Meghan O'Connell

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
West Genesee
Hometown:
Camillus, N.Y.

Senior Year: Played in 12 games and started in seven…Credited for five goals…Collected 11 ground balls…Posted four draw controls…caused eight turnovers…Named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.

Junior Year: Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team ... Started in 13 of 17 games … Fourth on the team in scoring with 34 points (32 goals and two assists) … Picked up 29 ground balls … Scored two goals and picked up two ground balls against Albany … Tallied one goal and two ground balls against Binghamton … Grabbed two ground balls against Virginia … Picked up one assist and two ground balls at Georgetown … Recorded two goals and two ground balls at Harvard … Scored three goals and picked up one ground ball at Massachusetts … Had one goal and one ground ball at Connecticut … Registered four goals and grabbed three ground balls against Brown … Tallied three goals and two ground balls against Cornell … Had three goals and one ground ball against Loyola … Registered two goals and three ground balls at Dartmouth … Recorded two ground balls against Boston College … Scored three goals and grabbed three ground balls against Rutgers … Picked up two goals and one ground ball against Notre Dame … Tallied four goals at Colgate … Scored two goals and grabbed two ground balls at Dartmouth … Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls and was a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Sophomore Year: Started all 15 games … Scored a career-high three goals in two games (Connecticut and Rutgers) … Had two goals and an assist versus California … Recorded at least one goal in 10-of-15 games … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Freshman Year: Played in 11 games, starting six … Scored two goals against Boston College … Also netted goals versus Massachusetts and Colgate.

High School: All-American as a senior … Named the 2002 New York State Player of the Year … Earned first-team all-league and All-Central New York honors as a junior and senior … Recorded 81 goals in her senior season … Scored in 54 consecutive games … Team captain as a senior … Helped West Genesee win 2001 and 2002 state championships … Named an Academic All-American as a junior … Member of the Starriders Lacrosse Club from 1999 to 2002 … Participated in the National Schoolgirls Tournament.

Personal: Born May 1984 … Daughter of Jill and Mike O’Connell … Twin brother, Matt, plays lacrosse at Cortland State … Majoring in physical education.