Career Honors
2x All-PSAC East Second Team (2016, 2017)
Team Captain (2016-17)
School-Record 3-Point Percentage in a Game (6-6)
School-Record 3-Pointers in a Season (77) and Career (229)
2017 KU Male Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2016 Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization's Team of the Year
2x Coaches Award (2014, 2017)
2014 Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization's Scholar-Athlete Team
6x Dean's List Honors
5x PSAC Scholar-Athlete
NABC Honors Court (2016-17)
2x PSAC East Freshman of the Week (1/7/13; 1/28/13)
4x D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
2016-17 (Game-by-Game): Team captain…PSAC Scholar-Athlete, NABC Honors Court and D2ADA Academic Achievement Award...Named Second Team All-PSAC East for the second straight year…Set Kutztown single-season record with 77 3-pointers…Broke program's all-time 3-point record at West Chester (2/25) and ends his time at KU with 229 triples for his career…Ranked fourth in the PSAC with a 41.2 3-point percentage and eighth at 2.6 3-pointers per game…Ended the year with the second-highest free throw percentage in KU's single-season history (89.0)...Appeared and started in all 30 games, averaging 32.1 minutes per game…Averaged 12.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.6 blocks per contest, all of which were top-40 in the PSAC…Notched 14 points and eight rebounds against Shippensburg (3/4)...Recorded 20 points and seven rebounds in a win over Gannon (3/4)...Named All-PSAC East Second Team (3/2)...Recorded 24 points and became the all-time leader in career 3-pointers for Kutztown with 220 in a win over West Chester (2/25)...Posted four 3-pointers in a win over West Chester, becoming only the second player in program history to have 200 for his career (1/25)...21 points, seven assists, five rebounds vs. Bloomsburg, and moved into second place all-time at KU with his 195th career 3-pointer (1/18)...Season-high 25 points, including the 1,000th of his career, with six 3-pointers and a 5-for-5 performance at the free throw line in an overtime win at Mansfield (1/14)...10 points, seven rebounds in his first road win at ESU (1/11)...Posted 13 points with four three-pointers in a win over Seton Hill (12/10)...Recorded 20 points with six three-pointers in a win over California (PA) (11/19)...Posted 13 points and was 3-of-3 from three-point range in a win over University of Sciences (11/16).
2015-16 (Game-by-Game): PSAC Scholar-Athlete & D2ADA Academic Achievement Award...Started in all 29 of his appearances for KU in his redshirt-junior campaign. Connolly was third on the team in scoring with 12.2 points per game and was one of the top 3-point shooters in the PSAC. He ranked third in the PSAC with 67 3-pointers and was fourth in 3-point percentage at .419. Connolly scored in double-figures 19 times and posted a career-high 29 points in a win over Gannon on Jan. 3...Named to the All-PSAC East Second Team (3/2)...Posted 13 points, four assists and four rebounds in a second round NCAA Tournament win over Mercyhurst (3/13)...Tallied 12 points and three assists in a win over West Chester to win the PSAC East title (2/24)...15 points in a win over Mansfield (2/20)...Named to the 2016 Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization's Team of the Year (2/18)...Posted 27 points and shot 6-for-6 from beyond the arc in a win over Cheyney (2/16)...Tallied 19 points and seven rebounds including 8-for-8 from the free throw line and 3-for-3 from beyond the arc in a win over ESU (2/13)...Recorded 16 points with four 3-pointers in a win over Shippensburg (2/6)...Dropped 14 points in a win over West Chester (1/27)...Tallied 14 points against East Stroudsburg (1/16)...Recorded a career-high 29 points (6-13 FG, 4-10 3PT, 13-15 FT), three assists and two steals in a win over Gannon (1/3)...Season-high three blocks at Shippensburg (12/19)...Recorded 17 points (5-7 FG, 4-6 3PT), three steals and two blocks in a win over Penn State Berks (12/12)... Tallied 13 points and seven rebounds in a win over IUP (12/5)...Recorded 12 points in a win over Millersville (12/1)...Posted 17 points and nine rebounds against Mercyhurst (11/22)...Recorded a then-career-high 22 points and seven rebounds in a win over Edinboro (11/21)...Finished with 16 points and a career-high six assists in a win over SUNY-ESF (11/14).
2014-15: Named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete (7/6)…Redshirt year.
2013-14 (Game-by-Game): Named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete (7/3)...Named the Coaches Award recipient at the annual KU All-Sports Banquet (4/29)...Connolly started in 20 of his 22 games played for the Golden Bears in his sophomore season. He averaged 9.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.9 three-pointers made in 30.6 minutes per game. He shot 36 percent from three and 89 percent from the free throw line during the season. He scored a career-high 20 points against Goldey-Beacom on Nov. 15 and scored in double-digits in 11 games...Had 19 points (8-8 FT) and six rebounds in a win over West Chester (2/8)...Recorded 13 points and five rebounds against Mansfield (2/6)...Had 11 points, six rebounds, and five assists against East Stroudsburg (2/1)...Recorded 13 points and six rebounds in a win over Shippensburg (1/22)...Scored 14 points with two three-pointers and a 6-for-6 performance at the free throw line in a win against Cheyney (1/11)...Had 13 points against the Sciences (12/31)...Recorded 10 points (5-5 FT) and six rebounds against West Chester (12/7)...Scored 18 points, including three three-pointers, in a win over Mansfield (12/4)...Recorded 20 points, including four three-pointers, and six rebounds in a win over Goldey-Beacom (11/15).
2012-13 (Game-by-Game): Named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete...Connolly appeared in 27 games and made 26 starts for the Golden Bears in his freshman season. He averaged 8.8 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game. He made 44 three-pointers and was 39-of-53 from the free throw line. He scored a career-high 16 points on three separate occasions during the season.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 29 (vs. Gannon, 1/3/16)
Field Goals: 7 (5x)
Field Goal Attempts: 18 (at Edinboro, 1/11/13)
3-pointers: 7 (at West Chester, 2/25/17)
3-point Attempts: 13 (2x, last vs. California, 11/19/16)
Free Throws: 13 (vs. Gannon, 1/3/16)
Free Throw Attempts: 15 (vs. Gannon, 1/3/16)
Rebounds: 11 (2x, last vs. West Chester, 2/13/13)
Assists: 7 (vs. Bloomsburg, 1/18/17)
Blocks: 4 (vs. West Chester, 1/25/17)
Steals: 4 (4x)
Minutes: 49 (at Edinboro, 1/11/13)
The Connolly File
Sheetz or Wawa: Wawa
Sports Role Model: Tim Duncan
What Was Your High School Mascot: Indians
Favorite Social Media Platform: Twitter
Dunkin or Starbucks: Dunkin
Favorite Vacation Destination: Sea Isle City, New Jersey
Goal for 2016-17: Win the PSAC
