Macalester College Athletics

Jane O'Brien was clearly one of the best athletes in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in the early-and middle-Eighties and was a star on some of the best volleyball, basketball, and track teams Macalester women's athletics has produced.  O'Brien scored 1,349 points in basketball - second on Macalester's all-time list and well ahead of the school's third leading career point scorer - and is by far Mac's all-time rebounding leader with 852.  As a senior, she averaged 19.6 points and 11.2 rebounds a game, while leading Mac to its first winning season.  A three-year volleyball letterwinner and All-MIAC selection, O'Brien played on some excellent teams, including first-place and third-place MIAC squads.  O'Brien also excelled in track and earned all-conference status all four years.  Her school record 59.25 time produced in the 400-meter dash is the longest running school mark still going.  O'Brien was a winner of both the Pat Weisner Award and Dorothy Michel Award.