To help pass those long summer days until football season starts, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, we'll continue the 100 day football countdown.
#85 Conner Orr
Class: RS Senior
Hometown: Duluth, Ga.
High School: Peachtree Ridge HS
Height / Weight: 6-2 / 230
Position: TE
2011 (Junior): Did not see game action stemming from his back injury ... Worked with the WCU team film crew ... Named to WCU's Dean's List 2010 (Sophomore): Suffered an off-season back injury that sidelined him for the 2010 season. 2009 (Freshman): Played in eight games with two starts ... Made his first collegiate start at Samford ... Used primarily as a blocking TE in place of a fullback and on runs around the ends of the offensive line. Prior to Western: Was a four-year Scholar Athlete and a three-year varsity letter winner at Peachtree Ridge HS for head coach Bill Ballard ... Was named first team All-County and first team All-Region at tight end as a senior ... Was also named second team All-State by the Atlanta Journal Constitution ... Recorded 146 yards receiving and three TDs in his final season ... Played offensive tackle as a junior ... In his first season on varsity, played defensive end and special teams on the state championship team ... Was a two-year varsity letter winner in track & field, setting a school record in the shot put as a junior.
Personal: Full name is James Conner Orr ... Is the son of Jim and Terri Orr ... Has an older sister, Lindsay Tarquinio.
Courtesy WCU Sports Information
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