As a Senior (2016):Â Conference USA Second-Team All-Conference...C-USA All-Tournament Team...C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 24)...C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll...Closed her career by playing in every match (33) for the fourth-consecutive season...Led all active NCAA DI players in career matches played at 138 for the 10th most in WKU Volleyball history...Played in all 117 sets to up her career number to 477 of a possible 478 sets...Named to the Panther Challenge All-Tournament Team...Earned WKU's Best Defensive Player award...Led WKU in digs for the third-consecutive season (475) to become just the fourth player to lead the team in the dig category three or more seasons...Finished with 1,684 career digs to rank fifth in program history...Career average of 3.53 digs/set ranks as the third-best mark in program history...Recorded a season-best 25 digs in WKU's regular season sweep of Rice...27 double-digit dig performances in 33 matches...Posted five 20-dig outings on the year including 24 in the C-USA Tournament Championship match...Closed her career with 102 total service aces.
As a Junior (2015): Appeared in all 36 matches in 2016 in the libero position…led the Lady Toppers and ranked fourth in Conference USA with 481 total digs (3.85/set)…Totaled 51 assists (0.41/set)…Led the team with 31 services aces (0.25/set)…Recorded double digit digs in 26 contests…Tallied a season-best 27 digs against Missouri State (9/11)…Tallied 23 digs against Southern Illinois (9/5)…Turned in a 21 dig effort against Northern Iowa (9/18)…Posted 19 digs in WKU’s NCAA first round match against Arizona…Notched a season-best four service aces and four assists against Middle Tennessee…Was honored as the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 12.
As a Sophomore (2014):Â Earned the libero job in all 36 matches...Finished the season with 556 digs, which ranks fourth in WKU's single-season top 10...Her 4.52 digs per set ranks 88th in the nation while second in C-USA...Second in the league during conference games with 4.60 digs per set...Concluded the season with 27 aces, second on the team...Had 0.27 aces per set during the league slate to rank fifth in C-USA...Earned C-USA Defensive Player of the Week...Named to the UNLV Invitational All-Tournament Team...Posted 18 digs against nationally-recognized Cal State Northridge...Tallied 17 digs in home opener versus Belmont...Named to the University Plaza/Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational...Notched 21 digs against Missouri State...Had 17 digs and a pair of service aces in win over Milwaukee...Notched 16 digs in win over No. 8 Purdue...Had 20 digs against Austin Peay...Put up 21 digs versus LIU Brooklyn...Earned 18 digs and four service aces in five-set win over Rice...Tabbed 18 digs in win over North Texas...Added 13 digs and a pair of aces in sweep at UTEP...Tallied 19 digs and three assists in four-set win over Florida Atlantic...Put up back-to-back 20-dig games with 23 at Southern Miss and a career-high 25 at Marshall on her way to league Defensive Player of the Week honors...Had 16 digs in win over Middle Tennessee...Tabbed 22 digs and an ace in C-USA Tourney Championship vs. Rice...Put up 15 digs against Iowa State in the NCAA Tournament.
As a Freshman (2013):Â Found immediate starting role in first year on The Hill, starting in all 33 matches and playing in 112 of 113 sets...Finished the season ranked fifth on the team with 172 digs and second on the team with 23 service aces...Had 11 matches with seven or more digs and seven matches with two or more service aces...In first collegiate match, posted three service aces against Alabama A&M...Tallied eight digs in tough match against Ohio State...Added three aces and seven digs in win over Florida A&M...Tallied first double-digit digs performance in win over Cincinnati...Notched season-high 11 digs at Louisiana-Lafayette...Had eight digs at UT Arlington and against Georgia State to help clinch SBC Regular-Season title...Put up nine digs and two service aces in five-set win over South Alabama.
High School:Â Played at Male High School in Louisville, Ky.... Three-year varsity starter and co-captain the past two years for the Bulldogs...Named as an All-District selection the last three years and two-time All-Region honoree...Voted one of the top 250 "Senior Aces" by PrepVolleyball.com...A three-time team defensive award winner ...Earned an all-tournament honors and the 110 Percent Award...Maintained above a 3.4 GPA throughout her high school career...Member of the KIVA club volleyball team that was 2013 National runner-up, Mideast Power League champs and took third at the JVA Power League Championships in 2013.
Personal:Â Born on December 12, 1994...Daughter of Tim and Liz O'Connell...Majoring in public relations with a minor in meeting & convention planning.
