Shane
Conlon

PBR 2010 Player of the Year. ... pound Conlon led the Redhawks to the Class 4A state championship by going 12-0 with a 1.45 ERA. In 82 innings, he struck out 122 and walked 13. At the plate, the left-handed hitter batted .430 with a team-leading 61 hits, 15 doubles, three triples and two home runs. He drove in 28 and scored 46 runs. Defensively, no one played a better first base. Committed to Kansas State ... During his junior season, Conlon established himself as one of the state�s best two-way talents. Not only did the left-hander post a 9-1 record on the mound, but he proved to be one of the finest defensive first basemen we�ve seen since former St. Rita standout Ryne White, and always seemed to deliver in the clutch (16 doubles and 4 homers). But his spring was only a sliver of the successes Conlon achieved during the summer months. His amazing summer began with a complete-game shutout against O�Fallon in the Class 4A state semifinals for St. Rita. Later, Conlon earned MVP of the CABA World Series as he led his summer team, Top Tier, to the championship. A week later, he helped St. Rita to the IHSBCA summer title by pitching six scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts. A Naperville resident, Conlon decided in August to transfer to Naperville Central. ... Went 5-0 on the mound as a sophomore.