2026-27 Equestrian Roster
Roster
Grace O'Connell
- Position:
- Jumping Seat
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
- Hometown:
- Long Grove, Ill.
CAREER HONORS
• NCEA Academic Honor Roll (2025-26)
• Academic All-Big 12 Team (2025-26)
2025-26 (Sophomore):
Competed in six meets this season in Flat … Went 2-4 on the season … Earned a career high score of 86 against No. 5 Oklahoma State on the road (11/7) … Posted two wins over top-six opponents … Garnered a win over No. 3 South Carolina 81-79 at home (1/29) … Rode in two exhibition rides this season … Bested her opponent 78.50-70.50 against No. 5 TCU on the road in an exhibition ride … NCEA Academic Honor Roll … Academic All-Big 12 Team.
2024-25 (Freshman):
Competed in one meet and in two exhibition rides on the season in Flat … Went 1-0 on the season with her win versus SDSU (2/1), scoring a 73 against a 67 for her Baylor debut.
Graduated from online high school Laurel Springs School ... 2024 WEF Week 0 & Week 3 USHJA Jumping Seat Medal Champion ... 2023 USHJA Jumping seat Finals, 3rd in Flat Phase ... 10th overall in 2022 USHJA Jumping Seat Finals, 8th in Flat Phase ... 2021 Marshall & Sterling Jr/Am Medal Final Champion ... 2021 Fourth at NCEA Midwest Medal Finals ... 2023 qualified and competed for the Gladstone Equitation Cup, Dudley B. Smith Equitation Championship and ASPCA Maclay Finals ... 2024 Qualified for Capital Challenge, USEF Dover Finals and ASPCA Maclay Regionals ... One of 16 riders in the nation accepted into the 2021 USHJA EAP National Training Session ... 2020 Region 9 IEA Sportsmanship Award Winner ... Participated in FCA in high school ... Volunteered at Equestrian Connections, a therapeutic horseback riding center.
Personal:
Daughter of Kathy and Jim O'Connell ... Has five brothers - Sean, Patrick, Aidan, Liam and Seamus ... Brother Aidan is a quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders ... Plans to study Business.
