Shane Conlon - Baseball Coach - Kansas State University Athletics

Shane Conlon

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
sconlon@kstatesports.com
Phone:
(785) 532-3926

THE SHANE CONLON FILE
Born: February 27, 1992 in Downers Grove, Ill.
High School: Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Ill.
College: Kansas State, Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, 2014
Kansas State, Master's degree in student development, 2018
Family: Wife: Kim

Playing Career
K-State, 2011-15
AZL Athletics, 2015

Coaching Career
K-State, Volunteer Assistant Coach, 2015-pres.

Conlon enters his fourth year as a volunteer assistant coach with Kansas State baseball in 2019-20. Conlon was a four-year letterwinner for the Wildcats from 2011-15, including leading the Wildcats to their only Super Regional appearance in 2013.

In 2019, K-State earned its first bid to the Big 12 Baseball Championship since the 2016 season after going 25-33 (8-16 Big 12) and finishing eighth in the Big 12 standings. The Cats hit 54 home runs in the 2019 season, their highest single-season output since 2009.

In his first season as an assistant, Conlon helped K-State to a 29-26 overall record, its first winning season since the 2013 season. Conlon helped guide the Cats to victories over No. 4 South Carolina and No. 6 Texas Tech.

Conlon has seen six Wildcats from taken in the MLB Draft over his three seasons: Will Brennan (8th round, Cleveland), Jordan Floyd (10th round, Kansas City), Drew Mount (16th round, Cinicinatti), Jake Scudder (16th round, Washington), Parker Rigler (31st round, Chicago [AL]) and Josh Rolette (39th round, Cleveland).

During his career at K-State, Conlon posted a .300 career batting average and became the 18th Wildcat in program history to record at least 200 hits while also being just one of two Wildcats since 1997 to be named First Team All-Big 12 twice and was a unanimous selection in 2015.

Conlon began K-State’s magical 2013 season with a 15-game hitting streak on his way to posting career highs in every major statistical category that season, while finishing second in the Big 12 with 56 runs scored and third with 125 total bases. His seven home runs tied for the team lead while posting 25 multi-hit games while leading the Wildcats to a game away from the College World Series.

The Naperville, Illinois, native was selected in the 21st round by the Kansas City Royals in the 2013 MLB draft but did not sign and returned to K-State. After his collegiate career finished, he was selected by the Oakland A’s in the 34th round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft and spent a season with the A’s rookie league affiliate in Arizona.

In the minor leagues, Conlon recorded a .327 average with four doubles and 18 RBI.

Conlon and his wife, the former Kim Fairchild, currently reside in Manhattan.

CAREER
.300 career batting average, going 207-for-690 in 196 games (181 starts) ... Of his 207 hits, 35 were doubles, 7 triples and 10 home runs ... Was the 18th Wildcat in program history to record 200 or more hits ... One of just 2 Wildcats in the Big 12-era (since 1997) to be named all-conference first team twice in a career ... Also pitched in his first two seasons, going 5-2 with a 4.88 ERA (26er, 48.0ip), 33 strikeouts and 23 walks in 17 appearances (8 starts) ... Finished his K-State career playing in 212 games, which were tied for the third-most in program history ... Career fielding percentage of .991, committing no more than 5 errors in a single season (17 total in his career) ... Was 36-for-48 in career stolen base attempts … Posted double-digit steals in 2013 (career-high 17) and 2015 (10).

MLB DRAFT
Selected by the Oakland A's in the 34th round (1,028th overall) of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft ... Was also selected in the 2013 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals in the 21st round (624th overall), but did not sign.

