This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Named second team all-BIG EAST ... got her first action of the spring in the BIG EAST Championships as part of the varsity eight boat ... placed first in the BIG EAST preliminaries with a time of 6:56.5 to qualify for the finals ... went on to finish second (6:42.83) in the finals behind only Louisville ... finished fourth (6:35.18) in the Oak Ridge Regional Grand Finals behind Virginia, Clemson, and Duke ... qualified for those finals by finishing second to Virginia in the preliminaries after crossing the finish line in 6:43.41 ... finished fifth at the Head of the Rock Regatta varsity pair race (18:23.99) ... member of the varsity eight Notre Dame "A" boat that finished fifth, stopping the clock at 16:23.88 ... finished first vs. Tulsa as a member of the Notre Dame varsity eight "1" boat (14:13.1) and the Notre Dame varsity four "1" boat (11:37.6).
AS A FRESHMAN: Jumped right in and rowed as a member of the varsity eight boat for the spring season ... selected to the BIG EAST All-Conference second team ... finished second to Duke in the first heat against the Blue Devils and Buffalo, posting a time of 5:05.7 ... won the second heat with a victorious time of 5:12.3 ... placed third against Michigan and Michigan State after finishing the race in a time of 6:46.9 ... victorious in a race against Indiana, Purdue, Buffalo and Eastern Michigan the following day after stopping the clock at 7:06.0 ... posted marks of 6:52.07 and 7:36.33 against USC and UCLA in the morning and afternoon sessions, respectively, to earn a pair of second-place results ... won prelim heat at the BIG EAST Championships, pacing the field with a time of 6:53.989 ... captured the grand final victory with a time of 7:17.587 ... helped boat qualify for petite finals at Central/South Sprints, ending in fourth place with a final time of 6:44.52 ... opened the fall season competing in both the collegiate eight and novice eight races at the Head of the Rock Regatta ... helped her collegiate eight boat grab an 11th-place result (out of 23 boats), stopping the clock at 16:33.53 ... later was a member of the victorious novice eight boat which held off Wisconsin for the win with a time of 16:15.34 ... competed at Notre Dame's home meet in flight two of the varsity four races against Indiana, Iowa and Michigan State ... the crew went on to win the flight with a victorious time of 14:39.20 ... named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Competed as a member of the tennis, cross country and rowing teams while attending Bishop O'Connell High School, earning three varsity letters ... was tabbed as the rowing team captain and MVP during both her junior and senior seasons ... helped her cross country team to a conference and regional championship during her junior year ... was a member of both the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society ... born in Puerto Rico on February 14, 1991 ... daughter of Joseph and Audrey O'Neill ... has five siblings ... uncle, Antonio Minondo, attended Notre Dame ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a program of liberal studies major.
