Photos from game 2 of the Oregon-Vanderbilt series (Joe Howell). 2/25
Career Game Highs Hits: 4, 5/14/10 at Mississippi State
Runs: *3, last 5/21/11 at Georgia
RBI: 5, 4/16/10 vs. Auburn
Walks: 3, 3/7/10 vs. Indiana
HRs: 2, 2/18 at Stanford
Strikeouts: 4, 2/22 vs. Oakland
Stolen Bases: *2, last 3/18 at Florida
Coach Corbin Quote: Connor is probably the best overall athlete on our team. He can run, he defends very well and has very good power in his bat. He really turned the corner midway through last year and became one of our most reliable players in the College World Series. He can be very exciting to watch and continues to get better every time he steps on the field. He will man the center field position once again and also serve as a very good leader for our team.
2012 - Crushed his seventh home run of the season and third in his last nine games in win over Ole Miss 5/19... Went 1-for-4 in win over Ole Miss 5/18... Struck out twice going 0-for-3 in win over Ole Miss 5/17... Went 2-for-4 with a triple in win at LSU 5/13... Singled and fanned three times in win at LSU 5/12... Struck out three times, going 0-for-3 at LSU 5/11... Walked twice in win over Louisville 5/8... Collected three hits, including a home run, for the second straight day in win at Tennessee 5/6... Posted a season-best three hits, including a solo homer, in win at Tennessee 5/5... Went 0-for-4 in loss at Tennessee 5/4... Crushed his first career grand slam to cap a five-run eighth inning that sent the Commodores to a series clinching win over Kentucky 4/29... Had two hits for the third straight game going 2-for-3 with one RBI in win over Kentucky 4/28... Picked up two hits for the second straight game in loss to Kentucky 4/27... Hit his third home run of the year and knocked in three runs in at MTSU 4/25... Drove in the go-ahead run in come-from-behind win at Alabama 4/22... Went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts at Alabama 4/21... Pinch hit RBI-double at Alabama 4/20... Struck out in lone at-bat against Auburn 4/15... Went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts at Mississippi State 4/8... Doubled in win over Mississippi State 4/7... Entered as a pinch runner going 0-for-1 with a run scored in win over UT-Martin 4/3... Went 1-for-6 with two strikeouts in loss to South Carolina 4/1... Matched a career-high with three runs scored in win over South Carolina 3/31... Fell into 0-for-13 slump with 0-for-2 against South Carolina 3/30... Went 0-for-4 against Tennessee Tech 3/27... Flew out as a pinch hitter against Georgia 3/24... Struck out twice going 0-for-3 in loss to Georgia 3/23... Walked and went 0-for-3 against Evansville 3/20... Stole two bases and went 2-for-3 at Florida 3/18... Doubled going 1-for-4 at Florida 3/17... Tripled in loss at Florida 3/16... Scored two runs and picked up a pair of hits against Siena 3/14... Stole his first base of the season and knocked in a run for the second straight game in win over Siena 3/13... Snapped 4-for-34 slump with two hits and RBI in loss to San Diego 3/11... Went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts against San Diego 3/10... Picked up a bunt single and scored in win over San Diego 3/9... Went 0-for4 in loss at Belmont 3/6... Singled and scored in win over Rhode Island 3/4... Went 0-for-2 against Rhode Island 3/3 G2... Drove in three runs with a double to center field in win over Rhode Island 3/3 G1... Went 1-for-4 against Louisiana Tech 2/29... Scored a run and was hit by a pitch for the third straight day in loss to Oregon 2/26... Hit by a pitch for the second straight game going 0-for-3 in loss to Oregon 2/25... Went 0-for-3 in loss to Oregon 2/24... Struck out four times in win over Oakland 2/22... Doubled and scored a run to extend his hitting streak to 10 games in loss at Stanford 2/19... Crushed a career-best two home runs and went 2-for-4 with four RBI at Stanford 2/18... Knocked in a run going 1-for-3 in season opener at Stanford 2/17.
