Kirsty O'Connor

Kirsty O'Connor

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





Courtesy: Ball State Athletics
Release: 09/11/2009

• 2008 & 2009 NGCA All-America Scholar
• 2008 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team
• 2008 Ball State Most Valuable Player
• 2007 Ball State Freshman of the Year

2008-09 (Jr.):

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 . . . 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 . . . owns a 3.88 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale . . . managed a 3.94 GPA last spring.

Earned third letter . . . tied the Ball State school record with a career low 69 and placed second 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 . . .