#22 Kelly Connors Season 2012-13
Defense
2012 (Senior): Started all 16 games for the Commodores… Scored four goals and added eight assists… Scored two goals in VU[apos]s season-opening victory over Duke… Also scored at Canisius and in ALC Tournament vs. Ohio State… Season-high three ground balls against Louisville… Named to ALC and SEC Academic Honor Rolls.
2011 (Junior): Averaged one point per game as a junior, totaling six goals and two assists in eight appearances… Opened the season with first two-goal game of her VU career against Presbyterian… Also notched two points against North Carolina… Came up with a pair of ground balls against the Tar Heels… Caused two turnovers on the year… Named to the ALC Academic Honor Roll and the Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2010 (Sophomore): Appeared in 10 games… Scored in a win over Binghamton… Came up with two draw controls and forced a turnover against Longwood… Grabbed a ground ball against Johns Hopkins.
2009 (Freshman): Appeared in three games… Scored her first collegiate goal against Binghamton… Played minutes against Cincinnati, Binghamton, and Notre Dame… Forced one caused turnover against Binghamton, Notre Dame.
High School: Started for Coach Phyllis Kilgour[apos]s Raiders… AAA Pennsylvania district State Champs in 2008… Team went undefeated 23-0, first time since 1986… HS squad finished runner-up to rival Conestoga in the finals 2005… Received All-Mainline recognition in 2007.
Personal:
Kelly Leigh Connors… Born on Feb. 6, 1990, in Bryn Mawr, Pa…. Daughter of Wendy and John Connors… Sister to Kristin, Kim, John… Twin sister to teammate Kelly Connors… Kristin played lacrosse at Columbia University… Kim won a NCAA I lacrosse championship at University of Virginia… John played club lacrosse at Hobart College… Studying entrepreneurship and marketing through an interdisciplinary major.