Pat Connaughton

About

Patrick Bergin Connaughton ( KON-ə-tən; born January 6, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he primarily plays as a shooting guard. He is also a former professional baseball player.
Connaughton previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball and men’s basketball teams. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB draft. The Brooklyn Nets selected him in the second round of the 2015 NBA draft and traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers. In 2021, during his sixth season in the NBA, he won a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Connaughton attended St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts, where he starred in three sports, playing quarterback in football and multiple positions in both baseball and basketball. He received major interest in baseball from schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, with Boston College (BC), the University of Virginia, and his original first choice, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who all made him scholarship offers.
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