2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
                
                
            
            
            
            
            
                
                
                    
                        Biography
                    
                                                
                        
Honors and Awards
	- NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '21, Spring '22, Fall '22, Spring '23, Fall '23, Fall '24, Spring '25)
- NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Honors (Spring '24)
- D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2022-23)
- 2024-25 Most Valuable Player
2024-25
	- Most Valuable Player
- Acted as the team's offensive catalyst, starting in all 30 games this year for the Cats
- Averaged the most minutes on the team with 35.8, while playing a full 40 five times
- Set a new career high in points per game (12.2) and Rebounds (4.5)
- Led the team in field goals made with 127
- Broke the single season record for three pointers made in Adelphi history having 86
- Tallied a new career high with 30 points in a 66-55 win against SNHU (1/11)
- Dropped 27 points in a 71-48 win over Franklin Pierce (2/1)
- Pulled down nine rebounds to go along with 15 points vs Chestnut Hill (11/16)
2023-24
	- Ran the point for the 'Cats, starting in 27 of 29 games she was available
- Averaged the second-most minutes on the team
- Went nearly the full forty minutes in 16 different contests
- Set career-highs with 7.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game
- Dropped a new career-high with 23 points in a 56-49 win at New Haven (12/5)
2022-23
	- Started last 10 games and played 26 total contests for the Panthers
- Averaged 5.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game
- Finished seventh in the NE10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.68)
- Knocked down four threes in back-to-back wins vs. Molloy (12/14) and Bloomfield (12/19)
- Came down with seven rebounds at home vs. Assumption (1/18)
- Dropped a career-high 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting vs. New Haven (1/24)
- Played 38 minutes and contributed 15 points and seven assists in Senior Day rout of Saint Rose (2/21)
2021-22
	- Drove the ball up as point guard in 19 games and started twice as a freshman
- Made the most three-pointers on the team with 23
- Set the team's single-game high with five made threes vs. Saint Rose (11/20)
- Scored in double figures in three straight games from 11/20 to 11/28
- Went 4-for-5 from beyond the arc and dropped a season-high 17 points against American Int'l (12/4)
At The Governor's Academy
	- Three-time New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) All-Star
- Three-time Independent School League (ISL) All-League
- 1,000-point career scorer
- Two-time team captain
Personal
	- Daughter of Paula and Phil
- Aspires to become a teacher
- Education major
O'Connell's Career Highs
	- Points: 30, vs. Southern New Hampshire, 1/11/2025
- Field Goals Made: 11, vs. Southern New Hampshire, 1/11/2025
- 3-Point Field Goals Made: 9, vs. Franklin Pierce, 2/01/2025
- Free Throws Made: 5, at Franklin Pierce, 12/04/2025
- Rebounds: 9, vs. Chestnut Hill, 11/16/2024
- Assists: 7, twice 
- Blocks: 1, multiple times
- Steals: 4, at New Haven, 1/2/2025
 
                
                
                
                
                
                    
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                            Historical Player Information
                        
                        
                            
                                
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