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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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1 Kaitlyn O'Connell

  • Class Senior
  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-2
  • Hometown Essex, Mass.
  • High School The Governor's Academy

Biography

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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

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2021-22Freshman

    Guard
    5'2"
    1
  • 1

    2022-23Sophomore

    Guard
    5'2"
    1
  • 1

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    5'2"
    1
  • 1

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    5'2"
    1