2021-22:

• Appeared in 19 games this season
• Averaged 1.3 rebounds per game
• Averaged 11.8 minutes per game
• Shot 42.9% from the field

2020-21:

• Played in 10 games this season
• Had a career high 10 points vs St. Francis Brooklyn

2019-20:

• Did not appear in any games this season

2018-19:

• Appeared in 22 games while starting in two of them
• Finished second on the team in blocks with 28
• Notched a career-high five blocks against Pace (1/12)
• Scored a season high eight points against Saint Michael’s (2/26)
• Totaled 60 points and 43 rebounds while shooting 52.0 percent during his debut campaign

Before Merrimack:

• Played two years at Saint John's Prep. and two at the Brooks School
• Part of back-to-back NEPSAC Class B & ISL Championship-winning teams (junior-senior)
• Brooks went a combined 51-0 in his two seasons there
• All-ISL Selection as a senior
• Three-year varsity letterwinner at St. John's Prep. in Danvers before transferring
• Started on a Prep team two years ago that reached the Quarterfinals of the MIAA State Tournament

Personal:

• Born Sept. 16, 1998
• Son of John and Leslie Connolly
• Brother to Matthew and Jennifer
• Both of his parents graduated from Merrimack and his cousin, Chrysta, played field hockey for Merrimack
• Plans to major in finance at Merrimack 

Career Highs:

Points: 10 vs St. Francis Brooklyn 02/25/21
Rebounds: 5 at Saint Michael's - Feb. 26, 2019; vs Dominican (NY) - Mar. 16, 2019, at Central Conn. St. 02/11/21
Assists: 4 vs. Saint Michael's - Dec. 8, 2018
Steals: 3 at Saint Michael's - Feb. 26, 2019 
Blocks: 5 vs. Pace - Jan. 12, 2019
FG made: 3 6 times
FG attempts: 7 vs St. Francis Brooklyn 02/25/21
3FG attempts: 1 at Saint Rose -Feb. 2, 2019; vs. Saint Anselm - Feb. 9, 2019; vs. Bentley - Feb. 23, 2019 
FT made: 4 vs. Pace - Jan. 12, 2019, vs St. Francis Brooklyn 02/25/21
FT attempts: 5 vs. Pace - Jan. 12, 2019, vs St. Francis Brooklyn 02/25/21