Thomas Michael O'Shaughnessy Jr.

Thomas Michael O'Shaughnessy Jr. (born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on October 17, 1956) is a member of the UCF Athletics Hall of Fame,^[1] real estate agent^[2]

Thomas Michael O'Shaugnessy

UCF Athletics

A two-sport athlete for the University of Central Florida Fighting Knights in baseball and football, O'Shaughnessy was a defensive lineman for the University of Central Florida (UCF) football team during the program's first two seasons of play in 1979 and 1980. As a defensive end on Don Jonas' inaugural football team, O'Shaughnessy, a Winter Park, Florida native, was one of the top defensive players the Knights fielded. He established a current school record for sacks in a game with five against Emory & Henry University during the 1979 season.^[3]

Leading his team both seasons with 10 sacks in 1979 and 12 sacks in 1980 placed him among UCF's all-time best with 22 career sacks. At UCF Athletics, he was an Assistant Offense line coach for Football in 1981, the Founder and Founding President of UCF Letterman's K Club, the Knights Booster Board of Directors, and UCF sideline radio reporter for UCF football games from 1990 through 1994. O'Shaughnessy was a member of the 1979 UCF Baseball team, UCF's first championship baseball team as part of the Sunshine State Conference.

O'Shaughnessy was inducted into the UCF's Hall of Fame on April 16, 2010.^[1][4][5]

On June 29, 2023, O'Shaughnessy was named in the rankings from SBNATION as one of the Top 100 Greatest UCF Male Athletes.^[6]