Brennan O'Neill

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Brennan O'Neill
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight235 pounds (107 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionAttack
NCAA team Duke
Career highlights

NCAA:

  • 2023 Tewaaraton Award
  • 2023 Lt. Raymond Enners Award
  • ACC Offensive Player of the Year (2023)
  • ACC Men's Lacrosse Scholar Athlete of the Year (2023)
  • All-ACC (2021-23)
  • ACC Freshman of the Year (2021)
  • ACC All-Academic Team (2021-23)
  • First Team All-American (2023)
  • Second Team All-American (2023)
  • Honorable Mention All-American (2021)

International

  • 2023 World Lacrosse Championship MVP
  • 2023 World Lacrosse Championship Most Outstanding Midfielder
Medal record
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Brennan O'Neill is an American lacrosse player who plays as an attackman for the Duke Blue Devils. As a junior at Duke, O'Neill won the Tewaaraton Award among other ACC awards. He also won the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship and won MVP and Most Outstanding Midfielder during the tournament. O'Neill is widely regarded as one of the next best lacrosse players and prospects in the Premier Lacrosse League. [1] [2] [3]

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Early career

A native of Bay Shore, New York, O'Neill began playing lacrosse in second grade. He played varsity lacrosse in eighth grade for Bay Shore High School, recording 98 points to lead all of Long Island, before attending St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington. O'Neill played three seasons of varsity lacrosse for the Friars before his senior season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where he scored 153 goals and had 66 assists for 219 points, winning the CHSAA Long Island championship as a junior in large part due to O'Neill scoring seven goals against rival Chaminade in the championship game, and he was named the US Lacrosse Magazine National Player of the Year that season. He also played football as a linebacker. [4] [5]

College career

O'Neill originally committed to Penn State when he was 14 years old before switching his commitment to Duke. [6] As a freshman, O'Neill led the Blue Devils with 45 goals and finished second on the team with 55 points, recording at least one point in all 17 games as Duke lost in the national semifinals. His sophomore season saw O'Neill once again lead Duke in goals with 53, while also adding 21 assists for a team best 74 points, although the team would miss the NCAA Tournament. As a junior, O'Neill led the nation with 97 points, winning both the Tewaaraton Award and Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the nation's top player, leading Duke to the national championship game where they lost to Notre Dame. That season, he was the only player in Division I lacrosse to finish in the top 20 nationally in points per game, goals, and assists. [4]

International career

After winning a gold medal at the 2022 U-21 World Lacrosse Championships, where he led Team USA with 18 goals and 25 points, [7] O'Neill was selected to the United States men's national lacrosse team for the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship, being the only college player on the roster and the youngest player to represent the US in a World Championship since 2002. [8] Playing as a midfielder instead of at his natural attack position, O'Neill scored 5 goals in the gold medal game, leading the US to a 10–7 victory over Canada, and he was named the tournament's best midfielder and MVP. [9] [6]

Statistics

NCAA

TeamSeasonGPGSGAPtsShGB
Duke2021171645105512318
Duke2022171753217416326
Duke2023191955429715334

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