| Kevin O'Connell |
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CAVALIER CAREER
Junior Season (2003-04): Team captain ... tied for 22nd at the Andrea Brotto Cavalier Classic ... shot a one-under 71 in the opening round ... paced UVa at the ACC Championship with a 219 (+3) to tie for 25th ... finished with a 225 (+9) at the Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate ... shot a one-under 71 in the final round ... shot a 223 (+7) to tie for 41st at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate ... fired a season low 70 in the first round of the General Jim Hackler Invitational to tie for first ... finished the tourney as the UVa leader at 22nd with a 223 (+7) ... shot a 221 (+5) at the Puerto Rico Classic, tying for 36th ... shot a 237 at the Rice Intercollegiate ... tied for fourth at the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate ... fired a season-low 70 in the first round ... shot a 237 at the Franklin Street Trust Invite ... averaged a team-best 74.86.
Sophomore Season (2001-02): Played in four spring tourneys ... best finish was a tie for 46th at the Birkdale Classic where he shot a 149 (+5) ... fired a season-low 72 in the final round ... averaged 76.91 in the spring and 74.70 for the year ... saw action in three fall tournaments ... fired a career-low 67 in the first round of the Tennessee Tournament of Champions en route to a second-place tie with a 207 (-3) ... placed fourth at Hawaii Classic with a 219 ... the Cavaliers' top finisher at the Tennessee Tournament and Hawaii Classic ... averaged 72.00 strokes through the fall.
Freshman Season (2000-01): Played in every spring tournament ... tied for 19th at the Seminole Intercollegiate with a 222 ... shot a season-low 71 in the second round ... finished 34th at the ACC Championship with a 223 ... best finish was a 12th-place tie at the Cavalier Classic, where he fired a 150 ... averaged 75.39.
AMATEUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS-
2004: Locally qualified for the U.S. Open ... shot a four-under 68 in Urbana, Md.
1999: Finished second at the Frank Emmett Schoolboy Championship ... also placed second at the Dewey Ricketts Memorial ... finished third at AJGA Tucker Anthony Cape Cod after firing a career-low 66 in the second round (208) ... claimed sixth place at the AJGA Hartford Jaycees Junior Classic ... played in the AJGA Patterson Club Junior ... qualified for the Maryland State Amateur ... Montgomery Journal's Player of the Year.
1998: Was sixth at the Frank Emmett Schoolboy Championship ... tied for sixth at the Hartford Jaycees Junior Classic ... placed 15th at the AJGA Homestead ... a two-time Washington Post all-Metropolitan First Team selection ... two-time IAC Conference first team pick ... two-time Montgomery Journal all-county first team honoree. 1997: Won the Maryland Junior Open (147).
Personal: Born May 24, 1982, in Washington, D.C. ... parents are Jerry and Tish O'Connell ... has an older brother C.J. and younger sister Annie ... sociology major.
Career Low:
67 at Tennessee Tournament of Champions, 10/22/01
Career Best Finish:
4th (twice), 70-75-74-219 (+3)
at Turtle Bay Intercollegiate
and 72-75-72-219 (+3)
at Hawaii Fall Classic, 12/13/01
O'Connell's Career Stats
| Season | Tmts. | Rds. | Str. | Avg. | Low | Best Finish/Score |
| Spring 2001 | 7 | 18 | 1,357 | 75.39 | 71 | T12-Cavalier Cl. (150) |
| Fall 2001 | 3 | 9 | 648 | 72.00 | 67 | 4-Hawaii (219) |
| Spring 2002 | 4 | 11 | 846 | 76.91 | 72 | T46-Birkdale (149) |
| Fall 2003 | 2 | 6 | 456 | 76.00 | 70 | T4-Turtle Bay (219) |
| Spring 2004 | 7 | 21 | 1572 | 74.86 | 70 | T22-(twice) (223,224) |
| Career | 23 | 65 | 4879 | 75.06 | 67 | 4-Hawaii, Turtle (219) |
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