Prep: A four-year letterwinner for Shane Darnell  at Yorkville High School … A three-time state qualifier and two-time regional and sectional champion … Finished as the state runner-up as a junior and took third-place honors as a senior … Won regional and sectional titles as a sophomore and senior … Holds the school’s all-time wins record with 154 career victories … Placed fourth in the Dvorak Tournament as a freshman … Garnered runner-up honors in the Dvorak Tournament his junior and senior campaigns … Also took fourth at the Cheesehead Tournament as a junior … Selected as an all-state scholar.

Personal: Born Connor Benjamin Bass on March 6, 1994 in Aurora, Illinois … Son of Michael and Amy Bass … Has three brothers, Clayton, Joe and Michael and a sister, Courtney.