CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Won one Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor.
2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Won one Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award (3/11).
Season: Played in all seven games, including starts in the final two...Finished with one goal, five ground balls and four caused turnovers...The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
at Penn (2/29): Caused one turnover. vs. Cornell (3/8): Made first start of the season, tallying one goal, three ground balls and two caused turnovers. at Furman (3/10): Contributed two ground balls and one caused turnover.
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Played in all 17 games, finishing with five ground balls and eight caused turnovers.
Villanova (2/2): Caused two turnovers. at Stony Brook (2/16): Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers. at Yale (2/23): Caused one turnover. at Maryland (3/31): Played in Penn State’s first varsity win over the Terrapins. at Michigan (4/13): Picked up one ground ball. Johns Hopkins (4/21): Registered his lone shot on goal of the season. Rutgers (5/2): Saw playing time as Penn State won its first Big Ten Tournament title. UMBC (5/12): Tallied one ground ball and one caused turnover. vs. Yale (5/25): Caused one turnover in the team’s first National Semifinal game.
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Saw action in 11 games…Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 14 games, finishing with 10 ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Cornell (2/18): Picked up two ground balls. Penn (3/4): Recorded a pair of ground balls. Furman (3/7): Tallied four ground balls. at Maryland (4/8): Picked up a ground ball.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Helped lead Cazenovia to state championship titles in 2011 and 2013, as well as back-to-back state finalist finishes in 2014 and 2015…Was a 2015 first-team all-league and All-CNY team honoree…Competed in the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse classic in 2015…Played club with Orange Crush and Roadhawks Lacrosse.
PERSONAL
Born Thomas Joseph Connellan on December 2, 1997, in Syracuse, New York…Parents are Kara Falso and Tom Connellan…Has two sisters, Kathleen and Kiley…Grandfather, Paul Johnson, played football at Penn State from 1966-70 and was drafted by the Packers before playing for the Redskins and the Tiger-Cats (CFL)…Uncle, Mike Johnson, played football at Penn State from 1998-2001…Mother, Kara, played soccer at LeMoyne College...Completed his bachelor's degree in economics and is now pursuing a second degree in labor and human resources.