Career Honors
NCBWA Atlantic Region Hitter of the Week (3/30/16)
PSAC East Athlete of the Week (3/28/16)
2017 (Game-by-Game): O'Dell was second on the team with 40 starts – in 41 appearances - in his final season at KU. He was also second on the team with seven stolen bases and six doubles, third with 19 RBI and 15 runs, and in the top-five with 42 total bases 31 hits and a .351 on-base percentage. He batted .246 with a triple and a home run...Posted a game-high four RBIs in a win over Lemoyne (4/17)...R
eached base five times, as he went 2-for-3 with three walks, two RBI, one run and a double at Barton (3/15)...3-for-3 with an RBI single vs. Fairmont State (3/10)...Hit a two-run double in a victory over Slippery Rock (3/4)...Recorded two RBIs in a win over IUP (2/23).
2016 (Game-by-Game): O’Dell started in 45 of his 48 games played for the Golden Bears during his junior season and first year with the program. O’Dell led KU in batting average (.316), hits (43), home runs (four), RBI (30), runs scored (31) and stolen bases (10). His 10 doubles and three triples were also KU highs. O’Dell’s slugging percentage of .522 and on-base percentage of .437 were also tops in the program. He recorded 11 multi-hit games. In the field, O’Dell recorded 55 putouts, seven assists and a fielding percentage of .939...Went 1-for-3 with a run scored against Millersville (4/30)...Stole a base and had two walks against Millersville (4/29)...Went a combined 3-for-11 with four RBI and two runs scored in a season-series vs. Shippensburg (4/15-4/16)...Tallied two RBI and scored a run against West Chester (3/31)...Named the NCBWA Atlantic Region and PSAC East Athlete of the Week for batting .636 in a series-split against ESU (3/28)...2-for-3 with a two-run homer in a win overÂ
East Stroudsburg (3/24)...Batted 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored against Barton (3/8)...Finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base against Clarion (3/7)...Went 2-for-2 with two RBI, a run scored and a stolen base against West Virginia State (3/5)...Finished the Builder Invitational batting .471 (8-for-17) with two home runs, seven RBI and seven runs scored, highlighted by a 2-for-5 performance against Bloomsburg with one home run, two runs scored and four RBI (2/28)...
Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Mars Hill (2/6).
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| O'Dell's Single-Game Highs |
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| Hits |
3 |
6x |
|
| RBI |
4 |
3x, last at Le Moyne |
4/17/2017 |
| Runs |
2 |
9x |
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| TB |
6 |
2x, last vs. East Stroudsburg |
3/24/2016 |
| SB |
1 |
16x |
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The O'Dell File
Nickname: O’Dell
Sheetz or Wawa: Wawa
Sports Role Model? Josh Donaldson and Bryce Harper
Best Sporting Event you Attended: Orioles game
What Was Your High School Mascot? Golden Knight
Favorite Social Media Platform: Twitter
Dunkin or Starbucks: Starbucks
Favorite Vacation Destination: Thousand Islands
Goal for 2016-17: Win PSACs
