Katie O'Connell
7 Katie O'Connell
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Evergreen Park, Ill.
  • High School:
    Chicago Mother McAuley
  • Position:
    Right-Side Hitter
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    3.63
  • h %
    .282
  • a/s
    0.28
  • b/s
    0.59
  • sa/s
    0.16
  • d/s
    3.62

Bio

2021 (Spring): Led the Bulldogs with 182 total kills during the spring 2021 COVID season ... All-Conference performer ... Had 223 total digs to go with 27 total blocks ... Academic All-America honoree ... Also earned academic all-district accolades ... Played in 14 matches and 51 total sets.

2019 (Junior): Garnered All-America honors for the second year in a row ... Finished as both an all-conference and all-region award recipient ... Ranked as one of the country's top players ... Totaled 316 kills with 407 digs and 52 blocks in 29 matches ... Versatile performer with ability to play multiple roles ... Saw action in 109 total sets and hit .233 for the year.

2018 (Sophomore): Earned All-America honors ... Was an all-region and all-conference choice ... Helped team win the GLIAC Championship and reach the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Semifinals ... Finished with 368 kills, 420 digs and 52 blcoks on the year ... Also had 16 aces and hit .247 for the campaign.

2017 (Freshman): Played in 63 total sets and 25 matches for Ferris State, helped Bulldogs to their fourth consecutive GLIAC Championship Regular Season and Tournament Championship and third consecutive NCAA Regional appearance… had 37 kills and 87 digs on the season… had a season best of 9 kills against both Central Missouri and Lewis on 9/9 at the Midwest Crossover in Denver, Colo.

