O’Donnell Receives All-Met Second Team Recognition
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) has named St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) sophomore Kelly O'Donnell (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) to the All-Met Division III Second Team.
O'Donnell and the All-Met honorees from all three divisions will be honored on Tuesday, April 30, at the 86th NIT/MBWA Haggerty Awards Dinner at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, N.Y.
The sophomore who shared the Skyline Conference lead in points scored, adds to her First Team All-Skyline Conference and Second Team D3hoops.com All-Region honors collected this season and becomes the first Bear in program history to receive MBWA recognition.
O'Donnell averaged 18.5 points per game to pace a Bears offense that finished 30th in Division III in scoring average. She helped lead St. Joseph's to a 16-10 mark overall and 12-6 in league play, the Bears best season since joining the Skyline and culminating in the first home playoff game in school history.
The 5-foot-10 Brooklyn native was one of six players in the league to average a double-double finishing 14 games with 20-or-more points and placed in the top 10 in the Skyline nearly every offensive category — points (18.5, #2), rebounds (10.7 rpg, #7), steals (2.1 spg, #8), assists (3.0 apg, #12), and blocks (1.3 bpg, #8).
Tied for fourth in the league with 14 double-doubles, O'Donnell recorded the first triple-double in program history with 29 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists in a win over Sarah Lawrence. She also recorded a rare points-steal double-double with 22 points and 10 steals—matching her single-game record—in a win over Mount Saint Vincent.
Currently averaging 18.2 points through her first two seasons, she's on pace to become the fastest Bear to reach the 1,000-point scoring mark needing just 54 more points to reach the milestone.
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2018-19 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division III All-Met Team
First Team |
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| Jade Aponte | Hunter | 5-5 | Sr. | G | Baldwin, NY |
| Kayla Cleare | Mount St Mary | 6-0 | Sr. | F | W. Hempstead, NY |
| Marajiah Bacon | New Jersey City | 5-3 | Sr. | G | Neptune, NJ |
| Janean Cuffee | NYU | 5-5 | So. | G | New York, NY |
| Faith Ashby | Rutgers-Newark | 5-6 | Sr. | G | Teaneck, NJ |
| Sophie Nick | Vassar | 6-1 | Jr. | F | Denver, CO |
Second Team |
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| Anna Toke | Stevens | 6-0 | Gr. | C | Lincoln Park, NJ |
| Chanel Jemmott | Brooklyn | 5-9 | So. | F | Brooklyn, NY |
| Shannon McCoy | Kean | 5-9 | Fr. | G | Barnegat, NJ |
| Lauren Hunter | USMMA | 5-11 | Fr. | F/C | Tinley Park, IL |
| Kelly O'Donnell | St. Joseph's-Bklyn | 5-10 | So. | G/F | Brooklyn, NY |
| Monique Joseph | Old Westbury | 5-8 | Sr. | F | Elmont, NY |
Third Team |
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| Alex McKinnon | Montclair St. | 6-1 | Jr. | F | Fairfield, CT |
| Julia Ramos | Drew | 5-4 | So | G | Hazlet, NJ |
| Kaleigh D'Arcy | USMMA | 6-0 | Jr. | G | White Plains, NY |
| Melinda Spahiu | Baruch | 5-6 | So. | G/F | Staten Island, NY |
| Janine Conway | Hunter | 5-9 | Jr. | G | Amityville, NY |
| Christina Kiser | Bard | 5-9 | Fr. | G | No. Providence, RI |
| Debra Chan | CCNY | 5-2 | Sr. | G | Flushing, NY |
Player of the Year: Jade Aponte, Hunter
Coach of the Year: Matt Dempsey, U.S. Merchant Marine