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Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Huntington Beach,
California
Last School
Edison High School
Roster Years
2013-2015
Personal
- Daughter of Craig and Rebecca
- Born in Logan, UT
- Has two younger brothers
- Mom played softball at Orange Coast College
- Enjoys writing poems and singing
- Majoring in public health with an emphasis in health promotion
- Also recruited by Utah State
Before BYU
- Prepped at Edison High School
- Earned the Scholar with Honors and the Character Coalition award for her academics
- Earned the Athletic Character award, Best Defensive Player award and Most Valuable Position Player her senior year for softball
- Was All-League second-team for 2012
- Sported a .400 batting average, .447 on base percentage and had 10 stolen bases her senior year
- Played in the Premeir and ASA qualifiers as well as nationals for both in club softball
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2014
- All-WCC First Team
- The first two hits of her career were RBI singles.
- Hit an RBI double down the left-field line against James Madison.
- Had the game-winning RBI against Idaho State in an 11-10 comeback win.
- Went 3-for-4 with five RBI, a double, triple and her first career home run against Loyola Marymount in a 13-5 win. Added a 2-for-4 and two RBI performance in the only other game of the series.
- Named WCC Player of the Week for Week 12
- Hit a solo home run against Pacific in an 8-0 win.
- Went 1-for-4 with two RBI in BYU's win over Northwestern in the Washington Regional
- Went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a double in the final game of the season against Northwestern
- Finished fourth on the team with a .326 batting average.
- Started 30 games of 41 played
Sophmore Year
2015
- All-WCC Second Team
- WCC Player of the Week (3/2)
- WCC Player of the Week by College Sports Madness (2/16, 3/2)
- Ranked seventh in batting average (.350) in the WCC and third in sacrifice bunts (5)
- Third in runs scored (36), fifth in OBP (.416), third in RBI (41) and first in sacrifice bunts (15) on the team in 2015
- Hit 4-for-5 in 8-0 win over SIU
- Blasted two home runs for four RBI in 5-4 comeback win over Nevada
- Hit a walk-off single in the 5-4 win over Hawaii
- Named to the College Sports Madness 2015 West Coast Preseason All-Conference Second Team
- Hit 2 for 4 with a home run while driving in two runs in BYU's 8-7 win over Fresno State in the Eugene NCAA Regional
- Started 52 of 52 games played
Junior Year
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
2013
- PCSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
Medical Redshirt Year
2013
- PCSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Softball | May, 09
Cougars Bull over Lions 10-2 in six to conclude regular season
- ImageSoftball | May, 02
Bull ties BYU single-season win mark as Cougars sweep Broncos
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- ImageSoftball | Apr, 22
Bull fans 10 as Cougars top Aggies 8-1
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 11
Tauali'i's two home runs complete sweep over Pacific
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 10
Thompson's night leads Cougars to two wins over Pacific
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 07
Thompson, double plays help BYU softball to sixth win in a row
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 21
Cougars sweep Oklahoma State, fall to UVU
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 12
BYU softball takes two games, extends win streak to eight
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 03
O'Connor receives second Madness Player of the Week
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 03
O'Connor receives second Madness Player of the Week
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 03
Canceled: BYU softball travels east to Knoxville
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 02
O’Connor, Bull sweep WCC weekly honors
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 27
O'Connor's two homers, six hits propel Cougars to two wins in Mexico
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 26
BYU outlasts Nevada in first NCAA softball game outside U.S.
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 19
Cougars blast UCSB, fall in extras to Maryland
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 18
O’Connor named Madness Conference Player of the Week
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 18
O’Connor named Madness Conference Player of the Week
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 12
O'Connor walk-off hit lifts Cougars to 5-4 win
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 06
BYU softball splits day one of Kajikawa Classic
- ImageSoftball | Sep, 27
Cougars wrap up first weekend of fall play
- ImageSoftball | Jul, 22
Eight players earn WCC academic honors
- ImageSoftball | May, 16
Season comes to an end in Seattle
- ImageSoftball | May, 16
Season comes to an end in Seattle
- ImageSoftball | May, 15
Team effort leads Cougars to victory over Wildcats
- ImageSoftball | May, 13
BYU places a conference-high seven players on All-WCC teams
- ImageSoftball | May, 10
Cougars complete series sweep against Gaels on senior day
- ImageSoftball | May, 09
Cougars down Saint Mary’s, earn WCC title with doubleheader sweep
- ImageSoftball | May, 06
Cougars sweep doubleheader with Wolverines
- ImageSoftball | May, 03
St. Clair's clutch hitting helps Cougars sweep Tigers
- ImageSoftball | May, 02
Four home runs lead Cougars to doubleheader sweep
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 30
Bull leads BYU to win in her hometown
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 29
Big week ahead for Cougars
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 28
O'Connor named WCC Player of the Week
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 28
O'Connor named WCC Player of the Week
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 25
O'Connor's seven RBI lead to twinbill sweep of LMU
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 15
Cougars sweep Thunderbirds 10-2, 8-2
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 11
Bull's pitching leads defensive effort in 3-2 win over Broncos
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 08
BYU records 16th no-hitter in program history
- ImageSoftball | Apr, 05
Broderick and Almond power Cougars to series victory
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 29
Broderick powers BYU to sweep of Idaho State
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 15
BYU loses a close one against James Madison
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 14
Bravo and Bull lead comeback victory over Hawai'i
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 12
BYU falls short in two tight contests
- ImageSoftball | Mar, 08
BYU splits games against North Dakota State and Stanford
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 21
Thompson gives BYU boost at Mary Nutter Classic
- ImageSoftball | Feb, 06
Tauali'i ignites BYU's bats
- ImageSoftball | Oct, 19
BYU splits the doubleheader
- ImageSoftball | Sep, 30
BYU softball overpowers CSI and WSU