AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN 2022
Big West All-Academic Team…Appeared in 16 games, making a team-high 14 starts, primarily on Saturdays…Finished with a 6.34 ERA, 1.77 WHIP and .280 opponent batting average…Tallied a team-high 64 strikeouts in 66.2 innings pitched with a 4-9 record…Ranked in the top 20 in the Big West in opponent batting average (18th), innings pitched (17th), strikeouts (16th) and homeruns allowed (6th)…Recorded a season-best seven strikeouts in 5.0 innings against No. 25 UConn (Feb. 20)…Tallied five strikeouts in 3.2 shutout innings, allowing just one baserunner to earn the win at Oregon (May 10).
AS A SENIOR IN 2021
Big West All-Academic ... UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (5/31) ... Team Captain ... Earned his bachelor's degree in Economics ... Made 13 appearances with eight of those being starts ... Finished the season with a 3-5 record and one save ... Threw 42 strikeouts through 53 innings of work and posted an ERA of 6.11 on the season ... Save came in the Triton's first ever D1 victory over SDSU on 2/27 when Conlon pitched three scoreless frames ... Closed out the season pitching a complete game and fanning nine strikeouts over CSUN on 5/28 ... Did not give up runs in starts over UC Davis or Hawaii.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2020
Triton Athletes' Council (TAC) team representative...Team Captain...CCAA All-Academic...Played in six games and made two starts...Had two saves on the season, first two in his career...Finished the season with 17 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.00...Struck out a season high five batters against Point Loma (Feb 6) and Sonoma game two (Feb 22).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019
Returned from injury with scheduled one-inning starting assignment (1 H, 0 R, 1 SO) to open doubleheader vs. No. 27 Cal State Monterey Bay (2/17), marking first Triton appearance since pinch-running stint at CSUMB on March 26, 2018, first mound appearance since March 11, 2018, and second start after winning college debut vs. Concordia Irvine on Feb. 11, 2018.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018
Made Perfect Game Top NCAA Division II Freshmen list at No. 8 (9/28) ... CCAA All-Academic ... Appeared in five games before season-ending injury ... Went 3-0 with 3.97 ERA ... Made college debut in starting role vs. Concordia Irvine (2/11), going five complete innings and allowing two runs on four hits and a walk, with seven strikeouts, and earning first career winning decision ... Drew four relief stints from there, and also entered as pinch-runner in game one of doubleheader at Cal State Monterey Bay (3/26) ... Longest relief outing was 2.2 frames in doubleheader nightcap vs. San Francisco State (2/17), giving up just an unearned run and one walk while fanning one.
SUMMER BALL
Played for Oakland Athletics scout team in fall of 2016, compiling 1.33 ERA and 22 strikeouts against six walks over 21 innings pitched ... Also member of Adam Kennedy Baseball club system from 2014-16.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of El Dorado High School in Placentia ... Aided Hawks to Crestview League title as a senior ... 2017 All-Crestview League First Team and Orange County Register All-County Fourth Team.
PERSONAL
Born Oct. 11 in Placentia ... Parents are Patrick and Susan Conlon ... Father attended Cal State Fullerton and mother went to Fresno State ... Has an older brother named P.J. and a younger brother named Gavin ... P.J. starred as a left-handed starting pitcher at University of San Diego from 2013-15 and is currently playing professional baseball in New York Mets organization (Triple-A Syracuse Mets) as a 2015 13th-round draft selection ... P.J. finished 2016 and 2017 seasons as an MiLB.com Organization All-Star, and made major-league debut on May 7, 2018, at Cincinnati, becoming MLB's first Irish-born player since World War II (1945) ... Economics major at Roosevelt College ... Interested in becoming a financial advisor after graduating from UC San Diego ... Memorable baseball moments include playing in CIF semifinals and hitting walk-off home run in high school ... Favorite UC San Diego moment is meeting team for first time ... Enjoys golfing ... Roots for Los Angeles Angels ... Favorite athlete is P.J. Conlon ... Top movie is The Dark Knight ... Listens to Eric Church ... Loves orange chicken.
CAREER PITCHING HIGHS (current through 2021 season)
Innings Pitched: 9.0, 5/28/21 vs CSUN
Hits: 9, 4/17/21 vs UC Santa Barbara
Runs: 7, Three times (Last 5/1/21 at UC Riverside)
Earned Runs: 7, Three times (Last 5/1/21 at UC Riverside)
Walks: 5, 3/11/21 vs Santa Clara
Strikeouts: 9,Twice (Last 5/28/21 vs CSUN)
FLD%
2018: 1.000 (0-1-0)
2019: 1.000 (3-1-0)
2020: 1.000 (1-2-0)
2021: 1.000 (1-5-0)
TOTALS: 1.000 (5-9-0)
