Connor Lockwood

#11 Connor Lockwood

Pos. RHP
B/T R/R
Ht. 6-0
Wt. 160
Yr. So.
Hometown Libertyville, Ill.
High School (Prev. School) Libertyville

2023: Made six starts as a member of the weekend rotation before suffering a season-ending injury… Named MVC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 20 after lifting the team to a power-5 victory over Kansas with seven shutout innings of two-hit ball while walking none and striking out six. He sent down the final 16 Jayhawk batters that he faced in the game, helping Valpo to its first power-5 win in five years… Logged 36 innings while posting a 5.25 ERA, walking 13 and striking out 32… Posted a 2-2 record.

2022: Made 13 appearances including six starts while striking out 30 and walking 12 over 40 2/3 innings... Finished the season with an 0-5 record and 7.30 ERA, but did his best work late in the year, posting a 1.80 ERA over his last three regular-season starts... Pitched three scoreless innings of one-hit ball on May 7 vs. DBU before working 2 2/3 shutout frames while allowing one hit on May 13 vs. Bradley.

Prep: Earned all-conference honors and was named co-conference player of the year in 2021… Also received all-state accolades for the 2021 campaign… Three-year varsity letter winner… Also played basketball as a freshman.

Personal: Majoring in elementary education… Son of Tricia and Rob Lockwood… Has two younger brothers, Cole and Chase… Hobbies include golf… Favorite food is deep dish pizza, favorite movie is Superbad, pro baseball team is the Chicago Cubs, MLB player is Walker Buehler, musical group is Morgan Wallen and TV show is Narcos.