Katie O'Donnell Class: Sophomore Hometown: Blue Bell, Pa. High School: Wissahickon Height: 5-2 Position: Forward Experience: 1V

Meharg on O'Donnell
"Katie loves being an impact player. She thrives on the daily challenges of being an elite athlete, both collegiately and internationally. She is a mature student of the game who loves to lead. She brings tremendous excitement to our attacking unit as we will look to turn the ball up field on first look."

International Experience
Member of the U.S. Senior National Team since 2005 ... at the age of 16, became the youngest athlete to earn an international cap for the United States ... has earned 26 overall (heading into the summer of 2008) ... scored her first international goal at the Rabobank Champions Challenge in 2005 ... a summer resident at the U.S. training center for the last three years ... member of the U.S. Under-21 National Team in 2004 and 2005 ... helped the USA Junior team to a best-ever 7th place finish at the 2005 Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile ... traveled with the U21 team to China in March 2007 ... selected to the U.S. U-16 and U-19 teams in 2003 and 2004, traveling to Holland and Australia ... participated in the USFHA's Futures Elite, Futures Festival and selected to A-camp and B-camp ... voted Young Player of the Tournament at the USFHA National Championships after leading the Pennsylvania/New Jersey HPC Team to the 2007 title ... member of the Maryland Thundersticks HPC Team in 2008.

As a freshman in 2007
A first team All-American by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) and www.womensfieldhockey.com and was a finalist for the prestigious Honda Award ... garnered numerous awards, including ACC Offensive Player of the Year, All-ACC and www.womensfieldhockey.com National Rookie of the Year ... led the nation in points per game (2.52) and ranked fourth in goals (0.86) and assists (0.81) per game ... also the ACC's leader in total goals and points ... NFHCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection ... three-time ACC Player of the Week (9/4, 9/25, 10/9), the only player in the league to earn the honor multiple times ... www.womensfieldhockey.com national Rookie of the Week four-consecutive weeks from Sept. 3-Oct. 8 ... first Terrapin to ever sweep National Player and Rookie of the Week honors on Oct. 8 ... also selected the ECAC Player of the Week that week after accumulating six points on two goals and two assists in wins over #12 Duke (Oct. 6) and #14 Boston University (Oct. 7) ... opened her collegiate career tallying two goals in each of the first three games on the season ... had a least a point in the first 10 games of the season ... had 13 games with at least one goal scored and 13 games with at least one assist ... also had at least a point in all but four games ... her 53-points rank as the eight-best single-season performance in school history ... her 17 assists also tied for the seventh-most in a single-season by a Terrapin ... scored a career-high two goals five times, including both tallies in the 3-2 victory over #5 Wake Forest ... had a career-high two goals in four games, including two in the 4-2 win at #12 Duke and eventually scored the game winner, as well ... led the team with six game-winning goals ... selected to the All-ACC Tournament team.

Before Maryland
Played four years of varsity field hockey at Wissahickon High, where she was the first player to be named Times Herald Player of the Year four times ... a two-time NFHCA first team All-American ... Player of the Year by the Reporter three times and twice selected by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Ambler Gazette ... the Inquirer's Rookie of the Year after her freshman campaign ... three times all-league, all-area and all-state, selected to the first team each year ... led the team in scoring and assists every season, also posting the best numbers in the area in both as a freshman and sophomore ... set the school's assist record as a senior ... helped the Trojans win the district title twice, scoring the game-winning overtime goal as a freshman ... also led the team to the state semifinals three times, playing in the state tournament every year ... a senior tri-captain, playing in the senior all-star game ... the player of the tournament as a freshman at the Big Apple Tournament, helping her squad win the gold medal ... won gold at the Keystone State games in 2004 ... also lettered in soccer once and lacrosse three times ... garnered all-league and all-area nods in lacrosse twice.

Personal
Intends to major in secondary education at Maryland in order to purse a career as a math teacher ... nickname is Odie ... member of the National Honor Society ... daughter of Kathy and Buddy O'Donnell ... has an older brother, Joseph (30), who played varsity lacrosse at St. Joseph's University ... also has two older twin sisters, Kelly and Jenny (29), who were field hockey players at Drexel University ... Kathleen O'Donnell was born in Norristown, Pa.

O'DONNELL'S CAREER STATISTICS

Year	GP	GS	G	A	TP	Sh.	GWG	DS	PS
2007	21	21	18	17	53	72	6	0	0-0

O'DONNELL'S SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Goals: 2, five times (last vs. Old Dominion, Oct. 12, 2007)
Assists: 2, four times (last at Duke, Oct. 6, 2007)
Points: 6, vs. Central Michigan (Aug. 26, 2007)

 

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