Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

At Eastern Kentucky
2009 – second team All-Ohio Valley Conference … led the OVC with an average of 5.56 digs per set, ranked eighth in the nation in the same category … moved into sixth place on EKU’s all-time digs list with 1,332 career digs … two-time OVC Defensive Player of the Week … registered double-digit dig totals in 27 of EKU’s 29 matches … had 20-plus digs 16 times … tied her career-best with 32 digs in a five-set match against Southeast Missouri State on October 2 … on the next day, she set a new career-high with 36 digs in a four-set match against Eastern Illinois … had a career-high four service aces at Austin Peay on October 6 … played in all 29 matches and all 106 sets … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2009-10 Colonel Scholar … 2009-10 Bratzke Award for Excellence (given to the team member with the highest GPA) … 2009-10 Presidential Scholar (4.00 GPA).
2008 – led the OVC, and ranked 40th in the nation, with an average of 4.813 digs per set … played in all 29 matches and all 107 sets … registered double-digit dig totals in 26 of EKU’s 27 matches … had 20-plus digs 12 times … recorded what was then a career-best 32 digs in a five-set match against SIU Edwardsville on November 4 … had three service aces against Eastern Illinois on September 20 … her 515 digs is the 10th most in one season by a Colonel … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2008-09 Colonel Scholar … 2008-09 Presidential Scholar (4.00 GPA).
2007 – played in all of the team’s 103 sets and started 19 of EKU’s 30 matches … finished second on the team with 228 digs as a true freshman … recorded 10 or more digs in 12 matches … had a season-high 19 digs in her second collegiate match, against Southern Illinois on August 25 … made only 19 reception errors in 208 total attempts (.909) ... earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport ... 2007-08 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

High School
Played four years of volleyball at Ursuline Academy … named to both the GGCL and Cincinnati Enquirer first team after leading the team to a district championship in 2006 … All-Ohio second team honoree … competed in the state’s All-Star match … played for Team Z club team along with current teammate Amanda Fago … a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society … she earned High Honors all four years as a prepster.

Personal
Daughter of Kevin and Jeanne O’Connor … born March 21, 1989 … has one sister – Sarah … majoring in environmental studies.