versus Mary Washington at the end of March...Registered a career-high four hits in a 4-for-5 effort at Penn State Harrisburg with three doubles, three RBI and three runs scored...Logged a season-high 12-game hitting streak including nine multi-hit efforts...Finished year with 15 extra-base hits and 14 walks...Perfect defensively in 162 total chances behind the plate, setting a program record for highest fielding percentage in program history with a minimum of 100 chances...Caught six would-be base stealers in 19 attempts

2018 - Freshman Season - Appeared in nine games in his first year with the Captains...Hit .500 in eight at-bats (4-8) with a pair of walks...Went 2-for-2 against Penn State Berks with a double and an RBI...Added a double and a run scored in a pinch-hit appearance against Southern Virginia...Made collegiate debut against Virginia Wesleyan on February 21...Reached base in both plate appearances against Gallaudet, picking up a hit and a walk with a run scored against the Bison

At St. John's College - Played catcher all four years for head coach Mark Gibbs...Helped lead the Cadets to four straight conference championships for the first time in school history...Earned honorable mention All-Conference honors...Also a Perfect Game All-Region pick

Personal -- Eric Michael O'Brien was born in Sandy Spring, Md...Son of Michael and Maria O'Brien...Has one sister, Kayleigh...Favorite sports personality is Yadier Molina...Dream vacation is a trip to a lake house...Person in history he'd most like to meet is George Washington...Superstitions include not stepping on the chalk lines on game day...Favorite book is Life of Pi...Favorite TV show is "The Office"...Majoring in Computer Science.