Hall of Fame
Connor, a Mount Vernon High School star, stayed home and blossomed into one of the most decorated student-athletes in Cornell history. Connor led the Rams to six Midwest Conference team championships and five NCAA Tournament appearances. Her name is etched in the school-record books a whopping 51 times for volleyball and basketball.
A 2014 AVCA Honorable Mention Volleyball All-American, Connor earned first team all-conference honors in four consecutive seasons – one of two Rams to achieve the feat. The 6-foot-2 middle blocker is Cornell’s career leader for attack percentage (.303), total blocks (571) and blocks per set (1.24). Connor also set program standards for blocks in a season (159 in 2011) and attack percentage in a match (.800).
With her presence in the front row, Cornell compiled a glossy four-year volleyball record of 102-28, including a perfect 30-0 mark in the MWC. In Connor’s first season, the Rams won the 2011 Iowa Conference Tournament title and secured the program’s first-ever NCAA berth. Cornell proceeded to capture three straight MWC championships and went back to nationals three more times. The 2014 squad made history by advancing to the Sweet 16, dropping a five-set battle with UW-Stevens Point.
The late-fall transition to basketball was quite seamless for Connor, a three-time all-conference center who was crowned the 2013-14 NCAA Division III season statistical champion for field goal percentage (65.2) as a junior. Connor shot at a 60.8-percent clip for her career, a Cornell record.
Tabbed to the D3hoops.com All-Central Region Third Team in 2015, Connor accumulated 1,247 points, 912 rebounds and 73 blocked shots over four seasons. She made 289 free throws, converting at a 79.0-percent rate.
Connor set single-game school records for points (39), rebounds (26) and field goals made (16) with an otherworldly effort at Knox on Dec. 4, 2013. She averaged 10.9 rebounds per game during the 2014-15 campaign, also a program record.
Connor was key to Cornell’s record-setting 2012-13 MWC championship team that finished 25-2 and qualified for nationals for the first time. The host Rams defeated St. Scholastica before falling by one point to St. Thomas in the Round of 32. Connor guided the Rams to a second MWC championship in 2013-14. She sported a 70-31 career basketball record, including 45-9 in conference play.
