[c#] Return Result from Select Query in stored procedure to a List

Building on some of the responds here, i'd like to add an alternative way. Creating a generic method using reflection, that can map any Stored Procedure response to a List. That is, a List of any type you wish, as long as the given type contains similarly named members to the Stored Procedure columns in the response. Ideally, i'd probably use Dapper for this - but here goes:

private static SqlConnection getConnectionString() // Should be gotten from config in secure storage.
        {
            SqlConnectionStringBuilder builder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder();
            builder.DataSource = "it.hurts.when.IP";
            builder.UserID = "someDBUser";
            builder.Password = "someDBPassword";
            builder.InitialCatalog = "someDB";
            return new SqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString);
        }

        public static List<T> ExecuteSP<T>(string SPName, List<SqlParameter> Params)
        {
            try
            {
                DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();

                using (SqlConnection Connection = getConnectionString())
                {
                    // Open connection
                    Connection.Open();

                    // Create command from params / SP
                    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(SPName, Connection);

                    // Add parameters
                    cmd.Parameters.AddRange(Params.ToArray());
                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                    // Make datatable for conversion
                    SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
                    da.Fill(dataTable);
                    da.Dispose();

                    // Close connection
                    Connection.Close();
                }

                // Convert to list of T
                var retVal = ConvertToList<T>(dataTable);
                return retVal;
            }
            catch (SqlException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("ConvertToList Exception: " + e.ToString());
                return new List<T>();
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts datatable to List<someType> if possible.
        /// </summary>
        public static List<T> ConvertToList<T>(DataTable dt)
        {
            try // Necesarry unfotunately.
            {
                var columnNames = dt.Columns.Cast<DataColumn>()
                    .Select(c => c.ColumnName)
                    .ToList();

                var properties = typeof(T).GetProperties();

                return dt.AsEnumerable().Select(row =>
                    {
                        var objT = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();

                        foreach (var pro in properties)
                        {
                            if (columnNames.Contains(pro.Name))
                            {
                                if (row[pro.Name].GetType() == typeof(System.DBNull)) pro.SetValue(objT, null, null);
                                else pro.SetValue(objT, row[pro.Name], null);
                            }
                        }

                        return objT;
                    }).ToList();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed to write data to list. Often this occurs due to type errors (DBNull, nullables), changes in SP's used or wrongly formatted SP output.");
                Console.WriteLine("ConvertToList Exception: " + e.ToString());
                return new List<T>();
            }
        }

Gist: https://gist.github.com/Big-al/4c1ff3ed87b88570f8f6b62ee2216f9f

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