2022 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Kira O'Donell
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-3
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Westridge HS
Played in 29 of 30 games on the season... Voted to All-Golden Coast Conference Second Team... Led CBU with 105 points, 75 goals and 66 drawn ejections... Ranked top-10 in the GCC in goals (first), points (second) and assists (10th)... Logged 14 hat tricks and three games with at least six goals... Tied CBU's single-game record with seven goals against Long Island on Feb. 25... Twice named GCC Player of the Week on Feb. 3 and March 3.
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— California Baptist Women's Water Polo (@LancersWWP) April 19, 2022
Kira O’Donell becomes the first Lancer to be named to 4?? All @GCCWP Teams?? It’s no surprise as she led the conference with 70 goals and ranked second with 96 points. #LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/59h6ABjAWc
2021
Played in 15 of 16 games during the shortened season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic... Received NCAA Division I All-American honorable mention from the ACWPC... Voted to All-GCC First Team... Led the team with 32 goals, 51 points and 22 drawn ejections... Was second on the team with 19 assists and 17 steals... Named team's Offensive Player of the Year... Ranked fifth in the GCC in points, seventh in goals and ninth in assists and steals to be one of just two GCC players to rank top-10 in those four major categories... Scored in 13 of 15 games, with seven multi-goal games, six hat tricks and three five-goal games... Also had six games with a goal, assists and steal... Named GCC Player of the Week on March 25... Qualified for GCC All-Academic Team.
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— California Baptist Women's Water Polo (@LancersWWP) March 25, 2021
Congratulations to Kira O'Donell being named the @GCCWP Player of the Week for fourth time in her career! She posted team-highs in points (15), goals (nine), assists (six), steals (five) and drawn ejections (four) in three wins last week.#LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/bv2CRA31ZS
2020
Played in all 17 games as a junior... Led team in goals (44), points (60) and drawn ejections (19)... Ranked second on the team and first among field players with 19 steals... Scored on 45.8 percent of her shots (45.8)... Scored six goals twice against Saint Francis (Feb. 16) and Pomona-Pitzer (March 7)... Named GCC Player of the Week on March 5... Earned GCC All-Academic and ACWPC All-Academic Outstanding distinction.
Junior All-American Kira O'Donell sat down with Braiden Bell to preview her story in #TheLancerWay.
— CBU Women's Water Polo (@LancersWWP) May 14, 2020
Check out the links to Kira's full interview and her story in #TheLancerWay at the links below.
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— CBU Lancers (@CBULancers) May 14, 2020
Kira O'Donell shares her story about how the coronavirus impacted her and @LancersWWP, and how she's dealt with "the new normal" in the 10th edition of #TheLancerWay.
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Played in all 33 games as a sophomore... Earned ACWPC NCAA Division I All-American and All-GCC honorable mention... Led the team in goals (55) and drawn exclusions (55)... Logged 27 assists and 20 steals... Scored a season-high five goals against Redlands on Feb. 13... Drew a career-high five ejections against Azusa Pacific on April 28... Named GCC Player of the Week (Jan. 24)... Earned GCC All-Academic and ACWPC All-Academic Outstanding distinction.
Congrats to our very own Kira O'Donell on being named an @NCAA_Water_Polo Division I All-American honorable mention by the ACWPC. She's the 4th Lancer to ever receive D-I All-American honors (the first since 2011) and continues CBU's All-American streak to 9 years.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/5R1vPLUQaK
— California Baptist Women's Water Polo (@LancersWWP) May 30, 2019
2018
Named ACWPC NCAA Division II All-American Second Teamer... Voted GCC Newcomer of the year and to all-conference's second team... Led Lancers' offense with a team-high 58 goals and 92 points, along with 34 assists, on the year... Added 34 drawn ejections, 22 steals, seven sprints won and five field blocks... Scored five or more goals in four games and had 10 hat tricks overall... Her six goals against Iona on Feb. 2 ranked fourth in the NCAA era of CBU's single-game history, just one of the NCAA-era record, and led to her being named GCC Player of the Week on Feb. 8... Made GCC All-Academic Team and earned ACWPC All-Academic Outstanding honors.
WWP: A record four @LancersWWP players were named All-American this season. Congratulations to Lizette Perez, Grace Ramirez, Kira O’Donell and Annie Eubanks. https://t.co/Y48BgHs6fQ#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/R32Jm2LZ45
— California Baptist Lancers (@CBULancers) May 30, 2018
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped four varsity seasons at Westridge High in Pasadena, Calif., where she graduated in 2017... Voted Prep League MVP as a junior and senior and was a four-time, first-team all-league selection... Two-time All-CIF Southern Section honoree, with first-team distinction as a junior... Won Westridge MVP award all four years and served as team captain for three seasons... Played club at Rose Bowl Aquatics.
PERSONAL
Born and raised in Pasadena, Calif... Behavioral science major.
