AS A SOPHOMORE (2012) Saw action in 10 of the team's games ... totaled one assist, five ground balls, one draw control and one caused turnover ... tallied one ground ball and one draw control at Vandy on March 7 ... recorded her first collegiate point with an assist, and notched a career-high four ground balls against Hofstra on Feb. 25 ... earned the Athletics Director's Award for Academic Achievement.
AS A FRESHMAN (2011) Played in eight games...recorded three ground balls, two caused turnovers and two draw controls... earned the Athletics Director's Award for Academic Achievement.
BEFORE BC Four-year varsity starter ... team captain 2009 and 2010 ... Four-time South Shore League All-Star ... League MVP 2010 ... Boston Globe All-Scholastic 2009 and 2010 ... Boston Globe Division II Player of the Year 2010 ... Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic 2008, 2009, and 2010 ... Boston Herald All-Scholastic 2009 and 2010 ... State Champion 2009 and 2010 ... Two-time Eastern Mass All-Star Team 1 2009 and 2010 ... State Finalist 2008 ... 2010 All-American ... 2008 and 2009 ELNE team member ... 2009 New England Under Armour team member ... awarded Outstanding Female Scholar-Athlete at Norwell in 2010 ... three-year varsity starter for soccer ... team captain 2008 and 2009 ... two-time Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic 2009 and 2010 ... Eastern Mass Division III First Team ... South Shore League All-Star 2008 and 2009 ... also three-year varsity starter for basketball ... ... class president for four years ... two-year member of National Honor Society ... member of the Spanish National Honor Society.
PERSONAL Kara O'Connell was born on March 19, 1992 ... daughter of Paul and Jeanne O'Connell, both BC alums ... has three sisters, Rose, Mary and Jane ...enrolled in College of Arts and Sciences.
