2019 Water Polo Roster

Maddie O'Reilly
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- AT
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Villanova, Pa.
- High School:
- The Episcopal Academy
Features on Maddie
• O'Reilly Closes the Gap (MGoBlue.com)
• O'Reilly Grows Personally, Professionally Over Summer (MGoBlue.com)
Career Stats
Year | GP | G | A | Pts | Sh% | EX | DEX | STL | FB | SPW | SPL |
2018 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 28 | .438 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2019 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 32 | .381 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
2020 | 19 | 36 | 34 | 70 | .424 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
2021 | 26 | 47 | 33 | 80 | .505 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 36 | 8 |
2022 | 35 | 74 | 61 | 135 | .525 | 17 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 17 | 17 |
Total | 136 | 194 | 151 | 345 | .501 | 62 | 43 | 89 | 32 | 72 | 35 |
Career Highs
Points: 8, 2x last vs. Bucknell (3/1/20)
Goals: 6, vs. St. Francis (Pa. (3/21/21)
Assists: 5, 4x, last vs. #22 Brown (4/23/22)
Drawn Exclusions: 2, 7x last vs. #15 Indiana (3/19/22)
Steals: 4, 3x last vs. #27 Harvard (4/24/22)
Field Blocks: 3, vs. #3 UCLA (2/13/22)
At Michigan
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology
• Majoring in sport management
• ACWPC All-American (2021 - Second Team)
• CWPA Player of the Year (2021)
• 2x CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021, 22)
• Team Captain (2021)
• Four NCAA Tournament appearances
• Won Four CWPA Championships
• MGoBlue Female Breakthrough Athlete of the Year (2020)
• Six-time CWPA Player of the Week
• Four-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019-21)
• Three-time ACWPC All-Academic team (2018-20)
• Three-time CWPA Scholar Athlete (2018-20)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019-21)
• Two-time CWPA Player of the Tournament (2021, 22)
• All-CWPA Tournament Team (2021, 2022)
• CWPA Player of the Tournament (2021)
• NSCA All-American (2020)
• NCAA All-Tournament Thrid Team
• Three-time U-M Academic Achievement Award (2018-20)
Graduate (2022)
• ACWPC All-American Third team
• NCAA All-Tournament Thrid Team
• All-CWPA first team
• CWPA All-Tournament first team
• CWPA Player of the Tournament (2022)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Set career-highs in goals (74), assists (67), points (141), shot percentage (.507) and steals (32)
• Ranked first in (74), assists (67), points (141), and second in field blocks and steals on the team
• Had 7 points against #10 UC Davis (2/26/22) and #19 Princeton (4/3/22)
• Had eight 6-point games
• Went 17-17 in spring wins
• Scored 2 goals in the NCAA Quarterfinal game against #3 California
• Finished the season with 74 goals, 67 assists, 141 points, 2 steals, and 10 field blocks
• Appeared in all 35 games
Senior (2021)
• Team 21 Captain
• ACWPC All-American second team
• CWPA Player of the Year
• CWPA Player of the Tournament (2021)
• All-CWPA Tournament Team (2021)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Four-time CWPA Player of the Week (Feb. 22, March 1, March 22, March 29)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Set career-highs in goals (47), assists (33), points (80), shot percentage (.505), steals (21), field blocks (11) and sprints won (36)
• Scored in 23-of-26 games on the season
• Tallied a career-high six goals against No. 25 St. Francis (Pa.)
