2022: Hit .500 (8-for-16) with three doubles, three RBI, and three runs scored while striking out once in a weekend series at Santa Clara (2/25-27) ... Had a career-high four hit game against Santa Clara (2/26) ... Hit his first home run of the season against Cincinnati (3/5) ... Tallied seven-straight multi-hit games, hitting .500 over the stretch (17-for-34) (3/25-4/2) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week after posting a .524 on-base percentage and 1.333 slugging percentage, along with four home runs, four doubles, and 13 RBI in a four-game series (3/25-27) ... Launched a grand slam on his birthday against Southern Illinois (3/27) ... Went 9-for-16 with six RBI in a three-game series against Indiana (4/1-2) ... Tallied three home runs, six RBI, and six runs scored in a three-game series against Michigan St. (4/22-24).
2021: Started 33 games as a first-year ... Freshman All-Big Ten Team honoree ... Six home runs were second-most by Big Ten first-years and most by a Northwestern first-year since at least 2015 ... Collected first career hit in win over Penn State (3/6) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a run batted in against Michigan State (3/13) ... Doubled and scored in win over Minnesota (3/21) ... Crushed a home run and a double against Illinois (3/27) ... Picked up third homer of the season against Michigan (4/3) ... Blasted home runs in three-consecutive games against Maryland and Iowa (4/24-4/26).
Career Highs:
At-Bats......................6 (2x), vs. Illinois (4/16/22)
Hits............................4 (2x), vs. Indiana (4/2/22)
Runs....................3 (3x), vs. Penn State (4/9/22)
RBI....................6, vs. Southern Illinois (3/27/22)
Doubles.....................2 (3x), vs. Indiana (4/2/22)
Triples..........................................................N/A
Home Runs.....2 (4x), vs. Michigan St. (4/22/22)
Total Bases.......8, vs. Southern Illinois (3/25/22)
Walks.........................3, vs. Evansville (3/20/22)
Stolen Bases.......1 (3x), vs. Evansville (3/20/22)
High School: Helped Regis Jesuit to a 25-6 season and a state championship his junior year… Hit for a .388 average with 1.145 OPS in 2019… Continental League All-Conference Team selection… PBR All-State Team selection… 2019 Sunbelt Tournament All-Tournament Team selection… Two varsity letters… Invited to National High School Invitational at USA Baseball facility in Cary, NC… Played in Futures Game at Coors Field… Played nine years with Slammers and Colorado Rockies Scout Team… Made honor roll every semester… Member of NHS for two years.
Personal: Born Ethan Thaddeus O'Donnell on March 27, 2002… Parents are Brian and Brooke O'Donnell… Grandfather was a three-sport athlete at Nebraska… Anticipated major is economics.
2021: Started 33 games as a first-year ... Freshman All-Big Ten Team honoree ... Six home runs were second-most by Big Ten first-years and most by a Northwestern first-year since at least 2015 ... Collected first career hit in win over Penn State (3/6) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a run batted in against Michigan State (3/13) ... Doubled and scored in win over Minnesota (3/21) ... Crushed a home run and a double against Illinois (3/27) ... Picked up third homer of the season against Michigan (4/3) ... Blasted home runs in three-consecutive games against Maryland and Iowa (4/24-4/26).
Career Highs:
At-Bats......................6 (2x), vs. Illinois (4/16/22)
Hits............................4 (2x), vs. Indiana (4/2/22)
Runs....................3 (3x), vs. Penn State (4/9/22)
RBI....................6, vs. Southern Illinois (3/27/22)
Doubles.....................2 (3x), vs. Indiana (4/2/22)
Triples..........................................................N/A
Home Runs.....2 (4x), vs. Michigan St. (4/22/22)
Total Bases.......8, vs. Southern Illinois (3/25/22)
Walks.........................3, vs. Evansville (3/20/22)
Stolen Bases.......1 (3x), vs. Evansville (3/20/22)
High School: Helped Regis Jesuit to a 25-6 season and a state championship his junior year… Hit for a .388 average with 1.145 OPS in 2019… Continental League All-Conference Team selection… PBR All-State Team selection… 2019 Sunbelt Tournament All-Tournament Team selection… Two varsity letters… Invited to National High School Invitational at USA Baseball facility in Cary, NC… Played in Futures Game at Coors Field… Played nine years with Slammers and Colorado Rockies Scout Team… Made honor roll every semester… Member of NHS for two years.
Personal: Born Ethan Thaddeus O'Donnell on March 27, 2002… Parents are Brian and Brooke O'Donnell… Grandfather was a three-sport athlete at Nebraska… Anticipated major is economics.