2025 Baseball Roster
Roster
McGinnis, Connor

Jersey Number 17
Connor McGinnis
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- L/R
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Hebron
- Prev School:
- Blinn JC
Bio
JUNIOR (2025)
PRIOR TO UH
PERSONAL
- Missed 24 games due to injury, playing in 31 games and starting 30
- Led the team in doubles (14)
- Led the team in batting average among all hitters with at least one at bat (.343)
- Led the team in slugging (.610) and on-base (.450) among all Cougar hitters with at least one at bat
- Seventh on the team in RBI (25)
- Fifth on the team in multi-hit games (8) despite missing 24 games
- Five multi-RBI games
- 10-game hitting streak was second longest on the team included four multi-hit games before injury
- 15-game on-base streak tied for first on team
- 3 for 5 with two RBI and two doubles in Houston’s Big 12 Championship First Round win over No. 6 seed Kansas State
PRIOR TO UH
- Won the 2024 NJCAA National Championship at Blinn
- Led Blinn with a .399 average and a .515 on-base percentage in 63 games while also posting the third-most doubles (19) on the team and fourth-most RBI (56)
- Posted 31 multi-hit games eight three- hit games and a career-best two four-hit games
- Rattled off a season-long 16-game hitting streak
- Finished season on a nine-game hitting streak
- Posted 16 multi-RBI games with seven three-plus RBI games
- 2024 Region XIV Player of the Year
- 2024 Region XIV South Zone co-Player of the Year
- Did not play in 2023 due to injury
- Began collegiate career at Grayson College in 2022
- Did not play in 2022 at Grayson
PERSONAL
- Parents are Patrick and Bo McGinnis
- Has two siblings, Casey and Caitlyn
- Dream job outside of baseball: physical therapist
- Fears being stranded out at sea
- Chose UH because it’s close to home but not too far
- Most memorable athletic feat: winning the JuCo World Series
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: steak
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Antoine Jean, Malachi Lott
Friday, May 23
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Connor McGinnis, Andres Perez
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 9, Kansas State 2
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 13, Arizona 4
Thursday, May 15