Joe O'Connor played guard on the Bears basketball team from 1989 to 1993. During his career he scored 1784 points, which at that time broke a BSC record that stood for 30 years. He was named to the MASCAC all conference first (1993) or second (1990-92) team all four years that he participated. He averaged 18.2 points per game during his career and he holds all the BSC records for shooting 3-point field goals.

Prior to Bridgewater he left Dedham High School as their all-time leading scorer with 1114 points. Today, Joe now works for Bell Atlantic and still resides in his hometown of Dedham, MA.