A three-year veteran of the Rutgers-Camden baseball program, Connor Hall enjoyed a breakout year as a junior, when he tied the program season record of nine home runs, set a season mark of 326 putouts and finished one RBI shy of the season mark in that category, which also was set in 2014.
Entering his senior season, Hall ranks among the program’s career leaders in home runs (sixth, with 10), doubles (10th, 27) and putouts (sixth, 437), while compiling a .328 average and a .536 slugging percentage. He needs only 43 more total bases to become the ninth player in program history to reach 200 for his career, and with another season like he had in 2014 (102 total bases) he’d vault to fourth on the all-time list.
Baseball 2014: All-New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team…ABCA Mid-Atlantic Region First Team…NJCBA Div. II/III Second Team All-State…NJAC Player of the Week May 19…Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week April 14…Played in 42 games, all starts, while hitting .356 with a program record-tying nine home runs…Had 15 doubles (one shy of the program mark) and 52 RBIs (also one shy of the program mark set in 2014 by Adrian Gonzalez)…His 163 at bats tied for eighth on the program’s single-season list, while his 58 hits tied for sixth…Fourth on the single-season Raptor charts with 102 total bases and 10th in slugging percentage (.626)…Set a program record with 362 putouts and was tied for fourth with 25 double plays…Had an extra-base hit in exactly half (21) of his games played, while hitting safely in 32 of his 42 games…Collected 15 multiple-hit games, including a team-leading four games with four hits…Had a team-leading 14 multiple-RBI games, including four or more on four occasions…Had three or more RBIs seven times…Had a 10-game hitting streak April 9-19 (20-for-43, .465) and a nine-game streak March 18-29 (13-for-30, .433)…Notched double digits in putouts 19 times, with a high of 14 against William Paterson (April 12, Game Two)…Went 4-for-4 with a double, a run scored and six RBIs against Trinity (March 22, Game Two)…Was 4-for-4 with a double, a home run, four runs and two RBIs against Montclair State (April 5, Game Two), while adding 13 putouts and one assist in 14 chances…Hit two home runs at Rowan University (April 10) while going 4-for-4 with three runs, four RBIs and one walk, adding 11 putouts and one assist in 12 chances…Part of the first back-to-back-to-back home runs in program history, sandwiched between Gonzalez and Brandon Porter, leading off the second inning at DeSales University (April 14)…In the first NCAA tournament victory in program history, against Castleton State (May 15), went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two walks, two runs and five RBIs.
Baseball 2013: Played in 33 games, starting 22, with 15 of them as the designated hitter and seven at first base…Hit .302 with eight runs, seven doubles, one triple and 16 RBIs…Had a .396 slugging percentage and a .373 on-base percentage…Collected 65 putouts and 11 assists with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage…Had seven multiple-hit games, including a 3-for-4 performance with a triple, one run and two RBIs against Rutgers-Newark (April 24)…Had three multiple-RBI games, with a high of three against FDU-Florham (March 26) while going 2-for-5 with two doubles…Hit .368 (7-for-19) during the first of his two six-game hitting streaks (March 23-April 5) during the year and then went 11-for-20 (.550) during a six-game streak from April 21-27.
Baseball 2012: Played in 14 games, making seven starts as the Raptors’ designated hitter…Collected five doubles and one home run, scored five runs and drove home eight…Had a .500 slugging percentage, a .306 on-base percentage and a .265 batting average…Added 10 putouts, one assist and a double play as a first baseman…Made his collegiate debut against Moravian College (Feb. 24), coming off the bench to play first base and going 1-for-2 with one run, two RBIs, four putouts and one assist…His first collegiate hit was a ninth-inning double in that game…Made first collegiate start against Earlham College (March 13)…Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a double against William Paterson University (April 21, Game Two)…Went 1-for-5 with three RBIs, coming on a three-run homer to right field in the fifth inning against Swarthmore College (April 23)…Went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI against Rowan University (April 26) and 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles against Ramapo College (April 28, Game One)…Those four games against Paterson, Swarthmore, Rowan and Ramapo (April 21-28) produced a four-game hitting streak in which he sent 7-for-16 (.438) with three runs, six RBIs, three doubles and one home run…Tied for 15th in the New Jersey Athletic Conference in pinch-hitting average (.500).
High School: Three-year varsity baseball starter and letterman at Delran High School for Head Coach Rich Bender...Earned Burlington County Scholastic League First Team honors as a third baseman during his sophomore season in 2009…Led team in hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage and batting average as a sophomore…During junior season, captured Burlco Second Team honors as a first baseman…Also led team in triples and RBIs while helping the Bears win the 2010 Patriot Division championship…Highly decorated senior, capturing Burlco First Team honors as a left fielder and earning All-Group 2 honors as a pitcher from the Courier-Post newspaper…Team captain as a senior in 2011…Led Bears in doubles, home runs, walks, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging…Also led staff in innings pitched, wins and strikeouts.
Personal: Born May 31, 1993…Hobbies include basketball and “having a good time”…Member of the 2010 Brooklawn Post 72 Senior American Legion New Jersey state champions…Would like to become a special education teacher…Connor is the son of James and Kerry Hall of Delran.
