CHICAGO, IL - Former Trinity International left-handed pitcher, Mike O'Leary, signed a professional baseball contract with the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League on Tuesday.  O'Leary last pitched for the Trojans during the 2006 season.

Since finishing his college ball, Mike has pitched for Ypsilanti Sliders of the Frontier League during the 2009 season.  He also maintains work in baseball through private lessons and assists the baseball program at Trinity.

O' Leary attended Carmel High School in Mundelien, IL.  During his years there, he earned all-conference, all-area and all-county first-team selections.

Mike was also an all-conference and all-district pitcher for College of Lake County before transferring to Trinity in the Fall of 2005.

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In 1999, the Cheetahs joined the stable Frontier League and has been a member of the league ever since. The team known as the Cook County Cheetahs prior to the 2004 season changed their name to the current Windy City ThunderBolts. An ownership change instigated the name change.

On August 26, 2007, the ThunderBolts won their first Central Division title. On September 17, 2007, they defeated the Washington Wild Things to win the Frontier League championship, three games to two. In 2008, they repeated a Division Title as the West Division Champions and Frontier League champions, defeating the Kalamazoo Kings three games to none in the championship series. (Note: After heavy rains flooded Homer Stryker Field the entire 2008 Championship game was played at the Thunderbolts Standard Bank Stadium.) They thus became only the second Frontier League team to win back-to-back titles, joining the 2001-02 Richmond Roosters.