Ethan
O'Donnell

Northwestern transfers having success this season seem to be everywhere, and O’Donnell is no exception. He’s a plus defender with an above-average arm. Batting in the two-hole for the Cavaliers, the lefthanded hitter is currently producing a .386/.496/.675 slash with seven home runs and eight stolen bases. He combines all five tools with strong instincts and can really play the game.

Cape Cod: O'Donnell was a breakout star as a sophomore at Northwestern this spring, hitting .320/.410/.619 with 10 homers and 24 doubles (four shy of the national lead). He'll transfer to Virginia for his junior year, and he looks ready to make a big impact in Charlottesville after hitting .314 with four doubles and seven RBIs in 51 at-bats for Harwich. A lean, live athlete at 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, O'Donnell has a low hand setup from the left side and showed us the ability to make hard line-drive contact to all fields, particularly excelling at driving the ball to the back side. His doubles-oriented approach should play very well at Davenport Field, but as he showed this spring, he also has some home run pop. O'Donnell has good speed that plays well on the basepaths and in center field, where he looks like a natural defender.

Moving up to No. 6 in the updated Colorado 2020 Rankings is Northwestern commit Ethan O'Donnell out of Regis Jesuit. Bats left, throws right. 6-foot-1, 185 pounds. Hitting clean-up for Regis, O'Donnel is a 5 tool player who projects as a solid D-1 prospect. The left-handed swing plays, and has power to both gaps. Slow pick up and put down striding on line, hands move back and elbow slots, bat gets on plane early, and finishes with uphill tilt.  Lower half finishes completely with aggression and maintains balance in the swing. Feet were active and aggressive on approach playing behind the ball in the OF with nice glove presentation to catch. Aggressive baserunner.  Another top ten player for the Raiders, O'Donnell last spring ran a 6.85 laser timed 60 at the Preseason All-State while also showing bat with with a 94 mph exit velocity, and an 88 mph arm from the OF. Last spring O'Donnell hit .388 while also scoring 34 runs from the 2-hole helping Regis Jesuit win the 5A state championship. 

Bats left, throws right. 6-foot-1, 185 pounds. Hitting clean-up for Regis, O'Donnel is a 5 tool player who has projects as a solid D-1 prospect. The left-handed swing plays, and has power to both gaps. Slow pick up and put down striding on line, hands move back and elbow slots, bat gets on plane early, and finishes with uphill tilt.  Lower half finishes completely with aggression and maintains balance in the swing. Feet were active and aggressive on approach playing behind the ball in the OF with nice glove presentation to catch. In this game O'Donnel was 2 for 4 with a double and triple. Aggressive baserunner.