2022 (Grad. Student): Played in 30 matches and 97 sets... Finished with 139 kills and 93 blocks, ranking in the top ten in the America East in total blocks and solo blocks... Had eight matches with five or more blocks, including a season high seven on 9/3 vs. Montana State and 9/6 vs. Brown... Twice posted a season high 11.5 points, ten kills and two blocks in three sets vs. New Hampshire on 10/9... Had six matches with ten or more total points... Concluded Bryant career with 375 total blocks, the second most in Division I program history... Also ranks top ten in Bryant history in attack percentage (6th, .222), solo blocks (2nd, 52), block assists (3rd, 323), and blocks per set (4th, 0.85).
2021 (Senior): Started all 32 matches and played 114 sets for the Bulldogs... Totaled 186 kills and a career high 100 blocks... Sixth in NEC in blocks (0.88 per set)... Seventh in conference with .273 attack percentage... Fifth in Bryant's D-I history in career blocks (282), third in blocks per set (0.82), and second in solo blocks (43)... Led Bryant in solo blocks (23) and was second in total blocks this season... Set a new career high with eight blocks vs. St. Francis (NY) on 11/5... Had a season high 14 kills on a .500 hitting percentage with four blocks vs. Central Connecticut on 11/13... Also had four kills and seven blocks in NEC Championship game vs. Sacred Heart.
2020-21 (Junior): Appeared in eight matches and 22 sets for the Bulldogs in 2021 … Posted her best match of the season against LIU with a season-high eight kills and seven blocks … One of three who led the team with four solo blocks on the season … Accumulated 23 total blocks.
2019 (Sophomore): Earned NEC Academic Honor Roll distinction ... Appeared in 31 of 32 matches and 97 sets … Recorded 1.54 kills and a team-leading 0.88 blocks per set … Blocks per set total ranked seventh in the NEC … Tallied 1.08 blocks per set in conference play, good for third in the NEC … Hit .224 for the season and .280 in conference contests … Three matches of 10+ kills with a season-high 11 at FGCU … 15 matches of 3+ blocks … Recorded five or more blocks in three straight matches from 10/15-25 … Season-high six blocks vs. Fairleigh Dickinson and at Sacred Heart … Team was 7-3 when O’Brien tallied at least four blocks.
2018 (Freshman): NEC Academic Honor Roll recipient … Appeared in 32 matches and 112 sets … Recorded 1.72 kills per set on a .195 hitting percentage along with 0.66 blocks per set and 21 digs … Six matches of 10+ kills and five matches of 5+ blocks … Recorded nine kills and six blocks in her collegiate debut against Central Michigan (Aug. 25) … 10-kill performances in back-to-back matches against Marist (Aug. 31) and Fordham (Sept. 1) … Six blocks in the win at Hartford (Sept. 25) … Recorded 12 kills in a sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson (Oct. 6) … Career-high 16 kills in a five-set victory at Robert Morris (Oct. 20) … Collected 11 kills and eight digs in the NEC Semifinal win over Central Connecticut (Nov. 16).
Before Bryant
Four-year letterwinner at Milton High School … Sectional D2 finalists in 2017 … Two-time all-state honoree (2016, 2017) and three time Bay State League All-Star (2015, 2016, 2017) … Also played one year of basketball and lacrosse … Played her club volleyball for SMASH Volleyball Club.
Personal
Daughter of Jacqueline and Greg O'Brien ... Has one brother, Matthew.
Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 16, at Robert Morris, 10/20/18
Assists: 3, vs. Syracuse, 9/16/22
Aces: --
Digs: 5, at LIU, 10/2/21
Blocks: 8, vs. St. Francis (NY), 11/5/21
