2015-16 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS
• America East All-Conference Third Team (2016)
• America East All-Conference First Team (2015)
• America East All-Defensive Team (2014, 2015)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2013)
• America East All-Tournament Team (2013, 2016)
Enters his senior season 169 points shy of 1,000 and 111 rebounds away from the 500 rebound milestone ... Ranks third at UVM in career field goal percentage (55.6%) ... Is fourth in career blocks at Vermont (147).
SENIOR SEASON (2015-16): Served as a co-captain ... Selected to the All-Conference Third Team and the All-Tournament Team ... Played in 35 games and made 34 starts during his senior campaign ... Lead the team in rebounds (6.3 rpg) and ranked second in scoring (11.5 ppg) ... Was second in the America East in blocks per game (2.0 bpg) ... Recorded three double-doubles ... Reached the 1,000 point milestone with a 19 point game against Maine (1/6/16) ... Scored a season high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds including the 500th of his career against Hartford (1/16/16) ... Made a season high seven free-throws in the America East Quarterfinal win over Maine (3/2/16) as part of a 21 point and 10 rebounds performance ... Scored 10 or more points 21 times ... Grabbed seven or more rebounds on 17 different occasions including 10 or more rebounds three times ... Averaged 16 points and 6.67 rebounds during the America East Tournament.
JUNIOR SEASON (2014-15): Served as a tri-captain ... Led Vermont in scoring (12.4 ppg) and averaged 4.6 rebounds per game ... Shot a team-best 57.9 percent from the floor, which tied for seventh among UVM's single season best marks ... Reached double figures in the scoring column 26 times ... Started 32 of 34 games, coming off the bench in two games to allow senior Ryan Pierson to start in a homecoming game at St. Louis and on Senior Day vs. New Hampshire ... Posted three or more blocks and grabbed five or more rebounds 12 times ... Matched his career-high with 22 points vs. UMBC (2/14/15) ... Averaged 13 points and shot 66.7 percent from the floor in the America East Tournament ... Averaged 16.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and shot 63.3 percent from the floor in the CBI Tournament ... Ranked among the America East leaders in: field goal percentage (1st-57.9%); blocks (2nd-2.1 pg); scoring (7th-12.4 ppg); rebounding (13th-4.6 rpg).
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14): Missed eight games after breaking his hand in the season opener vs. St. Joseph’s (9 pts) ... Returned to action vs. Quinnipiac (12/15/13) ... Posted his first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds vs. Lyndon State ... Scored a game-high 12 points in a win at Maine ... Helped fuel a second half comeback attempt with 16 points in a 67-64 loss at Stony Brook ... Poured in 21 points in his second start of the year to lead Vermont past Binghamton ... He out scored the entire Binghamton squad in the first half with 16 points to the Bearcats 13 points ... Posted second career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in win over UMBC ... Ranks 8th among UVM’s all-time shot blockers with 76 rejections for his career ... Started the final 13 games of the year, saw action in 25 overall ... Averaged 7.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 55.6 percent from the floor.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13): Played in all 33 games, starting 30 … Made his Catamount debut in the season opener at Siena (11/9/12) and responded with nine points and six rebounds … Earned his first career start at Connecticut (11/13/12) … Scored 17 points in his third collegiate game to lead UVM past Northeastern (11/17/12) … Scored a season-high 22 points in a win over Canisius (2/23/13) in the ESPN BracketBuster game at Patrick Gym … Reached double-figures in scoring seven times … Added 16 points, on 8-for-10 shooting, and five rebounds in the America East Semifinal win over UMBC (3/10/13) … Averaged 11 points per game in the America East Tournament and was named to the America East All-Championship Team … Finished the season ranked fifth in America East in blocks (37) and shot 51.9 percent from the floor.
BEFORE VERMONT: Comes to Vermont from Mansfield, Conn. and Northfield Mount Hermon … Named to the NEPSAC AAA All-Conference First Team and runner up for the league’s player of the year … A team captain, he led Northfield Mount Hermon to a NEPSAC AAA New England Championship … Averaged 14 points and nine rebounds as a senior and poured in a career-high 31 points in a win over Brewster in the New England Championship Semifinals … Also played at E.O. Smith High School prior to NMH, where he was all-conference and second team all-state in 2010.
PERSONAL: Is the son of Thomas and Melissa O’Day … Has three siblings, Hayden, Carly and Amelia … Is an exercise science and movement major.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2012-13First Year
Forward
6'9"
205 lbs
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2013-14Sophomore
Forward
6'9"
205 lbs
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2014-15Junior
Forward
6'9"
201 lbs
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2015-16Senior
Forward
6'9"
201 lbs