2011 - Named to the College World Series All-Tournament team... Knocked in a run and went 1-for-3 in College World Series loss to Florida 6/24... Crushed his ninth home run of the year and second of the CWS in elimination game win over North Carolina 6/22... Singled and scored in College World Series loss to Florida 6/20... Hit the first home run in TD Ameritrade Park College World Series history with a two-run homer against North Carolina 6/18... Scored a run going 1-for-4 against Oregon State in Super Regional clinching win 6/11... Knocked in two runs with a single in win over Oregon State in Super Regional 6/10... Went 1-for-5 in Regional clinching win over Belmont 6/5... Went 0-for-3 with a run scored against Troy 6/4... Scored a run and doubled in win over Belmont 6/3 in NCAA Tournament opener... Doubled and stole a base in loss to Florida 5/29... Belted his seventh homer of the year in win over Arkansas 5/28... Went 0-for-5 in win over South Carolina 5/26... Went 1-for-3 with two runs scored in win over Georgia in SEC Tournament 5/25... Scored three runs, drove in three runs and hit his second homer in as many days at Georgia 5/21... Crushed his fifth home run of the season at Georgia 5/20... Struck out twice but scored a run in loss at Georgia 5/19... Doubled for the fourth straight game in loss to Florida 5/15... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored against Florida 5/14... Drove in a run in loss to Florida 5/13... Hit his fourth home run of the year and doubled at Louisville 5/10... Struck out twice and went 0-for-3 in win at Kentucky 5/8... Went 2-for-3 in win at Kentucky 5/7... Singled and went 1-for-3 at Kentucky 5/6... Hit his second pinch-hit, two-run homer of the weekend against Tennesee 5/1... Drove in a run with a pinch-hit double against Tennessee 4/30... Belted a two-run, pinch-hit home run against Tennessee 4/29... Struck out as a pinch hitter against LSU 4/23... Went 0-for-3 against LSU to slide into 1-for-13 slump over four games... Singled going 1-for-4 at South Carolina 4/17... Scored a run and went 0-for-3 at South Carolina 4/16... Went 0-for-3 at South Carolina 4/15... Went 1-for-2 with a double in win over Alabama 4/10... Drove in a run going 1-for-3 against Alabama 4/9... Snapped 0-for-21 skid with single against Alabama 4/8... Fell to 0-for-19 in his last six games with 0-for-1 against Middle Tennessee State 4/5... Slipped to 0-for-18 in his last five games with 0-for-3 at Auburn 4/3... Went 0-for-5 at Auburn 4/1 to slip to 0-for-15 in his last four games... Fell to 0-for-10 on trip with 0-for-4 at Arkansas 3/27... Belted his first home run of the year driving in three runs and going 2-for-5 against Tennessee Tech 3/22... Knocked in a run and scored a run going 1-for-3 against Mississippi State 3/18... Singled going 1-for-3 in win over Purdue 3/15... Went 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter against UIC 3/13... Scored a run going 2-for-4 in win over UIC 3/12... Went 1-for-3 in win over UIC 3/11... Knocked in two runs going 2-for-4 with a runs scored in win over Kennesaw State 3/9... Went 0-for-4 from the two-hole in the lineup for the first time on the year in win over Brown 3/6... Knocked in a run, scored twice and went 1-for-3 in first game of twin bill against Brown 3/6... Entered the game as a pinch runner and went 1-for-1 against WKU 3/1... Doubled and scored in loss to Stanford 2/27... Knocked in a run going 1-for-4 with a run scored against Stanford 2/26... Picked up two hits in win over Stanford 2/25... Went 1-for-3 with a run scored in home opener against Belmont 2/23... Drove in a run and went 1-for-4 in second game of doubleheader at USD 2/20...Scored a run and went 1-for-3 in first game of doubleheader at USD... Struck out twice and went 0-for-3 at SDSU 2/19... Went 1-for-3 and knocked in the winning run on Opening Day at USD 2/18... SUMMER BALL - Participated in the College Home Run Derby at TD Ameritrade Park before reporting to Yarmouth-Dennis of the Cape Cod League, hit .244 with three extra-base hits in 20 games.
2010 - Named to the All-SEC Freshman Team after hitting .300 with 18 extra-base hits and driving in 39 runs in 61 games... Knocked in the game's winning-run with 10th-inning suicide squeeze bunt against Louisville in the NCAA Regional Championship game 6/7... Named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team for superb defensive plays all week, including saving a two-run homer with leaping catch above the wall in Regional final 6/7... Went 2-for-5 with a run scored in two games of the SEC Tournament before suffering a minor concussion against LSU 5/27... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and run scored at Middle Tennessee 4/21... Scored two runs and went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Lipscomb 4/20... Drove in two runs going 2-for-4 in 8-2 win over South Carolina 4/10... Went 2-for-4 with a walk and run scored in series finale win over Florida 4/4... Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and two doubles against Lipscomb 3/23... Scored four runs and drove in four more while going 4-for-10 with two doubles in series with Ohio 3/12-14... Went 2-for-4 with four RBI and a double in win over Tennessee Tech 3/3... Recorded first collegiate hit with seventh-inning double against Niagara 2/20... SUMMER BALL - In 26 games with the Newport Gulls of the New England Collegiate Baseball League he hit .274 with nine extra-base hits, including four home runs.
HIGH SCHOOL - Three-time first-team all-conference and first-team All-South zone selection, (2007, 08, 09)... 2009 Rawlings Preseason All-American... 2009 Pre Season All-Texas... Selected to 2009 Greater Houston All-Star Game... 2009 ESPN All-Greater Houston selection... Member of 2006 conference championship team and 2008 conference runner-up team... Four-year letter winner in baseball and two-year letterwinner in football... Captain in baseball and football during senior year... Honor roll student... Played for the Houston Heat during the summer.
ACADEMICS - Harrell is a Financial Strategy major and was a Academic All-SEC member in 2011. Is a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
PERSONAL - Connor Franklin Harrell... Born 3/24/91... Son of Curtis and Beth Harrell... Has one brother, Clay and one sister, Hannah... Favorites include Josh Hamilton (athlete), Tin Cup (movie), Robert Earl Keen (musician) Tom Hanks (actor), Crawfish (meal)... His advice to youngsters is to not put limits on yourself... Lists winning the Nashville Super Regional as his most memorable athletic experience... Chose Vanderbilt because it offers a combination of premier academics and athletics.
