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Patrick O'Connell
  • Long Grove, Illinois

Wheaton College (Ill.) Student Patrick O'Connell Named to All-Region Football Team

2016 Dec 14

Wheaton College football player Patrick O'Connell of Long Grove, Illinois received All-Region recognition from D3football.com. O'Connell earned Second Team All-North Region honors.

O'Connell is one of nine All-Region players for the Wheaton Thunder. Wheaton's nine All-Region selections is tied for the most the program has earned in a single season since the website began its All-Region awards in 2005. Wheaton also had nine All-Region performers in 2015.

Wheaton College sponsors 21 varsity sports, and Thunder teams compete at the NCAA Division III level. The Thunder Athletics program has won five NCAA Division III Championships since 1984, and Wheaton student-athletes have won 31 Division III individual National Championships all-time. For more information, visit athletics.wheaton.edu.

Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.) is a coeducational Christian liberal arts college noted for its rigorous academics, integration of faith and learning, and consistent ranking among the top liberal arts colleges in the country. For more information, visit wheaton.edu.