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2015)
Unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 First Team ... Hit .291 (57-for-196) with 13 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 26 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in 52 games (all starts) ... Walked 24 times while striking out just 18 times, helping him post a .384 OBP ... Led team in doubles while was second in hits and batting average as well as tied for second in steals ... Had a career-low 3 errors, posting a .994 fielding percentage on his 542 chances (519 putouts, 20 assists, 3 errors) ... Hit .253 (22-for-87) with 5 doubles, 1 home run and 11 RBIs in 24 conference games … Second time in his career he did not miss a Big 12 game (Last: 2013) ... Led team with 16 multi-hit games ... Had 5 consecutive multi-hit games from March 8-14, a stretch that included his 4-hit game on March 8 vs. Santa Clara ... 22-game on-base streak to start the season, posting a .450 OBP over the stretch ... Drove in 3 runs and hit his second home run of the season in K-State’s 4-2 win over No. 12 Oklahoma State in the road series opener on March 27 ... Earned his first career Big 12 Player of the Week award on May 11 … Hit .471 (8-for-17) in the week’s 4 games while also recording 3 multi-hit efforts ... Started 51 of his 52 games at first base ... Hit out of the third spot in K-State’s lineup in 51 of his 52 games.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2014)
Hit .296 (56-for-189) with 8 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run, 29 RBIs, 38 runs scored, and 8 stolen bases in 50 games ... His 29 RBIs were a career-high, surpassing his previous best of 28 set in 2013 ... Led the team with 14 two-out RBIs ... Also led the team with 7 sacrifice flies ... Started all 50 of his games played, with 46 starts at first base and 4 in left field ... Reached base in 21 straight games from Feb. 15-March 22 ... Had an RBI in 6 straight games from March 12-19 ... Recorded 8 RBIs over the 6-game stretch ... Went 5-for-15 (.333) in series at Oklahoma from March 21-23 ... Drove in a season-high 3 runs on two occasions (Last: April 9 at Nebraska) ... Had a season-high 4 hits on April 1 at Omaha, going 4-for-6 with a double and an RBI ... Hit his only home run of the season on April 1 vs. Kansas ... Drove in 2 runs in back-to-back games on May 4 at TCU and May 6 at Wichita State.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2013)
Second in the Big 12 with 56 runs scored ... Third in the Big 12 with 125 total bases ... Tied for the team-lead with 7 home runs ... 25 multi-hit games, tied for the second-most on the Wildcats ... Started all but one of K-State's 64 games at first base ... Reached base safely in 58 of his 63 games played ... Had a 15-game hitting streak to start the season, batting .450 (27-for-60) with 13 RBI ... Collected 5 hits, including a home run, while driving in 2 and scoring 2 runs vs. Kentucky on Feb. 21 ... Registered his second 15-game hitting streak of the season between April 3 and April 27 ... Batted .393 (24-for-61) with 12 RBI over the stretch ... Combined 7 RBI and 2 home runs over back-to-back games on April 6 and 7 vs. Texas Tech ... Went 3-for-6 with home run, 4 RBI and 3 runs scored on April 6 ... Was 2-for-3 with a home run, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored on April 7 ... Ended the year with a nine-game hitting streak ... Batted .350 (14-for-40) with 3 RBI and 7 runs scored over final 9 games of the season ... Hit .455 (5-for-11) with a walk and two runs scored in Manhattan Regional ... Had 3 hits in Super Regional at Oregon State ... Batted .200 (3-for-15) with a double and run scored.

2013 SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Topeka Golden Giants of the Walter Johnson League before closing out the summer with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League ... Went 6-for-15 (.400) with three doubles and two RBI with Topeka ... In 14 games with the Firebirds, he batted .204 (10-for-49) with a double and an RBI.

SOPHOMORE (2012)
Appeared in six games, including two starts, until an injury ended his season ... Received a medical redshirt ... Earned a 1-1 record and a 6.35 ERA in 11.1 innings with 10 walks and eight strikeouts ... Began the year tossing 1.2 innings of no-hit ball with three strikeouts at CSU Bakersfield on Feb. 18 ... Also came out of the bullpen against Pacific on March 2 to throw three scoreless frames, working around three hits with two strikeouts ... Started his final two games of the year, at Nebraska on March 6 and at Minnesota on March 13.

FRESHMAN (2011)
A two-way player who saw time in the field in 31 games while he pitched in 11 games with six starts ... Held a 4-1 record and a 4.42 ERA, allowing 18 earned runs on 37 hits with 13 walks and 25 strikeouts in 36.2 innings ... Also held opponents to a .242 batting average ... Saw most of his action out of the bullpen to begin the season, including a game at No. 21 ... Baylor in which he tossed 2.1 no-hit innings with two strikeouts to pick up his first win ... Earned his first career start against Texas Tech on April 21, taking the win as he threw 6.2 scoreless innings with four hits, no walks and five strikeouts ... Also earned the win in a five-inning start against New Orleans on May 15, while he was the winning pitcher against No. 12 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship on May 27 when he allowed two runs on four hits in five innings ... Earned 16 starts at first base, including 11 in Big 12 play ... Was 9-for-56 with a double and one RBI ... Recorded a trio of two-hit games - vs. No. 5 Texas on March 20, at No. 21 Baylor on March 25 and vs. No. 5 Texas A&M on April 2.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered one season for the Redhawks under head coach Bill Seiple ... Also played three seasons at St. Rita High School ... Was named a Louisville Slugger High School All-American as a first baseman and pitcher, the Prep Baseball Report Player of the Year, the Chicago Tribune Player of the Year and the Daily Herald Player of the Year ... Was a perfect 12-0 on the mound with a 1.45 ERA to go along with 122 strikeouts and just 12 walks in 82.0 innings as a senior, leading Naperville Central to the 4A state championship over St. Rita ... Hit .430 (61-for-142) with 15 doubles, two home runs and 28 RBI in 2010 ... Also earned all-conference and all-area honors as a junior.

PERSONAL
Shane Robert Conlon was born February 27, 1992, in Downers Grove, Ill. ... Son of Bob and Colleen Conlon ... Has one sister, Kate ... Was named to the high school honor roll seven of eight semesters ... Graduated in December 2014 with a bachelor's degree in social sciences ... Graduated in the summer of 2018 with a master's degree in student development from Kansas State.

Season	AVG	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	SB-A
2011	.161	31-16	56	5	9	1	0	0	1	.242	.179	6	0	6	1-1
2012	.000	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0-0
2013	.341	63-63	249	56	85	13	3	7	28	.430	.502	25	16	30	17-21
2014	.296	50-50	189	38	56	8	2	1	29	.367	.376	14	11	21	8-12
2015	.291	52-52	196	36	57	13	2	2	26	.384	.408	24	7	18	10-14
Career	.300	196-181	690	135	207	35	7	10	84	.385	.414	69	34	75	36-48