9 - Katie O’Donnell

KATIE O’DONNELL

POSITION: Midfield HOMETOWN: West Chester, Pa. COLLEGE: Penn State HEIGHT: 5-8 katie_oo

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ATHLETE CAUSE: Team IMPACT

ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE

2022 Season: Starter in all 12 games who registered 1,048 leaderboard points during second Athletes Unlimited season … scored 14 goals with one assist … closed season with four-goal effort against Team Moreno … also scored two goals in a game three times, including back-to-back outings to begin Week Two … scored at least one goal in six of first eight games … caused four turnovers against Team Johansen in Week Three finale.

2021 Season: Finished inaugural season with 1,097 leaderboard points with six games of 100 or more points … tallied eight goals with an assist in 15 games while adding 17 draw controls and 12 ground balls … netted season-high 155 leaderboard points against Team Benson on July 25 with two goals and two caused turnovers … collected 131 leaderboard points against Team Arsenault on Aug. 14 … posted second multi-goal effort of the season with two goals against Team Read on Aug. 8 … scored a goal in three consecutive games to finish the season … one of four players to serve as a captain during the inaugural week of play … also holds the distinction of making the first-ever pick in an Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse weekly draft.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Made debut with the United States Senior National Team at the 2018 Fall Classic … member of training team for Team USA’s 2022 World Championship squad.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Spent two seasons with the New England Command of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League … selected No. 4 overall in the 2018 WPLL Draft by New England … tallied six goals with five draw controls during the 2019 campaign.

AT PENN STATE

Four-year letter winner for the Nittany Lions who appeared in 83 games from 2015-18 … scored 203 career goals with 24 assists … also tallied 119 ground balls with 91 draw controls and 64 caused turnovers … stands sixth on Penn State’s career list with 227 points … one of four players in program history with 200 or more career goals … twotime IWLCA All-America honoree, including First-Team status as a senior … two-time First-Team IWLCA All-Region selection … claimed All-Big Ten commendations three times … honored as 2018 Big Ten Midfielder of the Year … finished 13th in the nation as a junior with 65 goals.

PERSONAL

Mother, Jen, is one of the sport’s top officials and was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as an official … hobbies include spending time with friends and family, walking her dog Brewer, reading, cooking, snowboarding and going to the beach.

O’DONNELL’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS

SEASON GP GS G 2G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT LPTS 2021 15 15 8 0 1 9 19 0.421 14 0.737 12 17 17 7 1,097 2022 12 12 14 0 1 15 35 0.400 25 0.714 14 17 13 5 1,048 TOTAL 27 27 22 0 2 24 54 0.407 39 0.722 26 34 30 12 2,145