2019 Women's Volleyball Roster
Maggie O'Connell
- Position:
- Right Side Hitter
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Seven Lakes
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
At Princeton
2019: appeared in 25 matches and started 19…earned AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention honors…named first team All-Ivy League for the fourth-straight season…earned Academic All-League honors…joined the 1,000-kill club and ended her career with 1081 kills…finished second on the team in kills with 250, blocks with 55 and third in hitting percentage with .352…recorded a season-high 23 kills with a .444 hitting percentage against No. 14 Oregon on Sept. 17…had a season-high six blocks against Maryland on Sept. 14…gad double-digit kills in 12 matches
2018: earned All-Region honors for the second consecutive season … earned first-team All-Ivy League honors for the third straight season … earned Google Cloud Academic All-District and Academic All-Ivy League honors … led the Ivy League with 3.44 kills per set and ranked second to teammate Clare Lenihan with a .371 attack percentage … averaged 21.5 kills in two matches against Yale, including 21-kill effort in 3-1 home win; O'Connell hit .441 in that match and added three digs and two blocks to earn Ivy League Player of the Week honors … had 14 matches with double-digit kills, and three with at least 20 kills … had season-high six blocks in win over Seton Hall
2017: became the seventh Princeton player, and first underclassman, to earn Ivy League Player of the Year honors; joined Parker Henritze '09 as the only Tiger to earn both Player and Rookie of the Year awards in the same career … earned All-Region honors after being the only player to rank in both the Ivy League Top 5 in kills (3.38) and points (3.74), as well as the Top 10 in hitting percentage (.279) … earned Academic All-Ivy League honors … one of two players in the Ivy League to earn unanimous first-team All-Ivy League honors … named the Ivy League Player of the Week after recording 18 kills and hitting .500 in Ivy-clinching 3-0 win at Harvard … ended season with eight straight matches with double-digit kills, including 12 in Ivy playoff win over Yale and 11 in NCAA tournament match against Iowa State … recorded 60 blocks and 66 digs during the season … had season-best 22 kills in 3-2 comeback win at Boston College … had seven matches with at least four blocks
2016: became the sixth player in Princeton history to win the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award, and the first since 2005 … earned first-team All-Ivy League honors after ranking second in the league in both kills (3.58) and hitting percentage (.405) in league matches … led all players with four Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors, including three following perfect Ivy weekends … recorded match-high 12 kills and added a block in NCAA tournament debut against #10 BYU … had double-digit kills in nine of Princeton's last 10 matches, and 13 overall, including season-high 24 in 3-2 road win at Harvard … hit over .350 with double-digit kills in each of Princeton's last five matches … averaged .47 digs and .40 blocks … made her Ivy debut with 18 kills, five digs, two blocks, and a .586 hitting percentage in a 3-2 win at Penn … named MVP of the Rutgers Tournament.
Before Princeton — earned PrepVolleyball All-American Highest Honorable Mention and Second-Team Academic All-America honors as a senior … named to the Texas all-state team … district MVP … member of the Under Armour All-America Watch List … led Houston Juniors Club To Junior National Championships three times … led Seven Lakes to regional final, the best postseason finish in team history … holds single-season and career records for kills and hitting percentage … named Female Athlete of the Week by the Houston Chronicle … team captain … AP Scholar with Honor and National Merit Commended Scholar … member of the National Honor Society and the National Society of High School Scholars … received the 2016 Certificate of Honor Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, the 2016 Certificate of Outstanding Achievement — AP Calculus BC, and the 2016 Certificate of Outstanding Achievement — AP Literature … University Interscholastic League Scholar Award recipient of the Katy Independent School District Student Excellence Award in Social Studies.
Personal — born Feb. 12, 1998 … daughter of Kathy and Joe O'Connell … has two older siblings, Katie and Cormick, and a younger brother Jack … enjoys listening to Korean pop music, as well as writing poetry and short stories … considering studying chemical engineering at Princeton.
