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#10 Kelly O'Connor
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5'4"
Year: Sophomore
City/State: Bentonville, Ark.
High School: Bentonville HS
Club: Ingram
Experience: 1 Letter
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Kelly O'Connor
Courtesy: Robby Edwards, Athletic Media Relations
Release: 06/29/2010

 

2009: Kelly O'Connor was one of just three Razorbacks, along with Kailey Anders and Kim Schleif, to start all 19 games. She was fourth on the team with 1,686 minutes. She scored one goal, took nine shots and had four shots on goal. In SEC play, she was third on the team with 992 minutes and took four shots with two on goal. Her goal was the game-winner in the 3-0 victory over Stephen F. Austin. She helped Arkansas set school records with 10 shutouts, four SEC shutouts and a 0.80 goals against average, and record consecutive winning seasons for the first time in program history. She was a member of the 2009 Fall SEC Honor Roll.

2008: In her first full season on the field, O'Connor finished as the Razorbacks' second-leading points and goals scorer. O'Connor scored her first goal of the season, a go-ahead shot, at the 65:38 mark of Arkansas' 4-3 win over Oral Roberts. Against Jacksonville State, O'Connor had the first two-goal performance of her career to lead the Razorbacks to a 4-0 win. In the weekend finale, she registered an assist on the game-winning goal in Arkansas' double-overtime victory over Samford. Along with all-tournament recognition, she was also named the event's Offensive MVP. For her effort, O'Connor was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week, the seventh player in program history to earn weekly accolades and the third to reap offensive honors. She scored the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over Austin Peay and continued her hot streak with a goal in the 50th minute in a 3-0 win against Western Michigan at the Razorback Invitational. She notched an assist on Arkansas' second goal against Ole Miss in a 2-0 win, the team's first against the Rebels since the 1996 season. In the classroom, she was named to the 2008 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2007: The team's leading scorer despite missing the final eight games of the season, O'Connor posted six goals and three assists during 12 games-all starts-of her freshman campaign. She suffered a season-ending ACL injury Oct. 5 against No. 21 Georgia. She made her presence known immediately with a goal in the 11th minute of her first game in an Arkansas jersey. She totaled three points in the Razorbacks' 3-0 win at Oral Roberts. O'Connor scored for the second consecutive game with a goal in the 70th minute against Austin Peay. In the conference opener against Ole Miss, she scored Arkansas' only goal, an unassisted tally at the 14:05 mark. She tied her career high with a three-point effort against Mississippi State; she set up Lindsay Patterson to give the team an early lead and scored a goal of her own in the 67th minute to seal Arkansas' 2-0 win.

ODP: O'Connor was a member of the Region III ODP team between 2005 and 2007. She was also invited to participate in U-20 national team camp during the summer of 2007.

CLUB: The best word to describe O'Connor's career with the Ingram Futbal Club is ... champion. Between the ranks of U11 and U18, Ingram won four state championships and was a finalist twice.

Bentonville HS: All-American, Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year, NSCAA State Player of the Year and offensive MVP, and that was her junior year. As a senior she was named Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Morning News of Northwest Arkansas Player of the Year and scored the game-winning goal in Bentonville's state championship run. The goal capped off a brilliant tournament that saw her named most valuable player. She holds Bentonville records for career and single-season goals as well as career and single-season points. During her stint at BHS, she scored 104 goals and tallied over 200 points.

Personal:  Born on Jan. 18, 1989, O'Connor is the daughter of Joe and Lori O'Connor. She has two younger siblings, Kasey and Jack, and is majoring in international relations and Middle Eastern studies.