Aggie Rugby Player Profile - Conor Mills

Texas A&M Rugby captain Conor Mills is the subject of this player profile.  Conor is a four-year starter at flyhalf for Texas A&M and a two-year captain.  He has had an extremely distinguished playing career to this point and has been a key component in the Aggies success over the last four seasons.

 

Height: 6'

Weight: 195 lbs

Position: Flyhalf

Major:  Business Management

 

Conor Mills beating the Oklahoma defense

Conor is from Magnolia, Texas and graduated from St. Thomas High School in 2009 where he played rugby all four years.  He holds 22 career records and is the all-time leading scorer in school history with 759 points.  He was All-District, All-State, Texas Select/High Performance player throughout his four years in high school.  Conor was team MVP twice (08-09) and Offensive Player of the Year three times (07-08-09).  He was twice named Texas High School Rugby Player of the Year (2008-2009) and his senior year recieved the Father Allnoch Scholar-Athlete Award (STH's highest honor).  Conor was also captain of the STH team (08-09) and the Texas all-star squads (07-10).  While at STH Conor's teams won two state titles 08-09), placed 2nd (07), and won three Western RFU regional championships (07-09), and made three national championship appearances.

 

Conor has an impressive representative resume as well, having been selected for the Texas Collegiate All-Stars (09-10), West Collegiate All-Stars (2011) and the U17, U18, U20 USA Age-grade National teams. He played on the the US team at the Junior World Trophy in Tibilisi, Georgia in 2011. 

 

During his career at A&M Conor has 35 Caps (every game since his freshman year) in 15s and 40 7s Caps.  Last season he was third in the D1-A competition in scoring with 101 points and led the country in penalty kicks with 16.  He finished the season with 169 total points and was named to the D1-A All-Conference team and as a Honorable Mention All-American.  Conor was named to the SEC 7s All-Conference and ARC 7s All-Conference (as a unanimous selection) teams this fall.  He was the Aggie Recruiting Officer from 2010-12.  Conor was the Aggie Rookie of the Year (09), MVP and Back MVP in 2012.  Conor's leadership and skill on the field has been critical to the Aggie's success during his career at A&M.

 

In his leisure time Conor likes to play Call of Duty, work out and do other "manly things".  When asked what his plans after graduation are, he responded, "move back in with my parents."  Conor's younger brother Riley is the manager and video director for A&M Rugby.

 

What Does Aggie Rugby Mean to You?

"It is a tight-knit group of brothers that will put everything out on the line for each other both on and off the field and for which I would do the same."