University of Evansville Athletics

PREP

• Attended powerhouse Miami Country Day School as a senior and helped the team to a state championship
• Prior to enrolling at Miami Country Day, she attended Canterbury High School in Fort Myers, where she averaged 20.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore and 16.3 points and 7 rebounds per game as a junior
• Named Class 3A District Player of the Year in 2024
• All-Area First Team selection in 2025
• Played club basketball with OG Nation

PERSONAL

• Daughter of Thomas and Shannon O’Connell
• Has two brothers, Jake and Connor, and one sister, Trinity
• Mother, Shannon, played soccer at Indiana University from 1998-99 and is a graduate of Evansville Reitz Memorial High School
• Her grandfather, John MacCauley Jr., graduated from UE and was student body president before working as the university's Director of Alumni and the voice of the Aces men's basketball team and is now enshrined in the UE Athletics Hall of Fame
• O'Connell's uncle, John MacCauley III, was a standout pitcher for the UE baseball team and named the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year in 1991 and earned ABCA All-America honors before being inducted into the UE Athletics Hall of Fame
• Her cousins, John MacCauley IV and Parker MacCauley, have also pitched for the Aces' baseball team
• Majoring in Criminal Justice
• Enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing pickleball, watching shows, and going to the beach in her free time