High School:
• Three-year letterman for coach John Parker.
• helped lead Ouachita Christian to the Class 1A state title in 2015 and to a state 2A runner-up finish in 2017.
• as a senior, went 9-3 with a save, 70 strikeouts and a 1.08 ERA in 70 innings pitched and was named the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association (LBCA) All-State Pitcher of the Year, the District 2-2A Pitcher of the Year, first-team All-Northeast Louisiana and a member of the Louisiana High School Coaches Association (LHSCA) All-Star team.
• posted a 5-3 record with a save, 40 strikeouts and a 1.31 ERA in 59 innings as a junior, being named District 2-2A Co-Pitcher of the Year honors, first-team All-Northeast Louisiana and an LBCA All-State utility player.
• was a perfect 7-for-7 in save opportunities and went 6-1 with 36 strikeouts and a 1.12 ERA in 44 innings as a sophomore, earning District 2-1A Pitcher of the Year honors and a spot on the LBCA Coaches All-State team.
• was the salutatorian of his high school class and a member of the LHSAA Composite Academic All-State Team.
• graduated with a 4.0 grade point average.
Personal:
• Born June 1, 1998.
• son of Sandy and Tim O’Neal.
• father won more than 300 games as a high school baseball coach.
• majoring in industrial engineering technology.
• plans to be an industrial engineer for a major company in a large Southern city.
• life’s ambition is “to have my own engineering firm.”
