Colgate University Athletics

Career
Games/Starts: 127/90
Colgate Debut: Nov. 15, 2014 at La Salle
First Career Start: Nov. 19, 2015 at Albany
Stats: 1,040 points (8.2 ppg), 301 rebounds (2.4 rpg), 335 assists (2.6 apg), 42.7 FG%, 37.4 3FG%, 84.9 FT%
 
Awards
1,000-point Scorer
Third Team All-Patriot League - 2018
Bob Duffy-Tucker Neale Most Valuable Player Award – 2017, 2018
Hasan Brown Award - 2018
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Raider Academic Honor Roll – 2015, 2016, 2017

Records
Colgate Career Record - Most Games Played - 127
Colgate Single-Season Record - Most Minutes Played - 1,159 (2016-17)
 
2017-18 (Senior – Captain)
Games/Starts: 33/33
Stats:  Averaged 10.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and a team-best 3.6 assists per game…his assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.90 led the Patriot League and ranked fourth in all of Division I…also led the team with 38 steals and 33.8 minutes per game…finished senior season with 353 points, 133 rebounds, 120 assists, 39.6 FG%, 58 3-pointers made, 33.9 3FG%, 85.9 FT%.
Best Games: Joined Colgate’s 1,000-point club on Feb. 24 with 13 points in a win over Holy Cross…tallied 18 double-digit scoring efforts throughout the year…led Colgate in scoring in six games and led the team in assists in 16 contests…tallied a team-best 18 points in Colgate’s Patriot League Quarterfinal win over Lafayette (3/1)… put together a strong all-around game with a team-best 18 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in key 70-62 win over Navy (1/8)… registered season-high and team-best 21 points in win over NJIT (12/12)…led the team with 19 points thanks to five three-pointers at Boston College.
 
2016-17 (Junior – Co-Captain)
Games/Starts: 32/32
Stats:  Averaged 12.5 points per game, including 13.2 points per Patriot League contest, both of which ranked second best on the team…led the team in a number of statistical categories including three-pointers made (68), three-point field goal percentage (40.7), free throw percentage (89.6), assists (132), steals (34) and minutes played (1,159)…finished the regular season as the league’s leader in Patriot League free throw percentage (91.3%, 42-for-46)…tallied 21 double-digit efforts including three 20-plus point performances…led the Raiders in scoring in nine games and led the team in assists in 23 contests.
Best Games: Tallied a team-best 18 points and eight assists in the regular-season finale against Lafayette (2/25)…scored 20 points to help lift Colgate to a big road win at Boston University (1/19)…led the team with 18 points and seven assists in an overtime win at Army (1/11)…tallied 21 points with the help of a 5-for-8 showing from three-point range against American (1/2), while also hitting the game-tying jumper to force overtime…made a career-best six three-pointers on a 6-for-8 effort from downtown to tally 18 points in Colgate’s league-opening win at Lafayette (12/30)…went for a career-best 26 points behind an impressive 10-for-12 clip from the field at The Citadel (12/2).
 
2015-16 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 30/25
Stats:  Finished with 258 points, 61 rebounds, 72 assists (second on the team), 34 steals (second on the team) and two blocks ... his 8.6 points per game placed him fourth on the team, while his 2.0 rebounds per game had him seventh ... his 2.4 assists per game ranked him 13th in the league… was second on the team in minutes played with 838 and in 3-point field goals with a mark of .426 (fifth in the league) ... had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.79 on the season… finished with 13 double-figure scoring nights, including ending the season on a four-game streak.
Best Games: Notched his first ever double-digit scoring night against UMBC when he went 3-for-6 from the floor, 2-for-3 from long and 4-for-4 from the free throw line for his 12 points ... went for a season-best 19 points against Lafayette on Feb. 27, where he finished 7-for-13 from the floor, 4-for-6 from downtown and 1-for-2 from the charity stripe ... hit a season-high four 3-point field goals against Syracuse and Lafayette ... went nearly perfect against Loyola on Feb. 21, where he finished 8-of-9 from the floor and 2-of-2 from long range ... pulled down a season-best six rebounds in a contest with Army West Point on March 3, also played a season-high 37 minutes in that game ... handed out a career-best eight assists in a victory over Utica on Dec. 10.
 
2014-15 (Freshman)
Games/Starts: 32/0
Stats:  Finished the year with 29 points, 30 rebounds, 11 assists, seven steals, one block and 256 minutes played.
Best Games: Grabbed a season-high four rebounds in his first career game against La Salle on Nov. 15 ... earned that mark two more times on the season against Morrisville State and Syracuse ... notched his first career points in a contest with Cornell on Nov. 18, where he drained a 3-pointer ... also posted his first two career steals in that game ... handed out a season-best two helpers in a victory over Boston U. ... played a season-high 22 minutes twice on the year against Sacred Heart and Morrisville State.
 
Before Colgate
Four-year varsity letterwinner at Penn Charter, where he lettered in basketball and soccer ... O'Brien served as the team captain during his junior and senior basketball seasons ... In his senior campaign he averaged 19 points, four assists and six rebounds per game ... Was a two-time All-League First Team member, while also garnering All-City and All-State Third Team honors ... Voted the team MVP as well.
 
Personal
Born: Sean Francis O’Brien in Philadelphia, Pa.
Family: Parents are Neil and Theresa O’Brien…has one sister.