Kirsty O'Connor

Class:
Senior
High School:
Habergham
Hometown:
Burnley, Lancashire, U.K.

Completed her Ball State career after the 2009-10 season

2010 Mid-American Conference Sportsmanship Award
2010 Academic All-MAC
2010 Ball State Coach's Award
2008, 2009 & 2010 NGCA All-America Scholar
2008 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team
2008 Ball State Most Valuable Player
2007 Ball State Freshman of the Year

CAREER NOTES: Completed her career with a 77.33 career scoring average, which ranked second in Ball State history . . . averaged 78.61 from 2007-09, which ranked as the fifth best average for two consecutive years in Ball State history . . . tallied a 78.69 average from 2007-10, which was the second best average for three straight years in Ball State's record books . . . four-year average of 78.87 set the Ball State school record.

2009-10 (Sr.): Competed in all 11 events . . . earned fourth letter . . . two top-20 finishes . . . tied for 14th at Ball State's own Cardinal Classic . . . tied for 15th at the Duramed Rio Verde Invitational . . . season low score of 73 at the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational . . . season best 54-hole score of 225 at the UNLV Invitational.

2008-09 (Jr.): Earned third letter . . . tied the Ball State school record with a career low 69 and placed second at the El Diablo Invitational . . . managed a career low 54-hole score of 223 at the El Diablo Invitational . . . named MAC Golfer of the Week after tying for sixth and leading Ball State to the Hawkeye Invitational title . . . posted three top-10 and five top-20 finishes . . . tied for fourth at Ball State's Cardinal Classic.

2007-08 (So.): Led Ball State with a 77.33 average . . . earned second letter . . . season low 70 at the MAC Tournament Preview at the Brickyard Crossing . . . managed seven top-20 finishes, including five top-10 placings . . . won the Butler Spring Invitational and earned MAC Golfer of the Week honors . . . Ball State's top finisher and tied for second overall at the MAC Tournament Preview . . . set the Ball State 36-hole record with a 143 at the MAC Tournament Preview . . . finished third at the Tina Barrett Invitational.

2006-07 (Fr.): Earned first letter . . . season-low 73 in the first round of the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational . . . helped lead the Cardinals to a first-place finish and shared medalist honors at the Butler Spring Invitational . . . sixth at the Cincinnati Women's Collegiate Invitational . . . BSU's top performer at two events.

SUMMER GOLF: Qualified for match play stage of 2009 Welsh Ladies Championship . . . qualified for the match play stage of the 2009 Lancashire Ladies County Championship . . . top-15 finish at a 2009 National Order of Merit Event . . . won the 2008 Welsh Ladies Closed Championship and earned the right to represent Wales at the European Team Championships . . . won the 2007 Lancashire County Championships . . . national age-group finalist in both 2003 and 2002 . . . runner-up at the 2004 National Club Champions Cup at the Belfry.

HIGH SCHOOL: Member of the Welsh U 18 International Squad . . . an English School's National Finalist in 2005 and 2006 . . . . . . earned both all-county and all-state honors . . . managed a career-low round of 70 . . . In 11 top-level events played in the U.K, was the medalist four times and finished in the top 10 in 10 events.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Neil and Gillian O'Connor . . . born Sept. 7, 1987, in Burnley, Lancashire . . . one brother . . . full name is Kirsty Louise O'Connor . . . graduate with a 3.841 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale . . . managed a 3.777 GPA last spring.