The standout hitter is the daughter of John and Gina O'Connell and led Chicago's Mother McAuley High School to the Illinois State Championship. Her squad finished the year ranked #1 in the high school ranks by PrepVolleyball.com. She served as a team captain during her senior campaign and was an all-conference choice. The 6-0 O'Connell tallied 334 kills with 434 digs, 21 aces and 48 total blocks while hitting .302 overall in 42 matches as a senior while leading Mother McAuley to a 40-1 overall record. Her team claimed three regional championships during her career and twice won conference and sectional titles. She played club volleyball for Michio Chicago and comes from a volleyball family as her mother played for the University of St. Francis and her brother, J.T., played at St. Xavier University. The three-time all-academic choice was a National Honor Society member and a scholar-athlete.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 17 Northern Michigan W, 3-0
Nov 20 vs. Wayne State W, 3-1
Nov 21 at Michigan Tech W, 3-2
Dec 2 Rockhurst (Mo.) W, 3-2
Dec 3 Missouri-St. Louis W, 3-0
Dec 4 Hillsdale L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 33 15
Sets 112 50
Kills 400 166
Kills per set 3.57 3.32
Errors 107 52
Total Attacks 1051 443
Hitting Percentage .279 .257
Assists 32 15
Assists per set 0.29 0.30
Service Aces 17 6
Service Errors 30 16
Service Aces per set 0.15 0.12
Receptions 748 335
Reception Errors 40 21
Digs 404 162
Digs per set 3.61 3.24
Block Solo 7 1
Block Assist 59 26
Block Total 66 27
Blocks per set 0.59 0.54
Block Errors 2 2
Ball Handling Errors 2 2
Points 453.5 186.0
Points per set 4.0 3.7
Matches started 28 14
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 21 at Oakland W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 Tiffin W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 23 .304 0 1 1 17 0 18 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Sep 3 Saint Leo W, 3-1 1 4 14 3 39 .282 2 0 0 23 0 13 1 4 0 5 0 17.0
Sep 3 Missouri-St. Louis W, 3-0 1 3 18 2 43 .372 0 0 0 16 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 18.0
Sep 4 Winona State (Minn.) L, 3-1 1 4 14 7 49 .143 0 0 0 24 0 18 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Sep 9 at Texas-Tyler   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 vs. Harding W, 3-0 - 3 10 1 24 .375 1 1 3 9 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Sep 10 vs. Okla. Baptist L, 3-0 - 3 9 6 32 .094 0 0 1 11 0 5 2 1 0 3 0 11.5
Sep 11 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma W, 3-1 - 4 11 3 43 .186 3 1 1 18 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
Sep 17 at Northern Michigan L, 3-1 1 4 13 5 34 .235 0 0 1 19 1 10 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Sep 19 at Michigan Tech L, 3-0 1 3 9 4 25 .200 1 0 1 31 3 9 0 4 1 4 0 11.0
Sep 23 Grand Valley State W, 3-2 1 5 15 8 51 .137 3 0 1 28 0 24 0 3 0 3 0 16.5
Sep 26 Davenport W, 3-0 1 3 13 3 38 .263 2 0 1 24 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Oct 1 Purdue Northwest W, 3-0 1 2 6 1 9 .556 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 3 Wisconsin-Parkside W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 25 .320 1 0 1 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Oct 8 at Saginaw Valley State W, 3-0 - 3 9 2 36 .194 1 0 2 30 2 10 0 1 0 1 1 9.5
Oct 9 at Wayne State W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 28 .321 0 1 1 29 3 9 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Oct 15 vs. Lindenwood (Mo.) W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 13 .231 1 0 0 30 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 15 vs. Findlay W, 3-0 1 3 14 0 21 .667 0 0 1 20 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 15.5
Oct 16 vs. Missouri-St. Louis W, 3-1 1 4 21 2 45 .422 1 2 3 47 0 14 0 5 0 5 0 25.5
Oct 20 Kalamazoo W, 3-0 1 1 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 23 Northwood W, 3-1 1 4 13 6 37 .189 0 3 3 32 4 12 0 0 1 0 0 16.0
Oct 24 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 14 3 26 .423 0 0 0 10 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 15.0
Oct 26 at Hillsdale W, 3-0 - 3 17 2 34 .441 2 1 1 35 1 17 0 3 0 3 0 19.5
Oct 29 at Grand Valley State W, 3-0 1 3 16 2 34 .412 0 0 2 23 0 16 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Nov 5 at Purdue Northwest W, 3-0 1 3 12 0 23 .522 1 0 3 22 1 11 0 1 0 1 1 12.5
Nov 6 at Wisconsin-Parkside W, 3-0 1 3 4 3 14 .071 1 0 0 19 2 9 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Nov 13 at Davenport W, 3-2 1 5 15 6 49 .184 4 1 0 34 2 20 0 6 0 6 0 19.0
Nov 17 Northern Michigan W, 3-0 1 3 12 5 34 .206 0 0 0 12 2 11 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Nov 20 vs. Wayne State W, 3-1 1 4 18 6 45 .267 3 2 1 39 3 21 0 2 0 2 0 21.0
Nov 21 at Michigan Tech W, 3-2 1 5 25 4 52 .404 0 1 2 37 3 24 1 3 0 4 0 28.5
Dec 2 Rockhurst (Mo.) W, 3-2 1 5 10 5 37 .135 4 1 0 33 3 10 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Dec 3 Missouri-St. Louis W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 25 .320 0 1 0 21 2 11 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
Dec 4 Hillsdale L, 3-1 1 4 17 5 47 .255 0 0 0 18 3 16 1 1 0 2 0 18.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2017-18 25 63 37 0.59 19 109 .165 4 0.06 6 0.10 39 5 87 1.38 1 10 11 0.17 49.0 0.8
2018-19 32 121 368 3.04 121 1002 .247 41 0.34 16 0.13 191 18 420 3.47 1 51 52 0.43 410.5 3.4
2019-20 29 109 316 2.90 106 902 .233 32 0.29 17 0.16 506 15 407 3.73 9 43 52 0.48 363.5 3.3
2020-21 14 51 182 3.57 42 499 .281 8 0.16 10 0.20 321 12 223 4.37 2 25 27 0.53 206.5 4.0
2021-22 32 109 396 3.63 104 1037 .282 31 0.28 17 0.16 729 38 395 3.62 7 57 64 0.59 448.5 4.1
Total 132 453 1299 2.87 392 3549 .256 116 0.26 66 0.15 1786 88 1532 3.38 20 186 206 0.45 1478.0 3.3
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 32 109 396 3.63 104 1037 .282 31 0.28 17 0.16 729 38 395 3.62 7 57 64 0.59 448.5 4.1
Conference 14 47 162 3.45 49 429 .263 14 0.30 6 0.13 316 19 153 3.26 1 24 25 0.53 181.0 3.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 15 50 178 3.56 55 485 .254 12 0.24 7 0.14 276 15 171 3.42 3 21 24 0.48 198.5 4.0
Away 10 35 131 3.74 30 329 .307 10 0.29 4 0.11 279 18 135 3.86 1 25 26 0.74 148.5 4.2
Neutral 7 24 87 3.63 19 223 .305 9 0.38 6 0.25 174 5 89 3.71 3 11 14 0.58 101.5 4.2
Result Wins 27 91 334 3.67 77 850 .302 30 0.33 17 0.19 626 31 337 3.70 4 48 52 0.57 379.0 4.2
Losses 5 18 62 3.44 27 187 .187 1 0.06 0 0.00 103 7 58 3.22 3 9 12 0.67 69.5 3.9
Month September 11 39 134 3.44 43 401 .227 12 0.31 3 0.08 220 5 148 3.79 4 20 24 0.62 151.0 3.9
October 12 35 139 3.97 25 310 .368 6 0.17 8 0.23 274 12 114 3.26 1 16 17 0.49 156.0 4.5
November 6 23 86 3.74 24 217 .286 9 0.39 4 0.17 163 13 96 4.17 1 16 17 0.74 99.0 4.3
December 3 12 37 3.08 12 109 .229 4 0.33 2 0.17 72 8 37 3.08 1 5 6 0.50 42.5 3.5