• Registered multi-goal games on 15 occasions and multi-assist games 11 times
• Drew two exclusions four times during the campaign
• Had three games of two field blocks
• Played in all four games of the Michigan Invitational, scoring four goals and dishing out five assists for nine points
• Her 3.09 points per game was ninth in program history for a single season, while her 1.81 goals per game placed 10th-best
Junior (2020)
• MGoBlue Female Breakthrough Athlete of the Year
• NSCA All-American
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Two-time CWPA Player of the Week (Jan. 28, March 3)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Led the team in goals (36), assists (34) and points (70)
• Her 1.79 assists per game ranked fifth best in a single season while her 3.68 points per game are second best
• Seven games with three or more goals and three games with three or more assists
• Career-high eight points (three goals and five assists) against both No. 15 Long Beach State and No. 22 Bucknell in the Wolverine Invitational
• Finished the Wolverine Invitational with 10 goals, 14 assists, three steals and four field blocks
• Tallied seven goals and five assists to lead the team to a seventh-place finish at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Finished with six goals, six assists and four steals at the Stanford Invitational
• Recorded seven goals and four assists in the Michigan Invitational
• Started all four games at the UCSB Winter Invite, leading the team with 11 points on six goals and five assists
• Career-high six points and three steals with four goals and two asssits against No. 2 Stanford at the Stanford Invitational
• Matched career highs with four goals and five points against No. 21 Wagner in the Michigan Invitational
• Scored a hat trick at No. 11 UCSB in the UCSB Winter Invite
• Posted three goals, one assist and three steals vs. No. 7 Cal at the Barbara Kablus Invitational
• Notched two goals and three assists against No. 6 UC Irvine at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• End of the season was canceled prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 illness
Sophomore (2019)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• One goal and one steal in the NCAA Quarterfinals against No. 3 UCLA
• Dished out one assist in the CWPA Championship game against No. 15 Princeton
• Scored a career-high four goals and had an assist against No. 15 Long Beach State
• First career hat trick came against No. 6 Pacific at the Wolverine
• Finished the Wolverine Invitational with eight goals and three assists
• Led the team with five assists on the opening weekend at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Career-high three assists against No. 18 CSUN at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Two goals, one assist and three steals against No. 21 CSUN at the Triton Invitational
• Posted two goals, two assists and two steals at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• One goal and one assist against No. 2 Stanford
Freshman (2018)
• CWPA Champions
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Joined the team as a freshman in 2018
• Played in 27 games with 21 goals and seven assists
• Appeared in two conference games with two goals and one assist
• Scored her first collegiate goal against No. 21 CSUN, finishing with one goal, one assist and one steal
• Two goals scored against both UCSB and UC San Diego at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Posted two goals, two assists and one steal against Fresno Pacific
• Two goals and two steals vs. No. 24 Cal Baptist
• Picked up two goals and an assist against Saint Francis
• Tallied goals in three of the four games at the Stanford Invitational
• First career multi-goal game to go with one steal and one field block against Azusa Pacific
• Missed the last two games of the Wolverine Invitational and first six conference games with an injury
Prep
• Graduated from The Episcopal Academy (2017)
• 2017 USA Water Polo Academic All-American
• USA Water Polo All-American in 2015
• School-record 509 career goals
• MVP in her team's two Eastern Prep Championships in 2014 and 2016
• Two-year team captain
• Two-time CWPA High School All Star team selection
• First team honors for "Beast of the East" in 2014-15 and 2015-16
• Named the Episcopal Water Polo MVP five times
• Three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2015-17)
• American Water Polo Scholar Athlete
• Member of the National Spanish Honor Society
• Also competed in swimming and track & field
• School-record holder in the javelin and discus, placing second at the State Championship in the javelin in 2017
• Team captain for the swim team in 2017, leading them to the Eastern Prep School Championship with a silver medal in the 50 freestyle
• Earned the Passons Sports Cup as the the Most Valuable Female Athlete at Episcopal Academy
National Team
• Trained with the Youth National Team in 2016 and Cadet National Team in 2014 and 2015
Club Team
• Moved to California after graduation to compete for 680 Water Polo in 2017
• Prior to that competed for Greenwich Aquatics
• Won both the Club and Junior Olympic Championships in 2017
• 2015 USA Water Polo Nick Johnson Olympic Inspiration Award
Personal
• Full name is Madison Christine O'Reilly
• Birthday: February 3, 1999
• Born in Paget, Bermuda
• Parents are Christy and Matt O'Reilly
• Father, Matt, played basketball at William & Mary
• Has three siblings, Sean, Katie and Jack