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Daughter of Kathy and Buddy O'Donnell...Has an older brother, Joey, who played lacrosse at St. Joseph's University...Has two older twin sisters, Kelly and Jenny, who were field hockey players at Drexel University...Nickname is Odie

Career Highlights

2018: Competed in 222 international caps for the U.S. Women's National Team
2016: Series against Canada (Chula Vista, Calif.), Series against Chile (Lancaster, Pa.), Series against Holland (Hilversum, The Netherlands), Citi Rio Send-Off Series (Lancaster, Pa.)
2015: Series against Argentina (Lancaster, Pa.), 8 Nations Tournament (5th, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand), Series against Ireland (Lancaster, Pa.), Series against Great Britain (Marlow, England), Series against Japan (Lancaster, Pa.)
2013: Four Nations (Auckland, New Zealand)
2011: Honda Sports Award Winner
2010: AtaHolding World Cup Qualifier Team (2nd, Chula Vista, Calif.), Women's Sports Foundation, Sportswoman of the Year on Oct. 12, an award previously won by Mia Hamm and Venus and Serena Williams, Recognized as the most decorated player in Maryland field hockey history, Honda Sports Award Winner, ACC Field Athlete of the Year, Named National Player of the Year and Offensive MVP by womensfieldhockey.com, Four-time ACC Offensive Player of the Year (only the third athlete to win all four years in any sport), Four-time First Team All-American, ACC's career points and assist record holder, Named ACC Tournament MVP, Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team (Maryland)
2009: Pan American Cup Team (2nd, Hamilton, Bermuda), Junior World Cup Team (Boston, Mass.), Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team, Named ACC Tournament MVP, All-Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year, ACC Offensive Player of the Year, Named First Team All-American by the NFHCA and womensfieldhockey.com, Named National Player of the Year and Offensive MVP by womensfieldhockey.com (Maryland)
2008: Named to the ECAC All-Star Team, Named womensfieldhockey.com Offensive Player of the Year and First-team All-American, NFHCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region, Named ACC Offensive Player of the Year and a First-team NFHCA All-American, Ranked second in the nation in points (3.09) and assists (1.18) per game and eighth in the nation in goals per game (0.95) (Maryland)
2007: Junior World Cup Team (7th, Santiago, Chile), NFHCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Selection, ACC's leader in total goals and points, Led the nation in points per game (2.52) and ranked fourth in goals (0.86) and assists (0.81) per gam, ACC Offensive Player of the Year, Honda Award finalist, First-team All-American by the NFHCA and womensfieldhockey.com (Maryland)
2005: Joined the U.S. Women's National Team

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U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL INDOOR SQUAD

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

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